The Minimalist Program (Chomsky 1995, 2000) and Optimality Theory (Prince and Smolensky 1993, 2004) are not alternative theories logically inconsistent with each other. Optimality Theory is a theory of how universal constraints of grammar interact (Prince and Smolensky 1993, Grimshaw 2005). Minimalism, as Chomsky notes (2000:41), is a research program –not a theory– investigating to what extent...

This paper presents methods to develop metrics that compare Big Deal journal packages and the journals within those packages. Deal-level metrics guide selection of a Big Deal for termination. Journal-level metrics guide selection of individual subscriptions from journals previously provided by a terminated deal. The paper argues that while the proposed metrics provide helpful quantitative data ...

In this paper, I present an analysis of those aspects Karl Polanyi's social and political thought that relate to environmentalism 'green' politics today. discuss whether or not he prefigured the degrowth movement, before focusing on his understanding New Deal (1933-1939). At time writing, prospect appears likely a return, at global scale, economic slump, mass unemployment ecological crisis, bac...