Computers and computer networks are one of the most incredible inventions of the 20th century, having an ever-expanding role in our daily lives by enabling complex human activities in areas such as entertainment, education, and commerce. One of the most challenging problems in c…
Les médias constituent un système qui sert à communiquer des messages et des symboles à la population. Ils ont vocation à distraire, amuser, informer, et à inculquer aux individus les croyances et codes comportementaux qui les intégreront aux structures sociales au sens large. D…
This dissertation focuses on the role of fear propaganda in achieving consensus around senatorial war policy in Rome in the years 200–146 B.C. The study helps to explain why the citizen peasantry accepted the heavy burden of military service in the period of transmarine expansio…
Colombia's protracted civil war between Marxist insurgencies and the state has brought grave consequences for the civilian population and the prospects for constructing a viable political community in the country. With up to 5 million internally displaced people, rampant impunit…
Freedom is a fundamental concept for anarchism; but what does that mean, exactly? What sort of freedom do anarchists seek, and how do they hope to realise this freedom? Starting with the premise that such questions, though vital to the anarchist project, have mostly been ignored…
This thesis investigates multi-agent systems problems for systems with negative imaginary dynamics. Via tools from negative imaginary theory and graph theory, this research addresses the following three multi-agent systems problems: (i) the distributed robust stabilization probl…
This study looks at the process by which international non-governmental organizations set agendas for policy formation within the context of the UN. Over a period of two years, I conducted a qualitative study of three non-governmental organizations (NGOs) focusing on peace issue…
Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, a genre with a long history and several well-established assumptions. Scholarship and journalism about Wikipedia often consider the ways it carries forward, diverges from, or takes to an extreme the various qualities commonly ascribed to encyclopedi…
This book is the first to present the state of the art and provide technical focus on the latest advances in the foundations of blockchain systems. It is a collaborative work between specialists in cryptography, distributed systems, formal languages, and economics, and addresses…
"Modernisation has been the keynote of British politics since the early 1960s. Failure by Labour and Conservative governments led to a crisis of confidence in the British political system by the mid-1970s. From this crisis emerged Thatcherism which laid the foundation for a new …
"In order to be effective, international tribunals should be perceived as legitimate adjudicators. European Consensus and the Legitimacy of the European Court of Human Rights provides in-depth analyses on whether European consensus is capable of enhancing the legitimacy of the E…
"On the basis of the meticulous transcription observation process of 'Conversation Analysis', this book observes recurrent patterns in sequences where Japanese speakers negotiate agreement and disagreement. It contributes to the growing body of research on interaction and gramma…
All countries, regions and institutions are ultimately built on a degree of consensus, on a collective commitment to a concept, belief or value system. This consensus is continuously rephrased and reinvented through a narrative of cohesion and challenged by expressions of discon…
