There is a burgeoning amount of research into happiness and greatly increased popular attention, so...

Happiness research provides guidance on what academics can do to increase their satisfaction at work....

Publicly shared intelligence is the gathering and analysis of information of political value that is...

Aged care provision is a burning issue in Japan due to the country's unparalleled longevity...

When confronted by terrorism, governments normally respond with repression, which can aggravate the problem. But...

The Royal Society of London held a scientific meeting in September 2000 focusing on two...

In September 2005, the Australian government arrested and deported Scott Parkin, a visiting US peace...

The 1991 beating of Rodney King by Los Angeles police provides rich case material in...

There are many well-qualified scientists who question long-established physics theories even when paradigms are not...

Whistleblowing is a form of organizational dissent that is rarely successful, instead usually leading to...

For critics of the Disney Corporation, the World Wide Web is a convenient medium for...

Several Australian universities are proposing to introduce use of plagiarism-detection services, specifically turnitin.com, for checking...

With each death of a US soldier in Iraq and each report about the absence...

Censorship can backfire because it is usually viewed as a violation of the right to...

Understanding the dynamics of dissent and heresy in medicine can be aided by use of...

‘You’ve been working a long time towards a more nonviolent society. What have you learned?...

Discussions of terrorism usually contain unstated assumptions about ethics, effectiveness and "enemies." These assumptions usually...

The theory that AIDS originated from contaminated polio vaccines raises a number of challenging issues...

Electroshock, stun and restraint technologies are often used for torture and as tools of repression....

In the age of instantaneous global communications, overt censorship is always a risky endeavor. Attempts...

Communication is central to the effectiveness of nonviolent action: methods of protest and persuasion are...

Methods of communication and action on the Internet, such as e-mail, encryption and hacking, can...

The most common response to the problems facing whistleblowers is to suggest better whistleblower legislation....

When East Timor gained its formal independence in 2002, an opportunity existed for the new...

The summary dismissal of Ted Steele from the University of Wollongong in February 2001 was...

Random selection provides a way to overcome some of the usual problems of citizen participation...

The terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001 were an enormous setback for the cause of...

Criticising the existing system seems pretty easy. Lots of people do it. Why is it...

Nonviolent action - including methods such as rallies, strikes, boycotts and sit-ins - has become...

There is a distinct difference in the way that different theories about the origin of...

Most case studies of nonviolent action have focussed on prominent instances of open resistance to...

Extract from article: Planning. It’s so very logical, sensible and rational. Is it possible to...

Injustice is a prominent theme in the news but there is far less attention to...

This conference program was originally issued as Martin, B (editor) and Percy, A (compositor), Educational...