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The Globalization Of World Politics: Case Studies From Australia, New Zealand And The Asia Pacific, Stuart Murray
The Globalization Of World Politics: Case Studies From Australia, New Zealand And The Asia Pacific, Stuart Murray
Stuart Murray
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Ditching The Script: Moving Beyond Automatic Thinking In Introductory Political Science Courses., Robert W. Glover, Daniel Tagliarina
Ditching The Script: Moving Beyond Automatic Thinking In Introductory Political Science Courses., Robert W. Glover, Daniel Tagliarina
Robert W. Glover
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Review: William Connolly--A World Of Becoming, Robert W. Glover
Review: William Connolly--A World Of Becoming, Robert W. Glover
Robert W. Glover
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Radically Rethinking Citizenship: Disaggregation, Agonistic Pluralism, And The Politics Of Immigration In The United States, Robert W. Glover
Radically Rethinking Citizenship: Disaggregation, Agonistic Pluralism, And The Politics Of Immigration In The United States, Robert W. Glover
Robert W. Glover
The status of citizenship and the rights extended to non-citizens are among the most contentious and hotly-debated political issues in numerous Western polities. Some scholars, most notably Seyla Benhabib, have deemed the contemporary changes a ‘disaggregation of rights claims’, in which the interplay between ideals of particularism and universalism lead to an ‘unbundling’ of civil, political, and social rights with formal national membership. Yet this theoretical framing harbors deficiencies which complicate our understanding of the contemporary politics of immigration. In this piece, I critically examine this account to show both its theoretical shortcomings and the incomplete explanations to which these …
International Boggarts: Carl Schmitt, Harry Potter And The Transfiguration Of Identity, Emma R. Norman
International Boggarts: Carl Schmitt, Harry Potter And The Transfiguration Of Identity, Emma R. Norman
Emma R. Norman
Of all the magical monsters in Harry Potter, boggarts are interesting both for the narrative function they perform, and for how they emphasize the complex relation between identity and violence in international politics. In this paper I show that the Potter series illuminates how globalization has transfigured our conceptions of collective identity and violence—to the point where conventionally accepted theories of international relations are having trouble dealing with them. Boggarts arouse our deepest fears, and amorphously shape-shift according to those fears. Consequently, no one knows what a boggart really looks like—adding to our insecurities. The parallels with contemporary international relations …