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THE SOCRATIC INQUIRY

The Official Weekly Newsletter of the Socrates Journal

VOL. 1 ISSUE 4 2019 (NOV 18-NOV 24)

Editor Advisory Committee


Dr. Michelle L. Blakely Prof. Michael David Sollars, Chair-Department of
Assistant Editor, Journal Section - Political Science English, Texas Southern University, USA
Assistant Professor of Social and Administrative E-Mail: mdsollars@socratesjournal.com
Pharmacy, University of Wyoming, Laramie,
Wyoming, USA Prof. Inderjeet Singh Sodhi, Professor (Public
Email: michelle.blakely@socratesjournal.com Administration) & Head Department of Local
Governance, Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth
Assistant Editor Development, Sriperumbudur, India
Dr. Curtis R. Blakely  E-Mail:inderjeet@socratesjournal.com
Criminal Justice Lecturer
University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, USA Olivera Z. Mijuskovic, Professor, PhM, M.Sc. in
E-Mail: cblakely@socratesjournal.com Bioethics and Medical Ethics, Belgrade, Serbia, E-Mail:
olivera.z.mijuskovic@socratesjournal.com

Prof. Viviana Yaccuzzi Polisena, Professor of


Philosophy, UNNE-SORBONNE-UCC-UCA, Argentina. E-
Mail: vivianayaccuzzi@socratesjournal.com
IN THIS ISSUE
Gamze Nesipoğlu, Researcher at Istanbul University,
Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine Department of History
From the Editor of Medicine and Ethics, Istanbul, Turkey
E-Mail: gamzeturkey@socratesjournal.com
Featured Books

Call for Proposals

Academic Opportunities

Editorial Opportunities

Academic Announcements

Date of Publication: Sunday 24 November 2019


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FROM THE EDITOR

WELCOME TO THE FOURTH ISSUE OF


THE SOCRATIC INQUIRY!
Hello everyone:
I want to thank each of you for helping make our Newsletter so successful. 
We continue to receive a large amount of positive feedback that we
incorporate into each new issue.  With your ongoing support, our efforts
will continue to improve.  Our goal, as always is to produce the best
Newsletter possible!

In this issue, we begin with introducing you to two noteworthy books.  Each
is recognized within its respective field as being innovative and
progressive.  The first of these is entitled, Studies in Digital Politics and

Governance - it examines the question of "How and why digital technologies matter for democracy".  The
second is entitled, Socio-Physics: Applying the Natural Sciences to Criminal Justice and Penology (Revised/Blue-
cover Edition).  It is the first and only book ever written that applies the natural sciences (biology and
physics) and their theories to the field of criminology in order to further our understanding of human
behavior.

We also introduce you to an exciting opportunity under the Call for Proposals section.  The International
Institute of Administrative Sciences is seeking contributions to the Public Administration for Climate Action
conference that will be held in Brussels, June 17-19, 2020. In the Academic Opportunities section, you can
learn more about the Study UK Fair that is happening now as well as in 2020.  You will become familiar
with UK universities/scholarship opportunities from the British Council.  Entry is open and is free of cost!

We also have a volunteer opportunity for Section Editor of Philosophy for the journal Socrates.  This is a
great opportunity for anyone wishing to further develop their editing and scholarship abilities.  We would
like to hear from you if you are interested.  Serving in this capacity also looks impressive on a resume.

And finally, we are very excited to announce a new section within our weekly newsletter.  The section will
be called Recently Awarded Ph.D.’s.  It will serve to announce the accomplishments of those who have
completed their doctorates.  It also serves to introduce your colleagues to your dissertation research.

Warm regards,

Michelle

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FEATURED BOOKS

STUDIES IN DIGITAL POLITICS AND


GOVERNANCE
Editors-in-Chief:
Norbert Kersting, Ph.D.

University of Muenster, Germany

Karen Mossberger, Ph.D.

Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA

This book series examines how and why digital technologies matter for democracy – whether in
terms of coordinating social movements, elections, e-government, or digital inclusion. Relevant
topics include, but are not limited to, digital democracy, electronic voting, online participation
and civic engagement, and electronic campaigning. The series also covers studies on the impact
of information technologies on policy issues such as smart cities and the applications of
information technologies in a diverse range of areas, such as public health, education, and
cybersecurity.

Studies in Digital Politics and Governance (DPG) welcomes monographs and edited volumes from
a variety of disciplines and approaches, such as political science, public administration and
computational sciences, which are accessible to academics, decision-makers and practitioners
working at governmental and non-governmental institutions.

For more information/to place an order, please visit:


https://www.springer.com/series/16070

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FEATURED BOOKS

SOCIO-PHYSICS: APPLYING THE


NATURAL SCIENCES TO CRIMINAL
JUSTICE AND PENOLOGY, REVISED
EDITION
Authors:
Drs. Curtis & Michelle Blakely

University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, USA

Using the natural sciences to examine social dynamics is not new. However, this is the first
sustained attempt to apply this approach to the fields of criminal justice and penology. The
authors intend their new theoretical/conceptual framework to promote innovative, creative and
critical thought. In this revised/expanded edition, particular attention is paid to the manner in
which each chapter builds then transitions to the next.

Updated data/statistics are used throughout. Two additional chapters have been included.
These chapters help solidify physical concepts and contribute substantially to the position that
social and natural systems are comparable. Chapter One - The Prison: An Institution in Crisis;
Chapter Two - A Living Organism; Chapter Three - Evolutionary Science; Chapter Four - Sub-
atomic Particles and Prisoners; Chapter Five - Thermodynamics and Newtonian Motion; Chapter
Six - Chaos Theory; Chapter Seven - Applying Humanized Physics to Penology; Chapter Eight -
Prison Specialization and Offender Amenability; Chapter Nine - Literary Equations and Chapter
Ten - Ich Bin Feuer und Flamme Dafur.

For more information/to place an order, please scan this code or visit:
https://www.amazon.com/Socio-Physics-Applying-Sciences-Criminal-
Penology/dp/1680530240/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=socio-physics&qid=1574527169&sr=8-1

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CALL FOR PROPOSALS

Public Administration for Climate Action:


Call for Proposals

17-19 June 2020 - Brussels

Introduction
Established in 1930 to develop public administration solutions to the contemporary policy
challenges, the International Institute of Administrative Sciences (IIAS) celebrates its 90th
anniversary during its 2020 Conference on June 17-19 in the capital of Europe – Brussels. The
IIAS 2020 Conference will approach the theme “Public Administration for Climate Action” through
the following streams of public governance research: 1) Collaborative Governance, 2) Evidence-
based Policy, 3) Innovation, and 4) Resilience Studies.

With this call-for-proposal, the International Institute of Administrative Sciences is inviting its
members and partners, and interested individuals and institutions, to take ownership of one of
the tracks proposed here or propose any other one deemed relevant to address this pressing
policy concern.

Climate Action
Climate change is an increasingly salient policy issue. First, there is emerging consensus that the
climate is changing and impacting the natural system. Ice fields are decreasing, opening new
maritime routes in the Arctic Ocean. Forest fires are on the rise, in the Amazon, but also in Africa,
Asia and Europe. Episodes of extreme weather are increasingly common. Second, society is
increasingly polarized on the issue. The school strike for climate movement and its claim for
resolute climate action is proving unexpectedly sustainable. It is opposed by other movements
skeptic of the scientific diagnosis of global warming and optimistic about its technical treatment.
This portrays an emerging political conflict between ways of life and their respective partisans.

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Third, Climate Action is gaining salience in political and economic realms as well: it is the first
priority raised by the President-elect of the European Commission, it features high on the
agenda of the World Economic Forum, while the United Nations linked its Climate Action
Summit 2019 to its flagship General Assembly.

Public Governance for Climate Action


The professional community of public administration has much to contribute to climate action.
With Christopher Pollitt (2015), we distinguish four public governance research streams with
significant potential relevance for climate action: Collaborative Governance, Evidence-Based
Policy, Innovations, and Resilience.

Collaborative Governance
Climate change is the ideal-typical case of wicked issue: multi-faceted, uncertain and contested,
it resists treatment by specialized institutional jurisdictions, and requires “Collaborative
Governance” (Ansell and Gash 2008; Daviter 2017; Pollitt 2016). Collaborative governance has
been one major proposition of the field of public administration to address wicked issues. It
consists in “bringing multiple stakeholders together […] in common forums to engage in
collective decision-making” (Ansell and Gash 2008).

With Bouckaert (2015), we distinguish levels at which collaborative governance can occur:

Inside the public sector, coordination (Verhoest et al. 2004), joined-up government (Ling
2002), and whole-of-government (Christensen and Lægreid 2007) literature has tried to
devise ways to cut across organizational silo’s inside government. This literature remains
relevant for climate action, which requires policy integration between, i.e.: fiscal, urban, social,
economic and environmental aspects (Tosun and Lang 2017);

Interaction with the private and non-profit sector has also attracted a great deal of attention,
under labels such as network governance or management (Raab, Mannak, and Cambré 2015;
Ansell and Gash 2008). This rich literature has emphasized conditions under which the
reunion of stakeholders with various perspectives on wicked policy issues such as climate
change can create win-win solutions;

The literature on public-private partnerships focuses on schemes whereby public and private
organizations join their forces over the course of a public utilities project life cycle, sharing
risks and opportunities (Torchia, Calabrò, and Morner 2015). PPPs can be leveraged for
climate action projects, especially in high public debt and low interest rate contexts;

The involvement of citizens in the design and delivery of public policies has been the focus of
other streams of literature on co-production (Osborne, Radnor, and Strokosch 2016),
participation (Fung 2015), and social innovation (Voorberg, Bekkers, and Tummers 2015).

Evidence-based Policy
The evidence-based movement is an aspirational call for public policy processes to be more
scientifically rational. Grounded in the rejection of politics as zero-sum games between vested
interests It found the same echo in democracies and developmental states.

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Climate action strongly echoes this movement: it is concerned with forecasting future scenarios
on basis of non-fully accurate data, with setting quantified policy targets, measuring their
realization, providing incentives, the follow-up of their realization… At least three streams of
public administration research can be mobilized for climate action (Pollitt 2015):

With performance management, policy objectives are operationalized into indicators,


auditors or evaluators measure the progresses of agents towards their realization, and this
information is (hopefully) used in policy learning processes (Moynihan 2005). Climate action is
undoubtedly going to rely significantly of performance management processes, which were
discussed at length in public administration literature;

“Big data” is generated by users of the Internet, being individuals or objects (“Internet of
Things”; IoT). With big data being assumed to be just “out there”, the challenge shifts to its
analysis on such a way as to inform policy processes (Dunleavy 2016; Lavertu 2016; Mergel,
Rethemeyer, and Isett 2016);

The very call for evidence-based policy is concerned with the prevalence of the public interest
over vested private ones. It echoes public regulation literature, called to complement self-
regulation by the private sector.

Innovative Policy Solutions


One interim conclusion of the climate action debate is that “business-as-usual and some
technical solutions” won’t suffice: disruptions, radical changes or even revolutions will be
needed. Public administration has been addressing such questions for a long time, through the
concept of innovation. Innovations refer to new practices, on the whole public value creation
chain (De Vries, Bekkers, and Tummers 2016):

Most climate action, political pressure to engage in it and policy results currently occurs in
cities, pioneering in innovations labeled as smart cities (Meijer and Rodriguez Bolivar 2016),
or in the field of architecture, transport, ideas and ideologies. Local governance studies have
high potential relevance for climate action;

A significant share of innovation literature aims at seizing the opportunities offered by new
information and communication technologies (ICT) to improve public service delivery, hereby
merging with the established subfield of e-government or e-governance. ICT can automatize
existing administrative workflows, but also allows inventing new ways of achieving public
policy objectives;

With behavioral public administration (Grimmelikhuijsen et al. 2017), the theoretical


pendulum is moving back towards agency arguments and micro-level of analysis, after one
generation of institutionalism. This research agenda gives prospects of non-manipulative
behavioral changes from citizens through tools such as nudges. Climate action being about
changing mindsets, behaviorism public administration has a significant relevance therefore.

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Resilience Studies
The concept of resilience originates refers to the capacity of systems to absorb shocks and
recover an equilibrium position, different (bounce forward) or not (bounce back) from the initial
one (Duit 2016). Resilience studies examine how governance systems react to crisis situations,
of natural or human origin.

Crisis Management aims at learning lessons from cases of natural disasters (Katrina
hurricane), human-made catastrophes (Fukushima powerplant), financial (Euro-crisis), political
(Arab spring and revolutions), military (war) or other crises. Many crises being expected to
flow from climate (in)action, this is another relevant field of research to be mobilized in the
current context;

Post-conflict (Brinkerhoff 2005) and recovery studies position themselves after the disturbing
eventand the destruction it occasioned. It focuses on the reconstruction of capacities, while
learning the lessons of the past.

Call for Proposals


Hereby, the International Institute of Administrative Sciences invites you to take ownership of
one of the proposed conference tracks above, or to propose any other one which is relevant for
climate action, by applying to the position of Track Chair for the IIAS 2020 Conference on Public
Administration for Climate Action.

Your application should mention:


The name, email and institutional affiliation of the involved individuals;

If applicable, the name, website and logo of the institution endorsing the track;

A short (200 words) description of the research question the track wants to address and
justifying its relevance for climate action;

An indication of the kind of contribution expected, such as: papers, presentations, posters, …

The proposals should be sent to info@iias-conference2020.org by December 15, 2019.

The proposals will be evaluated by the Conference Rapporteur, the Chair of the IIAS Scientific
Committee, and the Scientific Team of IIAS. Chairs are notified of the decision on such a way as
to compile all proposals into a call-for-contributions and diffused online by New Year. Track
chairs are invited to mobilize their network.

Registration fees will remain due for Track Chairs and Presenters alike, who both enjoy
significant discounts, as do PhD students and early bird participants.

For more information and to view cited references, please visit the website:
https://mailchi.mp/iias-iisa.org/iias2020conference-call4proposals

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ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITIES

Study UK Fair
2019-2020
Thousands of aspiring students in India look forward to attend a Study UK Fair every year.

Here's why you too must attend:


1. The best opportunity you can get to meet a host of UK universities under one roof
2. Know more about scholarship opportunities from the British Council and other institutes to
fund your study
3. Get information on the new Graduate Immigration Route from UK Visa and Immigration
officers
4. Informative sessions on IELTS and more from the experts
5. Entry is open to all and free of cost!

Who can attend this fair?


This event is for students and professionals who want to study in the UK. We also encourage
parents, teachers, educationists and anyone else interested in knowing about opportunities to
study in the UK to visit us at the fair.

Who are the participating institutions?


The list of participating institutions is announced on our webpage a couple of weeks before the
fair, along with the city-wise schedule and the list of seminars in each location.

Only approved education providers in the UK can participate in the British Council Fair; visitors
do not have to worry about the authenticity of the participating institutions.

How can I attend?


Visit the venue on the scheduled time and register; you can pre-register too in the link below
under registration details.

Do I need to bring along any documents?


Please bring copies of your mark sheets, transcripts and other related documents, so that you
can discuss and share your concerns with the institution of your choice.

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Fair Details

Study UK Public Fair November 2019 - Saudi Arabia


Middle East and Northern Africa, Saudi Arabia
Join us for the Study UK Public Fair in Jeddah
Monday 25 November 2019 - 15:00 to 20:00

British Council Higher Education Fairs Germany - November 2019


Europe and Germany
Join us for British Council Higher Education Fairs in Cologne, Frankfurt and Munich
Tuesday 26 November 2019 - 11:00 to Thursday 28 November 2019 - 15:00

Study UK Fairs India - November 2019


South Asia, India
Join us for Study UK Fairs in Delhi, Chandigarh and Kolkata
Saturday 23 November 2019 - 12:00 to Thursday 28 November 2019 - 18:00

Study UK Fair 2020 - Thailand


East Asia, Thailand
Join us for the Study UK Fair 2020 in Bangkok
Saturday 11 January 2020 - 12:00 to Sunday 12 January 2020 - 18:00

Study UK Fair 2020 - Morocco


Middle East and Northern Africa
Join us for the Study UK Fair 2020 in Rabat and Casablanca
Wednesday 15 January 2020 - 13:00 to Friday 17 January 2020 - 19:00

Study UK Fair 2020 - Hong Kong


East Asia, Hong Kong SAR
Join us for the Study UK Fair 2020 Hong Kong, 18-19 January 2020
Saturday 18 January 2020 - 13:00 to Sunday 19 January 2020 - 19:00

British Council Higher Education Fairs Germany - January 2020


Europe, Germany
Join us for British Council Higher Education Fairs in Düsseldorf, Hamburg and Berlin
Tuesday 28 January 2020 - 11:00 to Thursday 30 January 2020 - 15:00

Free Study UK Information Sessions available at: https://www.britishcouncil.in/study-


uk/events/education-uk-information-sessions

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EDITORIAL OPPORTUNITIES

SOCRATES SCHOLARLY RESEARCH JOURNAL


section editor - philosophy
Our Journal SOCRATES which is an international, multi-disciplinary, refereed and indexed
scholarly journal, is looking for an experienced, qualified, dedicated leader to lead its journal
section Philosophy as its Section Editor.

The primary role of the Section editor will be the reconstruction of the journal section and the
publication of special issues under their editorship.

Interested scholars are requested to fill our join us form available on our journal's website at
https://www.socratesjournal.com/index.php/SOCRATES/joinourteam

Join our growing network and


represent the Journal in your
country!!

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ACADEMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

THE SOCRATIC
INQUIRY
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new section

IT GIVES US IMMENSE PLEASURE TO INFORM YOU ALL THAT WE HAVE DECIDED TO INCLUDE A
NEW SECTION IN OUR JOURNAL'S WEEKLY NEWSLETTER THE SOCRATIC INQUIRY.

THIS SECTION WILL BE CALLED 'RECENTLY AWARDED PHDS'.

We wish to include the information about the latest awarded PhDs in our weekly newsletter.

What would be included in this section:


1. Title of the PhD thesis.
2. Abstract.
3. The date on which it was awarded.
4. Awarding University or Institution.
5. Full name and contact details of the awardee.

So if you have recently been awarded a PhD in the subjects English language and literature or
Philosophy or Public Policy/Public Administration/Political Science/Public
Management/Governance, share your information with us through the Newsletter content
submission portal available at the following weblink:
https://www.socratesjournal.com/index.php/SOCRATES/ncs-portal

and we will include this information in our newsletter.

Share your research with the world!!

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contact the advisory committee members and the editors of the newsletter.

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For any other issue and queries, please contact the Editor of the Newsletter, Dr Michelle Blakely,
Assistant Editor, Journal Section - Political Science, Assistant Professor of Social and Administrative
Pharmacy, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, USA, Email: michelle.blakely@socratesjournal.com.

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