title: "We never expel a foreigner" - globalism, interconnectivity and the experiment of the open society

authors: Peters, Michael A.

abstract: This paper begins with Popper’s appeal to Pericles of Athens to illustrate the history and philosophy of a political principle of democracy and education that sustains the open society. It considers “globalism” as openness and proposes several dimenions of the concept of openness, before examining “Openness as Liberal Internationalism” and “Global Systems History”.

text: "We never expel a foreigner" - globalism, interconnectivity and the experiment of the open society This paper begins with Popper’s appeal to Pericles of Athens to illustrate the history and philosophy of a political principle of democracy and education that sustains the open society. It considers “globalism” as openness and proposes several dimenions of the concept of openness, before examining “Openness as Liberal Internationalism” and “Global Systems History”.

year: 2016

title: Defining sets and critical sets in (0,1)-matrices.

authors: Cavenagh, Nicholas J.

subjects: (0,1)-matrix

abstract: If D is a partially filled-in (0, 1)-matrix with a unique completion to a (0, 1)-matrix M (with prescribed row and column sums), we say that D is a defining set for M. If the removal of any entry of D destroys this property (i.e. at least two completions become possible), we say that D is a critical set for M. In this note, we show that the complement of a critical set for a (0, 1)-matrix M is a defining set for M. We also study the possible sizes (number of filled-in cells) of defining sets for square matrices M with uniform row and column sums, which are also frequency squares. In particular, we show that when the matrix is of even order 2m and the row and column sums are all equal to m, the smallest possible size of a critical set is precisely m². We give the exact structure of critical sets with this property.

text: Defining sets and critical sets in (0,1)-matrices. If D is a partially filled-in (0, 1)-matrix with a unique completion to a (0, 1)-matrix M (with prescribed row and column sums), we say that D is a defining set for M. If the removal of any entry of D destroys this property (i.e. at least two completions become possible), we say that D is a critical set for M. In this note, we show that the complement of a critical set for a (0, 1)-matrix M is a defining set for M. We also study the possible sizes (number of filled-in cells) of defining sets for square matrices M with uniform row and column sums, which are also frequency squares. In particular, we show that when the matrix is of even order 2m and the row and column sums are all equal to m, the smallest possible size of a critical set is precisely m². We give the exact structure of critical sets with this property.

year: 2013

title: Maori seeking self-determination or Tino Rangatiratanga? A note

authors: Toki, Valmaine

abstract: Dr Nin Tomas wrote a considered and substantial piece entitled “Indigenous Peoples and the Māori: The Right to Self-Determination in International Law - From Woe to Go” for the New Zealand Law Review published in 2008.² In her conclusion she notes two ways in which self-determination has been implemented by the state: first, by “greater tolerance and benevolence along a series of principled guidelines”,³ and, second, as a “peoples-centred, enabling principle that allows Indigenous peoples to re-establish their social, economic and political institutions”.⁴
In 2010, New Zealand reversed its position and supported the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (the Declaration).5 With this in mind, this short piece revisits the notion of self-determination by examining the differing dynamics of concepts of external and internal self-determination before a short discussion on pluralism and the relationship between tino rangatiratanga and self-determination. In conclusion some thoughts are offered on a potential form of self-determination that could be consistent with the exercise of tino rangatiratanga.

text: Maori seeking self-determination or Tino Rangatiratanga? A note Dr Nin Tomas wrote a considered and substantial piece entitled “Indigenous Peoples and the Māori: The Right to Self-Determination in International Law - From Woe to Go” for the New Zealand Law Review published in 2008.² In her conclusion she notes two ways in which self-determination has been implemented by the state: first, by “greater tolerance and benevolence along a series of principled guidelines”,³ and, second, as a “peoples-centred, enabling principle that allows Indigenous peoples to re-establish their social, economic and political institutions”.⁴
In 2010, New Zealand reversed its position and supported the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (the Declaration).5 With this in mind, this short piece revisits the notion of self-determination by examining the differing dynamics of concepts of external and internal self-determination before a short discussion on pluralism and the relationship between tino rangatiratanga and self-determination. In conclusion some thoughts are offered on a potential form of self-determination that could be consistent with the exercise of tino rangatiratanga.

year: 2017