THE JOURNAL OF POLITICAL STUDIES
VOL. 1
DECEMBER 2013
ABSTRACTS
ARTICLES
NO. 1
DIASPORIC LAW: THE POLITICS OF INDIAN Pavan Krishnamurthy 1
TRANSNATIONAL CITIZENSHIP IN GERMANY
The study of "transnational citizenship" is varied and growing. Today, scholars are beginning to see diasporas as their own regimes, and with that comes a complex set of international frameworks. This paper analyses the Indian Diaspora within the German nation-state. Due to their historical interaction and the consideration of Turkish model framwork, this particular case study attempts to illuminate the: (1) international relations of diasporas, (2) economics of migration, and (3) critical legal theory.
TOWARDS A NEW SUSTAINABLE DIPLOMACY Jozef Kosc 34
The following exposition critically analyses, critiques, and contrasts two contemporary theories of international relations and crisis control: Lyn Boyd-Judson's Strategic Moral Diplomacy and Robert Frost's Constitutive Theory of International Relations. A comparative qualitative framework of analysis - cross-referencing historical cases, political psychology, as well as the writings of diplomatic practitioners
WHY HUKOU REFORM IS INSUFFICIENT IN Frank Weng 20
ADDRESSING URBAN-RURAL DISPARITIES
Hukou reform has recently captured the attention of many political scientists. This essay seeks to contribute to the discourse. This essay is divided into three sections: first, the essay uses Weber's three types of exclusion (social, economic, and legal) from the theory of social differentiation as the frame-work to categorically examine the issues created by the hukou system. Then, the essay demonstrates the attempts central and local governments have made to confront the issues.