John Erik Fossum Tight economic, cultural and political bonds tie the UK and Norway together, and Norway’s model of EU [...]
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What is the “right” amount of panic for women in public?
Fiona Vera-Gray The past six months have seen an unprecedented rise in awareness of the extent of the sexual harassment of [...]
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I’m the root of all that’s evil, but you can call me selfie
Katrin Tiidenberg Selfies have been getting a lot of attention, too much in some people’s opinion. Research into people’s selfie practices [...]
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White British Names? Welsh names are as ‘Othered’ as those of migrants in the UK context
Sara Wheeler “Families with different surnames may be asked questions to establish their relationship. Thank you” (The Home Office) It was with [...]
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Circumnavigating the past, foreclosing the future: commemoration of the radical past in the amnesiac present
Christian Garland “Don’t start from the good old things, but the bad new ones” (Brecht) Benjamin’s maxim that nothing that has ever happened [...]
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Boris the Bully
Amina Shareef In his weekly column appearing in the Daily Telegraph on August 5, Boris Johnson denounced the full burka-ban [...]
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Obituary for Robert Fine – 1945-2018
Robert Fine has died at the age of 72, following complications from a bone marrow transplant. He held an emeritus [...]
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FOCUS: Narrating Policy – Potentials of narrative methods and theories in extending and re-orientating policy research
James Beresford and Ashley Bullard ‘Narrative’ has become a growing field of interest in social science and an increasingly deployed analytical [...]
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VIEWPOINT: Beyond Exportability – From Northern Ireland to Israel/Palestine
Brendan Ciarán Browne Although perhaps somewhat cynical; exporting the perceived successes of the Northern Irish ‘Peace Process’ to other intractable conflicts [...]
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On the Frontline: Reflecting on the ‘invisible’ at Gaza’s universities
Mona Jebril What is striking about the Gaza Strip is that this small area – a 40 Km strip of [...]
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