Articles

The Importance of Open Access

Stephen McGlinchey • Aug 20 2015 • Articles

Open access is a simple idea. People should be able to access scholarship freely and easily. However, in practice there is a long way to go to meet that goal.

The Iran Opportunity for India

Uma Purushothaman • Aug 19 2015 • Articles

The Iran nuclear deal opens up a world of opportunities of both strategic and commercial nature for India, which has civilisational links with Iran.

It’s Time for China’s Lesbians to Speak for Themselves

Yujie Guo • Aug 18 2015 • Articles

Lesbians have to believe that their marginal identity is powerful and strong, and that this can bring about a serious challenge and change to the patriarchal system.

Towards a Queer Political Economy of Sex Work

Katy Pilcher, Nicola Smith and Mary Laing • Aug 18 2015 • Articles

Queering sex work creates room to examine the potential fluidity of gender and sexual power relations in the interactions between sex workers and their customers.

The Challenges of Equitable International Burden-sharing

Péter Marton • Aug 14 2015 • Articles

There has to be agreement among burden-sharing actors not only that a certain goal is desirable but also regarding the ways and means of achieving said end.

Weddings and Funerals: The Paradox in China’s Developing LGBT Community

Gang Li • Aug 12 2015 • Articles

Queer comrades should ‘come out’ again, change from being isolated individuals in closed small circles and limited groups, and form a real community.

Kurds, Democracy and a New Coalition Government

Kubilay Yado Arin • Aug 11 2015 • Articles

The Turkish election results validate the path towards a political solution to the Kurdish question and point towards further Kurdish unity in the region.

The New Generation of Chinese Feminists

Yaya Chen • Aug 9 2015 • Articles

China’s feminists have launched performances, demonstrations, and a national speaking tour, have organised workshops on different topics, recruited, trained new members.

Going to University, or Not?

Stephen McGlinchey • Aug 9 2015 • Articles

You will probably be working for the rest of your life, so make sure that the precious few years you spend in university are at a time when you can really enjoy it.

Anarchism and Non-Representational Theory in the Social Sciences

Tom Smith • Aug 7 2015 • Articles

While the British cybernetics movement remained marginalized, anarchism can be viewed with more relevance in a post-representational social scientific milieu.

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