2015 Volume 7 Issue 11

Political Economy
2015, Vol. 7 No. 11
Globalization, Inequality, and the Concentration of Wealth in the UK
By Shaun Docherty
An article in The Guardian last month reported on the extreme and increasing levels of wealth inequality that exist in Britain today.[1] The story cited an Oxfam report that highlighted the opulent existence of Britain’s richest family, the... Read Article »
Income Inequality Income Distribution Political Economy Wealth Globalization Capitalism
Social Movements
2015, Vol. 7 No. 11
Islamic Feminism in Egypt: Toward a Reconceptualization of Social Movement Theories
By Sabrina Moro
A review of literature on social movements highlights its many and sometimes conflicting definitions. Relying on Saba Mahmood’s Politics of Piety (2005) – an ethnographic account of grassroots women’s piety movement in the mosques... Read Article »
Islamic Feminism Piety Movement Social Movements Social Movement Theory Egypt Islam
Diabetes
2015, Vol. 7 No. 11
The Epidemiology, Pathogenesis, and Treatment of Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
By Ishita Aggarwal
Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM), also known as insulin-dependent diabetes, is a chronic disease caused by autoimmune (type 1a) or spontaneous (type 1b) destruction of pancreatic beta cells, resulting in insulin deficiency. It is generally diagnosed... Read Article »
Diabetes Epidemiology Genetics Pathogenesis Experimental Models Healthcare
Cosmopolitanism
2015, Vol. 7 No. 11
What was the Influence of Cosmopolitan Law on the Permanent Court of International Justice?
By Melissa S. McHugh
When speaking to a lay person, the concept of international justice may conjure a perception of impartiality rising above national interests and biases. This view lends itself naturally to the concept of cosmopolitan law, which David Held characterized... Read Article »
Cosmopolitanism International Law Globalism International Community Human Rights International Justice
Elections
2015, Vol. 7 No. 11
Comparing the Effectiveness of Positive and Negative Political Campaigns
By Peter A. Gregory
In the United States, Americans elect 50 governors, roughly a third of the U.S. Senate’s 100 members, all 435 members of the U.S. House of Representatives, and, every four years, a president. Together, these are the most high profile elections... Read Article »
Elections Campaigns Campaigning American Democracy American Politics Voting Voter Turnout
John Stuart Mill
2015, Vol. 7 No. 11
John Stuart Mill's Solution to the Problem of Socrates in the Autobiography
By N L. N
Ever since its posthumous publication, John Stuart Mill’s Autobiography has elicited reactions of primarily disappointment and confusion. Thomas Carlyle famously deemed the book the “autobiography of a steam-engine” (quoted in... Read Article »
John Stuart Mill Soren Kierkegaard Friedrich Nietzsche Socrates
Ebola
2015, Vol. 7 No. 11
The Dead Bodies of the West African Ebola Epidemic: Understanding the Importance of Traditional Burial Practices
By Jamie J. Shah
The traditional mourning and burial rituals common in West Africa played a key role in the recent Ebola epidemic focused in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea. One issue that arose during the height of the outbreak was misunderstanding of burial practices... Read Article »
Ebola West Africa Burial Traditions Epidemics Liberia Guinea Sierra Leone Health Workers International Health
Health Policy
2015, Vol. 7 No. 11
The Danger of Sitting Down: A Summary of the Health Risks of Excessive Sedentary Behavior
By Ronan C. Talty
Excessive sedentary behavior (defined as waking time spent sitting, reclining, or lying down) represents an increasingly noteworthy global health risk, particularly for individuals whose professions require long hours spent sitting at a desk. Despite... Read Article »
Sedentary Behavior Public Health Excercise Sitting Employee Health Health Policy Let's Move Obesity Disability
Social Psychology
2015, Vol. 7 No. 11
On Obedience as Identity: Milgram and the Banality of Evil
By Lukas Holschuh
Attempting to find scientific explanations for the Holocaust (Russell, 2011), Milgram designed the experiment to test ordinary people’s susceptibility to authority. Subjects were instructed to administer increasingly strong electric shocks... Read Article »
Social Psychology Milgram Experiments Obedience Authority Conformity Holocaust
World War II
2015, Vol. 7 No. 11
Did Stalin Plan to Attack Hitler in 1941? The Historiographical Controversy Surrounding the Origins of the Nazi-Soviet War
By Christopher J. Kshyk
The controversy surrounding the origins of the Nazi-Soviet War in 1941, namely over the issue of whether or not Stalin intended to launch an offensive against Nazi Germany that year, has produced a contentious debate between revisionist (i.e. those... Read Article »
World War II Joseph Stalin Adolf Hitler Soviet Union Eastern Front Historiography

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