Essays

Explaining US Hegemony: A Neo-Gramscian Synthesis of Pantich, Gindin and Konings

Paul Diepenbrock • Jan 9 2016 • Essays

Transnational Historical Materialism, post-war reconstruction via the Bretton Woods System and the corporate-liberal paradigm help explain the persistence of US hegemony.

Intervention, Rectificatory Justice and Immigration: France and Ben Ali

Jakob Mckernan • Jan 8 2016 • Essays

Looking at the example of France and Tunisia, past interference in the political and social life of a country should be considered as a criteria of assessing immigration.

The Role of Civil Society in Shaping India’s Development Partnerships

Shagun Gupta • Jan 7 2016 • Essays

Given the potential it has to emerge as a leader in SSDC initiatives, it is important to evaluate the dynamics of cooperation and partnership in the Indian context.

Domestic Workers in the UK’s Shadows: A Normative Assessment of Modern Slavery

Carolina Yoko Furusho • Jan 6 2016 • Essays

The current legal framework in the UK falls short of providing them with effective protection from enslavement and exploitation while also furthering their victimization.

The Racialisation of Rape Narratives in British Media Coverage of the Delhi Rape

Scarlett Cockerill • Jan 5 2016 • Essays

The symbolic and emotive potential of rape narratives has, throughout colonial and post-colonial history, been powerfully employed in connection with race.

The Crime of Enforced Disappearance

Marina Kumskova • Jan 3 2016 •

The definition of enforced disappearance is of paramount importance in determining state obligations and preventing the crime of enforced disappearance.

Theorising LGBT Rights as Human Rights: A Queer(itical) Analysis

Natalie Lovell • Dec 30 2015 • Essays

Human rights have emerged as a the primary vehicle through which the future of LGBT rights are being negotiated and institutionalized.

Analyzing the Threat of Human Trafficking in Europe

Dale Anderson • Dec 29 2015 • Essays

Sweden’s Sex Purchase Act of 1999 has had the unintended consequence of organized crime groups finding a new path of least resistance in human trafficking

The EU’s Normative Nature and Its Sanction Regime Against Russia: An Oxymoron?

Leonard Schuette • Dec 29 2015 • Essays

Sanctions per se are not irreconcilable with normative behaviour, as they may perform the function of conveying a normative argument rather than merely coerce the other.

The Importance of ‘Intersectionality’ for Feminist Political Theory and Activism

Natalie Lovell • Dec 29 2015 • Essays

Intersectionality compels us to tackle complexity and to address categories of difference, recognizing that identity categories are dynamic, fluid and indivisible

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