Taking It Home With You: Work, Free Time and Domination
Social Beneficence
Three Ecological Arguments for Limitarianism
Book Workshop - 'Postcolonial Global Justice' by Shuk Ying Chan
UN Peacekeeping and the Rule of Law
Study points to what might enhance peacekeeping ‘rule-of-law’ impact
Summary
The study seeks to explain when UN peacekeeping missions are more likely to succeed at improving the rule of law. It identifies how UN personnel levels, activities, and timing impact success in rule of law reforms.
A security dividend: Peacekeeping and maternal health outcomes and access
Study demonstrates how peacekeeping operations have a positive impact on maternal health and women’s education.
Summary
There is strong evidence that a UN peacekeeping presence positively impacts women and maternal health. Such a presence leads to lower mortality rates, more maternal health services, as well as higher levels and years of women’s education.
Lecture by the Right Hon. Lord David Willetts (PPE, 1975): 'Can politics deliver fairness between the generations?'
5pm: Lecture at The Sir Michael Dummett Lecture Theatre
6.15pm: Drinks and Informal chat in the Exhibition Space
7pm: Dinner at High Table. (Senior Members only. Please book in as normal if you wish to join Lord Willetts at dinner.)
6.15pm: Drinks and Informal chat in the Exhibition Space
7pm: Dinner at High Table. (Senior Members only. Please book in as normal if you wish to join Lord Willetts at dinner.)
A Match Made in Heaven: Love and Piety in Iranian Spousal Selection
Abstract: Love’s emergence as basis of marriage is a hallmark of modernity. Its compatibility with religious and traditional bases of marriage, however, is less understood. We explore the different criteria Iranians use to select their spouse as part of a broader effort to understand the complex relationships between love, religion and modernity. Love, we argue, does not mean the same thing to all, and its meaning is conditioned by the distinct historical and cultural frameworks in which it is embedded.