Innovations: A Journal of Politics
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Innovations: A Journal of Politics was an interdisciplinary journal committed to publishing the best student work in the study of politics, especially articles that make an original contribution to the field. We encourage submissions from students regardless of their institutional affiliation or perspective. The journal serves three primary groups. For political scientists, it is a showcase for the ideas of the emerging scholars to whom the future of the discipline belongs. For graduate and undergraduate students of politics, it offers a unique opportunity to publish the best of their work. Finally, for students at the University of Calgary in particular, the journal also offers an opportunity to develop experience in the publishing process.
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Culture Clash: The Influence of Behavioural Norms on Military Performance in Asymmetric Conflicts
(Arts, Political Science, University of Calgary, 2008)This paper establishes the ways in which the military cultures of mercenary groups and their opponents influence their military performance in asymmetric conflicts. It develops and tests a constructivist military culture ... -
The Intervention Imperative: Contradictions Between Liberalism, Democracy, and Humanitarian Intervention
(Arts, Political Science, University of Calgary, 2008)Some ideals and practices exist at the interstice between democracy and liberalism, deriving their roots from one or both yet in conflict with some element of either liberal or democratic foundational principles. One such ... -
Political Myth and Action in Pericles' Funeral Oration
(Arts, Political Science, University of Calgary, 2008)Pericles’ funeral oration, one of the most famous passages in Thucydides’ book History of the Peloponnesian War, is the clearest expression of the myth of Athens. The oration articulates ancient democratic theory, and the ... -
Domestic Experience and its Effects on Democracy Promotion
(Arts, Political Science, Carleton University, 2008)This article argues that a country’s democracy promotion efforts will be underwritten by its domestic experience with democratic governance. It compares the statements of public officials from the United States, Great ... -
Gender Mainstreaming in Canadian Human Security Policy: The Limitations of Bureaucratic and Security Discourses
(Arts, Political Science, Concordia University, 2008)The purpose of this study is to assess how feminist literature on bureaucratic discourse and human security can contribute to a greater understanding of the challenges of gender mainstreaming within policy on human security ... -
Notwithstanding the Override: Path Dependence, Section 33, and the Charter
(Arts, Political Science, University of Calgary, 2008)Section 33 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms – the 'notwithstanding clause' – remains controversial. Although the clause exists as a legitimate constitutional instrument, it has been used infrequently, and ... -
Boy Scouts No Longer: A Sociological Institutionalist Analysis of the Canadian Forces
(Arts, Political Science, University of Calgary, 2008)This paper seeks to explain the process of institutional transformation within the armed forces of a democracy. It offers an ideational explanation for this process, which is grounded in sociological institutionalism. ... -
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Party Finance in Canada Since 2001
(Arts, Political Science, University of Calgary, 2007)Much like electoral systems, election finance regimes are not benign institutions but central features of a political system that can have significant effects on the nature of democracy within a country. Money impacts the ...