Dr. Andrew F. Cooper

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  Published on: 8/1/2007    Last Visited: 1/17/2009  

  Andrew F Cooper thinks so. He is Professor of Political Science at Canada's University of Waterloo and a fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation.
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  The common factor in all that is what Professor Cooper calls "entrapment", by which he means that the celebrities placed their fame at the service of a charity or institution, which then shaped the nature of their activism. Few struck off on their own as independents.
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  "Celebrities are either entrapped, or they cross a line and are seen as just a flake," Professor Cooper told me over coffee between sessions in The Hague.
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  But what is now different, according to Professor Cooper, is the rise of a new breed of autonomous celebrity who is not attached to the coat-tails of some established body.
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  "In the United States, celebrity diplomacy is attacked from the right as part of a liberal-socialist Hollywood agenda," Professor Cooper observed.
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  "Through it," said Professor Cooper, "Bono shifted the core of his attention to lobbying the state at the heart of the global system, the United States.
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  The way they do this, according to Professor Cooper , the inventor of the concept of celebrity diplomacy , is by Bono and Geldof playing a hard-guy/soft-guy routine.
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  But Geldof, the organiser of massive international spectacles, is too much of a maverick to be successful as a diplomat, Professor Cooper believes.
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  "Geldof's personal agenda was paramount," Professor Cooper suggests.
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  And all of that told me that Professor Cooper is some way off the mark here.
  
  In my view, he misunderstands the depth of Geldof's intellectual sophistication, and the sheer range of experience he has on global poverty issues, after spending at least two days a week, year in, year out, on behind-the-scenes campaigning for the past 25 years. The world's most senior politicians, who meet him privately, have enormous respect for that. Professor Cooper also misreads Geldof's decisions over Live8; his choice of date and his selection of acts was aimed at maximising the audiences for the broadcasts and was therefore governed primarily by how many records the artists had sold (and African acts are not big international sellers); and the day of the march was the date that broadcasters advised most people would watch.
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  Even Professor Cooper acknowledges that. "Having branded himself as a provocative anti-diplomat since the 1980s, buying into a more orthodox script contained dangers," he said.
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  "She's not just a pretty face," said Professor Cooper.

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  "It's quite convincing work and seems to be quite widely accepted by the scientific community," said Andrew Cooper, a professor of coastal studies at the University of Ulster in Northern Ireland.
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  "One of the $64,000 questions is whether corals will be able to grow fast enough to keep up with sea-level rises," Cooper said.

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  Andrew F. Cooper and John Kirton
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  Andrew F. Cooper is the associate director of the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) and a professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Waterloo.

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  Andrew F. Cooper

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  "It's quite convincing work and seems to be quite widely accepted by the scientific community," said Andrew Cooper, a professor of coastal studies at the University of Ulster in Northern Ireland.
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  "One of the $64 000 questions is whether corals will be able to grow fast enough to keep up with sea level rises," Cooper said.

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  Published on: 8/27/2002    Last Visited: 8/27/2002  

  Approaches to management are not ideal and may be contributing to conflict: concludes Dr. Andrew Cooper who conducted the research into the future development potential of the Swilly waters.Against this background The Save The Swilly group is to ask Donegal County Council to take charge of a management plan for the varied resources in the Lough in the aftermath of a study conducted by the University of Ulster.The findings highlight a level of conflict and a strong element of alienation between government agencies and local communities.It also notes that there are development opportunities which have not reached their full potential and a lack of information in several sectors is obvious. The study findings run to 82 pages of content and finds that the various management structures operating in the Swilly are clearly not integrated: as recent EU recommendations suggest."The various groups are not working together to make best use of the valuable resources that exists within the lough.Subsequently, major economic development opportunities are being missed,"says the new report.
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  Dr. Cooper who oversaw the scoping study says that in addition to the difficulties the conflict and lack of co-operation between users of the Swilly is adding to the problem.Among its ten main findings the Report says there is little co-ordination policy and practice in sectors: there is conflict among users and regulators - particularly mariculture and other sectors: the lough has potential for further exploitation which has not been investigated: the economic benefit of existing uses is not fully quantified.STS says that since the Council is the primary development body in the county its the only organisation with the remit to co-ordinate such a management policy given their range of interests in the environment.
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  The "Scoping Study for an Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) strategy for Lough Swilly", was conducted by Dr Andrew Cooper of the Coastal Studies Research Group at the University of Ulster in Coleraine.However STS says this is only the first basic step in the proper management of the Lough and they say that all interests must be catered for under one umbrella body.
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  "Dr Cooper and his team have produced an excellent introduction to such a plan, and we shall now seek support for the development of an ICZM strategy from all stakeholders, including but by no means limited to our members."The report, released this week by the University of Ulster, stresses that information is essential to management."Without accurate information decisions will be based on arbitrary or personal criteria.Long-term values may be sacrificed for short-term gain."The report's authors note that Lough Swilly's ability to accommodate and sustain various uses is constrained by many factors."The carrying capacity for each use (fishing, tourism, aquaculture, waste disposal, etc) should be considered from physical, ecological and social perspectives."A key element of the information gathering process will be an assessment of the economic benefits of all existing and potential uses of Lough Swilly and its surroundings, which has never before been done.
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  Dr Cooper and his team are recognised experts in the field of coastal zone management in Ireland, and some of their work for the Donegal County Council was published last year under the title "Rural Beach Management: A Good Practice Guide".
  
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  Professor Andrew Cooper
  
  Professor of Coastal Studies Tel: 028 70324429 Email: jag.cooper@ulster.ac.uk

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  Project Members:Andrew F. Cooper, Andrew Schrumm, Thomas Agar, Timothy Shaw, and Naren Prasad

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  Last Visited: 10/25/2008  

  Prof. Andrew Cooper, University of Ulster
  
  11.10 Beach management

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  Published on: 12/22/2008    Last Visited: 3/8/2009  

  From left to right: Ambassador Dr Fauziah Mohamed Taib (Director General of the Institute of Diplomacy & Foreign Relations, Malaysia), Professor Andrew Cooper (Associate Director of The Centre for International Governance Innovation, Canada) and Mr John Buckley (Executive Director, Aus-CSCAP).

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