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Romanian Political Science Review Vol. XXI, No. 1 2021
Romanian Political Science Review vol. XXI, no. 1 2021 The end of the Cold War, and the extinction of communism both as an ideology and a practice of government, not only have made possible an unparalleled experiment in building a democratic order in Central and Eastern Europe, but have opened up a most extraordinary intellectual opportunity: to understand, compare and eventually appraise what had previously been neither understandable nor comparable. Studia Politica. Romanian Political Science Review was established in the realization that the problems and concerns of both new and old democracies are beginning to converge. The journal fosters the work of the first generations of Romanian political scientists permeated by a sense of critical engagement with European and American intellectual and political traditions that inspired and explained the modern notions of democracy, pluralism, political liberty, individual freedom, and civil rights. Believing that ideas do matter, the Editors share a common commitment as intellectuals and scholars to try to shed light on the major political problems facing Romania, a country that has recently undergone unprecedented political and social changes. They think of Studia Politica. Romanian Political Science Review as a challenge and a mandate to be involved in scholarly issues of fundamental importance, related not only to the democratization of Romanian polity and politics, to the “great transformation” that is taking place in Central and Eastern Europe, but also to the make-over of the assumptions and prospects of their discipline. They hope to be joined in by those scholars in other countries who feel that the demise of communism calls for a new political science able to reassess the very foundations of democratic ideals and procedures. -
European Union Launches Full Scale War Against Internet Privacy with #Chatcontrol (Eprivacy Derogation)
European Union launches full scale war against internet privacy with #ChatControl (ePrivacy Derogation) On July 6, 2021, the European Union voted on the new “ChatControl” proposal. With a shocking number of 537 Members of the European Parliament voting in favor, 133 voting against and 20 abstentions, it was approved. The proposal was put forward under the banner of “emergency measures” and it allows internet companies to scan users’ private messages for material containing child sex abuse. This controversial decision is supposed to fix problems with the European Electronics Communications Code, which came into force last December. The so called “e-Privacy Interim Regulation” (2020/0259(COD)) requires online messenger and email service providers to automatically scan private message content in real time for suspicious text and image content using error-prone artificial intelligence. All cases identified by AI would be automatically disclosed to investigative authorities in the EU, without the individuals concerned knowing about it. This is intended to counter the spread of child pornography on the internet, at least that is the story behind it. But the EU’s plans for ChatControl have beenconfirmed to violate fundamental rights by a former judge of the European Court of Justice. The delegation of the European Pirate Party inserted in the Greens / EFA group has strongly condemned what it considers automated mass surveillance, which as they say means the end of privacy in digital correspondence. German Pirate Party Member of the European Parliament Patrick Breyer plans to take legal action against the regulation and is looking for victims of abuse who would file such a complainant. -
The Syntheist Movement and Creating God in the Internet Age
1 I Sing the Body Electric: The Syntheist Movement and Creating God in the Internet Age Melodi H. Dincer Senior Thesis Brown University Department of Religious Studies Adviser: Paul Nahme Second Reader: Daniel Vaca Providence, Rhode Island April 15, 20 2 Table of Contents Acknowledgments. 3 Introduction: Making the Internet Holy. .4 Chapter (1) A Technophilic Genealogy: Piracy and Syntheism as Cybernetic Offspring. .12 Chapter (2) The Atheist Theology of Syntheism . 49 Chapter (3) Enacted Syntheisms: An Ethics of Active Virtuality and Virtual Activity. 96 (In)Conclusions. 138 Works Cited. 144 3 Acknowledgments I would briefly like to thank anyone who has had a hand—actually, even the slightest brush of a finger in making this project materialize outside of the confines of my own brain matter. I would first like to thank Kerri Heffernan and my Royce Fellowship cohort for supporting my initial research on the Church of Kopimism. My time in Berlin and Stockholm on behalf of the Royce made an indelible mark on my entire academic career thus far, without which this thesis would definitely not be as out-of-the-box as it is proud to be. I would also like to thank a few professors in the Religious Studies department who, whether they were aware of it or not, encouraged my confidence in this area of study and shaped how I approached the religious communities this project concerns. Specifically, thank you to Prof. Denzey-Lewis, who taught my first religious studies course at Brown and graciously sponsored my Royce research amidst her own travels. Also, infinite thanks and blessings to Fannie Bialek, who so deftly modeled all that is good in this discipline, and all that is most noble in the often confusing, frustrating, and stressful task of teaching “hard” topics. -
Dear President of the European Parliament, Dear President of The
Dear President of the European Parliament, Dear President of the European Council, Dear President of the European Commission and Dear President of the French Republic, We all have a responsibility for the shared future of Europe. In this time of crisis, it is high time to re-evaluate some of the rules we have upheld till now and focus on the most important aspects of the European project, which will help us move forward. An unprecedented health crisis is currently affecting millions of people in Europe and tragically taking thousands of lives. However, this is not the end. The economic crisis will crush the hopes and dreams of generations of Europeans. We sincerely hope that we will all do whatever is in our power not to leave anyone behind. We firmly believe that the European Parliament needs to take on its responsibility and share the burden since it is the highest European directly elected body. We need to be part of the solution, not part of the problem. If we want the people to have confidence and trust in the European project, we need to show them that we are also ready to make concessions. Therefore, we would like to ask you to do everything in your power to change the treaties in order to have just a single seat of the Parliament in Brussels. This call has again gained a large majority of support in the 2018 Parliament discharge resolution adopted on 13 May 2020 and shall now be taken into account and acted upon. The financial and environmental costs of moving the Parliament are, especially in these times of digitally connected Europe, extremely high and hard to justify. -
Pressemappe Bundesparteitag 2014.1 Bochum 4.1
Pressemappe Bundesparteitag 2014.1 Bochum 4.1. und 5.1.2014 Inhalt Inhalt 2 Grußwort 3 Über den 14. Bundes parteitag 4 Bundesparteitag in Zahlen 4 In eigener Sache: Piraten haben Mitglieder, keine Delegierten! 5 Piraten Parteitagskultur 5 Vorgesehene Tagesordnung 6 Programm am Samstag 4. Januar 2014 7 Programm am Sonntag 5. Januar 2014 7 Die Kandidaten zur Europawahl stellen sich vor 8 Die Piratenpartei - Selbstverständnis und Ziele 14 Unser Selbstverständnis 15 Unsere Ziele 15 Starke Grundrechte und freie Menschen 15 Transparenz und mehr Demokratie 16 Teilhabe an Wissen und Kultur 16 Teilhabe an der Gesellschaft 16 Der Bundesvorstand stellt sich vor 19 Die Geschichte der Piratenpartei(en) 20 Meilensteine der Piratenpartei 21 Zahlen und Fakten zur Piratenpartei 22 Landesverbände 22 Mandate 24 Piratenfraktion im Abgeordnetenhaus von Berlin 25 Piratenfraktion im Landtag Schleswig-Holstein 27 Piratenfraktion im Landtag Saarland 28 Piratenfraktion im Landtag Nordrhein-Westfalen 29 Parteinahe Organisationen 32 Ansprechpartner Pressestelle: 33 Grußwort 2014 wird ein spannendes Jahr für die Piratenpartei. Nach der Kommunalwahl in Bayern im März stehen für den 25. Mai die Europawahl und weitere Kommunalwahlen in 10 Bundesländern vor der Tür. Dann noch die Landtagswah- len in Sachsen, Thüringen und Brandenburg. Niemand hat gesagt, dass es einfach wird. Mit Kreativität, Enthusiasmus und echter Beteiligung innerhalb der Partei und unseren Fraktionen können die Piraten dem Politik- betrieb, wie er bis dato existiert, ein Lehrstück in Sachen Demokratie erteilen. Unsere Parteitage sind nicht durchchoreographiert, wie wir es von CDU oder SPD gewohnt sind. Wir streiten um unsere Punkte und wählen Piraten aus unserer Mitte. Das ist ein neues Bild in der Parteienlandschaft und gerade das zeichnet uns aus. -
Encore the ANNUAL RESEARCH MAGAZINE of the ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT INSTITUTE for INTERNET and SOCIETY
encore THE ANNUAL RESEARCH MAGAZINE OF THE ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT INSTITUTE FOR INTERNET AND SOCIETY VOLUME 2015 encore THE ANNUAL RESEARCH MAGAZINE OF THE ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT INSTITUTE FOR INTERNET AND SOCIETY VOLUME 2015 EDITORIAL Jeanette Hofmann, Director of the Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society Not a day goes by without news about the digitalisation of our everyday life, its great promises but also its clashes with established norms and values. Are we ready for chips to be implanted under our skin? Do we embrace the idea of a decentralised digital currency? Will we be outperformed by the miracles of artificial intelligence and what can we expect from algorithmic regulation? Schumpeter’s “creative destruction” challenges us to shed new light on all the things we usually take for granted and to ask ourselves how we can give direction to the ongoing processes of transformation that modern societies face. As an interdisciplinary research institute, the Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG) contributes in many ways to address these big questions. First of all, the HIIG has established itself as an important node in a growing network of researchers in the area of Internet and society. In 2015, Julian Staben, one of our first PhD students, submitted his thesis; many more will follow him in 2016. In view of the completion of our first generation of doctoral students, we revised our research programme and placed greater emphasis on interdisciplinary and cross-divisional issues. In addition to the Digitaler Salon, by now a well-established monthly discussion panel co-organised with DRadio Wissen, we organised a number of public and academic events. -
European Parliament Elections 2009 RESEARCH PAPER 09/53 17 June 2009
European Parliament Elections 2009 RESEARCH PAPER 09/53 17 June 2009 Elections to the European Parliament were held across the 27 states of the European Union between 4 and 7 June 2009. The UK elections were held concurrently with the county council elections in England on 4 June. The UK now has 72 MEPs, down from 78 at the last election, distributed between 12 regions. The Conservatives won 25 seats, both UKIP and Labour 13 and the Liberal Democrats 11. The Green Party held their two seats, while the BNP won their first two seats in the European parliament. Labour lost five seats compared with the comparative pre-election position. The Conservatives won the popular vote overall, and every region in Great Britain except the North East, where Labour won, and Scotland, where the SNP won. UKIP won more votes than Labour. UK turnout was 34.5%. Across Europe, centre-right parties, whether in power or opposition, tended to perform better than those on the centre-left. The exact political balance of the new Parliament depends on the formation of Groups. The UK was not alone in seeing gains for far-right and nationalistic parties. Turnout across the EU was 43%. It was particularly low in some of the newer Member States. Part 1 of this paper presents the full results of the UK elections, including regional analysis and local-level data. Part 2 presents summary results of the results across the EU, together with country-level summaries based on data from official national sources. Adam Mellows-Facer Richard Cracknell Sean Lightbown Recent Research -
May 2014 ICANN Report
A Blueprint Subsidiarity Inclusive Accountable & Adjudicatory Crowdsource Decisionmaking Crowdsource Oversight and Develop Standards to Measure Success Move to Global Engagement Establish “Citizen” Juries Use Rotating Term Limits Decentralize Accountability Innovative Voting Techniques Use Participatory Budgeting Innovate the ICANN Public Forum LEGITIMATE EFFECTIVE EVOLVING Experimental Smart Be Experimental Use Expert Networks Transparent Learning Embrace Open Data Generate New Insights and Evidence and Open Contracting Embrace Evidence Agile & Innovative Encourage Games Enable Collaborative Drafting Cost-effective Draft May 2014 ICANN report To: Fadi Chehadé From: The ICANN Strategy Panel on Multistakeholder Innovation (Alison Gillwald, Joi Ito, Karim Lakhani, Guo Liang, Geoff Mulgan, Bitange Ndemo and Beth Simone Noveck) RE: Final Draft MSI Panel Recommendations Date: May, 2014 Enclosed please find the Final Draft Recommendations submitted on behalf of the ICANN Strategy Panel on Multistakeholder Innovation, with support from The Governance Lab @ NYU. The framework for these recom- mendations is described by a Blueprint proposing the creation of new channels for international engagement and consensus-driven policymaking to enable meaningful ways to test new institutional arrangements at ICANN. Proposal summaries can be found on pages 7-11 of this report. In crafting our proposals, there was, of course, no “approved” textbook answer, certainly no textbook suited to the realities of the 21st century. So we started from what we know from experience. To be effective, the actions of an organization like ICANN, in accordance with its public interest mission, must be – and must be perceived to be – legitimate. We now know that a contract with the agencies that originally funded and created the Net will no longer unquestionably provide such legitimacy. -
Conference Reader
GREENS MEET CHANGEMAKERS BRUSSELS, 3-5 FEBRUARY 2017 The Greens I EFA in the European Parliament Dear participants, Welcome to the European Ideas Lab - the Greens’ conference to meet the change- makers! Thank you very much for making your way to Brussels - we are really looking forward to getting to know more about you, your projects and your ideas. We have been working on this programme since the summer, when we started mapping the many initiatives, struggles, mobilisations, associations, and endeav- ors aimed at reversing the negative trends at work in today’s Europe. The current challenge is to connect these initiatives, these struggles, and these “changemak- ers” at European level. We spent a lot of time getting in touch with many people and organizations, some already known to us, some new. Little by little, every- thing took shape. Now you are here and we are particularly happy to share this moment with you. In this reader, you will nd: information about the European Greens; practical info to help you get the most out of the conference; the aims and general principles of the conference; and the programme of this rst European Ideas Lab. In a separate folder, you will nd a ‘Who’s Who’. For us, this conference is a rst of this kind and we have tried our best to t all needs. However, any remaining questions, remarks, complaints and suggestions, are welcome ([email protected]). Enjoy, The European Ideas Lab Organising Team CONTENT 03 About the Greens 04 The Greens/EFA in the European Parliament 05 What is the European Green Party 06 - 09 Practical Information 10 - 13 About the conference 14 - 24 Workshops 25 - 38 Programme ABOUT THE GREENS GREENS’ PRINCIPLES HAVE BEEN LAID OUT AND SYNTHETISED IN THE CHARTER OF THE GLOBAL GREENS. -
Pressemappe Piratenpartei BPT 12.2
— PRESSEMAPPE — BUNDESPARTEITAG 2012.2 BUNDESPARTEITAG 2012.2 GRUSSWORT Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, ein Jahr liegt seit dem letzten Programmparteitag der Piratenpartei in Offen- bach hinter uns. In dieser Zeit sind die PIRATEN in drei weitere Landespar- lamente eingezogen. Die Mitgliederzahl hat sich in diesem Zeitraum nahezu verdoppelt. Im Frühjahr wurde ein neuer Bundesvorstand gewählt. In der Me- dienöffentlichkeit werden wir mittlerweile wie eine etablierte Bundestags- partei behandelt – mit der entsprechenden Erwartungshaltung. Vor uns liegt ein Jahr, in dem wir in drei weiteren Bundesländern bei Land- tagswahlen antreten und uns im September 2013 dem Votum der Bundes- tagswahl stellen werden. Der Einzug in den Bundestag ist dabei kein Selbstläufer. Im Gegenteil. Wir werden weiter kämpfen müssen, um die Menschen davon zu überzeugen, dass nur die Piratenpartei die notwendige Innovationskraft besitzt, die politische, gesellschaftliche und wirtschaft- liche Entwicklung Deutschlands anzutreiben. Auf dem Bundesparteitag der Piratenpartei werden wir in den kommenden beiden Tagen die programmati- schen Weichen stellen, um diese Herausforderungen erfolgreich zu meistern. Das Antragsbuch enthält auf 1469 Seiten allein 656 Programmanträge und ca. 50 Positionspapiere. Dies zeugt von der Vielfalt der inhalt- lichen Arbeit der PIRATEN. Wir stellen an diesem Wochenende unser Grundsatzprogramm auf eine breitere Basis als bisher und erledi- gen gleichzeitig bei unseren Kernthemen die Hausaufgaben. Mit den ersten Punkten für das Programm zur Bundestagswahl machen wir einen großen Schritt nach vorne. Im Frühjahr werden wir auf einem weiteren Parteitag unsere Programmatik ausbauen. Die Öffnung unseres Themenkataloges ermöglicht es der Piratenpartei, sich klarer zu den Themen zu äußern, zu denen Sie, liebe Pressevertreter, sich Antworten erhoffen. Ich bin zuversichtlich, dass wir nach diesem Parteitag in der Lage sein werden, auch in wirtschaftspolitischen Fragen sowie in den Bereichen Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik bzw. -
Revisiting the Purpose of the Copyright Monopoly: Science and the Useful Arts
Revisiting The Purpose Of The Copyright Monopoly: Science And The Useful Arts Rick Falkvinge December 2, 2012 If there’s one thing that needs constant reminding, it’s the explicit purpose of the copyright monopoly. Its purpose is to promote the progress of human knowledge. Nothing less. Nothing more. While the copyright monopoly has many different origins that have come together under this umbrella of hodgepodge different monopolies, few copyright monopoly laws are as clear on its purpose as the one in the United States of America. In its Constitution, we read the following: [Congress has the power] to promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries. This passage is notable for a number of different things. We begin by noting it says that Congress has the power, and not the obligation, to create this monopoly. Thus, the US Congress could abolish the monopoly tomorrow if there was political will. Those who claim that the copyright monopoly is “constitutionally guaranteed” are simply wrong. One hundred percent, 180 degrees wrong. Second, we should make careful note of its language. This passage enables the US Congress to make two kinds of monopolies: copyright monopolies and patent monopolies, respectively. Science and the useful arts. The “science” part refers to the copyright monopoly, and the “useful arts” has nothing to do with creative works – it is “arts” in the same sense as “artisan”, that is, craftsmanship. So let’s start looking at what is not in this passage. -
Pirátské Strany V Evropě
MASARYKOVA UNIVERZITA FAKULTA SOCIÁLNÍCH STUDIÍ Katedra mezinárodních vztahů a evropských studií Pirátské strany v Evropě Magisterská diplomová práce Eva Křivánková (učo 237862) Vedoucí práce: PhDr. Petr Kaniok, Ph.D. Obor: Evropská studia Imatrikulační ročník: 2011 Brno, 2014 1 Prohlašuji, ţe jsem tento text vypracovala samostatně pouze s vyuţitím uvedených zdrojů. 19. 5. 2014 ………………………………. Eva Křivánková 2 Děkuji vedoucímu této práce PhDr. Petru Kaniokovi, Ph.D. za jeho čas a cenné rady. 3 Obsah Úvod ........................................................................................................................................................ 6 1 Teoretické ukotvení ......................................................................................................................... 7 1.1 Cíle a struktura ........................................................................................................................ 7 1.2 Stranické rodiny a jejich určení ............................................................................................... 8 1.3 Úskalí konceptu stranických rodin .......................................................................................... 9 1.3.1 Stručný přehled stranických rodin ................................................................................. 10 1.4 Koncept stranických rodin a pirátské hnutí ........................................................................... 12 1.5 Metody .................................................................................................................................