My work concerns the issue of whether the survivors of the Nazi medical experiments (and, by extension, survivors of all unethical experiments) should be given control of the obtained data. First, I explore the argument that using the data harms the survivors, because using it v…
This dissertation involves a content analysis of public discussion by government officials involved in the debate over the use of force against Iraq. Elite participants in government made public announcements to justify policy positions to constituents, educate interested partic…
During the 1990s, in countries as disparate as Poland, Morocco and South Africa, greater political freedom provided a space for cultural conservatives and women's advocates to clash over gender equality. Did debate about women's rights alter the legitimacy of gender justice? Thr…
Reactions to events of the past several years, including the attack on the World Trade Center and the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, have reawakened public and academic concern with emancipatory politics, political freedom, and transformative or revolutionary change. In part…
This paper explores the debate between claimant (source) nations and western museums over the ownership of antiquities taken out before the enactment of twentieth century national and international laws. Source nations are requesting the return of cultural material which they be…