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VIEWPOINT: China, ‘the sick man of Asia’ 2.0 – the securitization of Coronavirus

VIEWPOINT: China, ‘the sick man of Asia’ 2.0 – the securitization of Coronavirus

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  • March 04, 2020

Ferran Perez Mena At the end of the 19th century, the imperialist western powers, during their “civilizing” mission of plundering in [...]

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On the Frontline: Cultural injustice and invisibility in global peripheries

On the Frontline: Cultural injustice and invisibility in global peripheries

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  • March 04, 2020

Matias Nestore “I will tell you something before you start asking questions, I think that the problem is that nobody comes [...]

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Policy and Politics: A new understanding of evidence-based policy

Policy and Politics: A new understanding of evidence-based policy

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  • March 04, 2020

Philip Sayer This section of Discover Society is provided in collaboration with the journal, Policy and Politics. It is curated by Sarah [...]

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The Discourse on ‘Terrorism’

The Discourse on ‘Terrorism’

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  • March 04, 2020

Remi Brulin A political discourse is a way of speaking that attempts to give meaning to events and experiences from a [...]

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The Politics of Research: The Consequences of Academic Compliance with the State

The Politics of Research: The Consequences of Academic Compliance with the State

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  • March 04, 2020

Mark Hayes In the UK there are some critical issues surrounding academic research in the social sciences, and the consequences (intended [...]

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There Are No Jobs on a Dead Planet

There Are No Jobs on a Dead Planet

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  • March 04, 2020

Scott Timcke With receding ice, runaway wildfires and devastating hurricanes ever present, climate change is here. We are experiencing it now [...]

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Climate change policies are not fit for purpose

Climate change policies are not fit for purpose

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  • March 04, 2020

Nick J Fox and Pam Alldred If you thought that the UK government was leading the world towards a zero-carbon future, [...]

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It is time to accept that children have a right to be political

It is time to accept that children have a right to be political

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  • March 04, 2020

Aoife Daly Children and young people such as Greta Thunberg have been visibly active in protesting against the climate crisis. There [...]

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How The Free Market Created Rentiers And Plutocracy In Post-Soviet Central Asian Countries

How The Free Market Created Rentiers And Plutocracy In Post-Soviet Central Asian Countries

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  • March 04, 2020

Balihar Sanghera and Elmira Satybaldieva In his book The Road to Serfdom, Friedrich Hayek claimed that state socialism would lead to [...]

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UK Universities, decolonisation and the future of sociology

UK Universities, decolonisation and the future of sociology

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  • March 04, 2020

Dylan Kerrigan and Daniel Nehring What is meant by the decolonisation of academic life? Why might it be of importance to [...]

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