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Publicly shared intelligence (with G. de Valk), Faculty of Arts - Papers (2006)
Publicly shared intelligence is the gathering and analysis of information of political value that is...
Japanese technology policy for aged care (with N. Dethlefs), Faculty of Arts - Papers (2006)
Aged care provision is a burning issue in Japan due to the country's unparalleled longevity...
Instead of repression, Faculty of Arts - Papers (2006)
When confronted by terrorism, governments normally respond with repression, which can aggravate the problem. But...
The Politics of a Scientific Meeting: the Origin-of-AIDS Debate at the Royal Society, Faculty of Arts - Papers (2005)
The Royal Society of London held a scientific meeting in September 2000 focusing on two...
The Parkin backfire (with I. Murray), Faculty of Arts - Papers (2005)
In September 2005, the Australian government arrested and deported Scott Parkin, a visiting US peace...
The beating of Rodney King: the dynamics of backfire, Faculty of Arts - Papers (2005)
The 1991 beating of Rodney King by Los Angeles police provides rich case material in...
Igniting concern about refugee injustice (with S. Callaghan), Faculty of Arts - Papers (2004)
Injustice is a prominent theme in the news but there is far less attention to...
Challenging dominant physics paradigms (with J. M. Campanario), Faculty of Arts - Papers (2004)
There are many well-qualified scientists who question long-established physics theories even when paradigms are not...
The dynamics of employee dissent: whistleblowers and organizational jiu-jitsu (with W. Rifkin), Faculty of Arts - Papers (2004)
Whistleblowing is a form of organizational dissent that is rarely successful, instead usually leading to...
Disney through the Web looking glass (with B. Yecies), Faculty of Arts - Papers (2004)
For critics of the Disney Corporation, the World Wide Web is a convenient medium for...
Plagiarism: policy against cheating or policy for learning?, Faculty of Arts - Papers (2004)
Several Australian universities are proposing to introduce use of plagiarism-detection services, specifically turnitin.com, for checking...
Iraq attack backfire, Faculty of Arts - Papers (2004)
With each death of a US soldier in Iraq and each report about the absence...
Exposing and opposing censorship: Backfire dynamics in freedom-of-speech struggles (with S. Curry Jansen), Faculty of Arts - Papers (2004)
Censorship can backfire because it is usually viewed as a violation of the right to...
Dissent and heresy in medicine: models, methods, and strategies, Faculty of Arts - Papers (2004)
Understanding the dynamics of dissent and heresy in medicine can be aided by use of...
Nonviolence insights, Faculty of Arts - Papers (2004)
‘You’ve been working a long time towards a more nonviolent society. What have you learned?...
Terrorism: ethics, effectiveness and enemies, Faculty of Arts - Papers (2004)
Discussions of terrorism usually contain unstated assumptions about ethics, effectiveness and "enemies." These assumptions usually...
Investigating the origin of AIDS: some ethical dimensions, Faculty of Arts - Papers (2003)
The theory that AIDS originated from contaminated polio vaccines raises a number of challenging issues...
Countershock: Mobilising resistance to electroshock weapons (with S. Wright), Faculty of Arts - Papers (2003)
Electroshock, stun and restraint technologies are often used for torture and as tools of repression....
Making censorship backfire (with S. Curry Jansen), Faculty of Arts - Papers (2003)
In the age of instantaneous global communications, overt censorship is always a risky endeavor. Attempts...
Nonviolence and Communication (with W. Varney), Faculty of Arts - Papers (2003)
Communication is central to the effectiveness of nonviolent action: methods of protest and persuasion are...
Cybermethods: An assessment (with H. Megens), Faculty of Arts - Papers (2003)
Methods of communication and action on the Internet, such as e-mail, encryption and hacking, can...
Illusions of whistleblower protection , Faculty of Arts - Papers (2003)
The most common response to the problems facing whistleblowers is to suggest better whistleblower legislation....
Social institutions in East Timor: following in the undemocratic footsteps of the West (with L. Carson), Faculty of Arts - Papers (2003)
When East Timor gained its formal independence in 2002, an opportunity existed for the new...
Dilemmas of defending dissent: the dismissal of Ted Steele from the University of Wollongong, Faculty of Arts - Papers (2002)
The summary dismissal of Ted Steele from the University of Wollongong in February 2001 was...
Random selection of citizens for technological decision making (with L. Carson), Faculty of Arts - Papers (2002)
Random selection provides a way to overcome some of the usual problems of citizen participation...
Nonviolence versus terrorism , Faculty of Arts - Papers (2002)
The terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001 were an enormous setback for the cause of...
The difficulty with alternatives, Faculty of Arts - Papers (2002)
Criticising the existing system seems pretty easy. Lots of people do it. Why is it...
Nonviolent futures, Faculty of Arts - Papers (2001)
Nonviolent action - including methods such as rallies, strikes, boycotts and sit-ins - has become...
The burden of proof and the origin of acquired immune deficiency syndrome, Faculty of Arts - Papers (2001)
There is a distinct difference in the way that different theories about the origin of...
Political jiu-jitsu against Indonesian repression: studying lower-profile nonviolent resistance (with W. Varney and A. Vickers), Faculty of Arts - Papers (2001)
Most case studies of nonviolent action have focussed on prominent instances of open resistance to...
A passion for planning, Faculty of Arts - Papers (2001)
Extract from article: Planning. It’s so very logical, sensible and rational. Is it possible to...