Identity Politics

The Contested Image of Māori Cultural Exhibition in Aotearoa New Zealand

James Harrison • Feb 15 2016 • Essays

The presentation of Māori people in New Zealand has changed greatly since their first major appearance in 1851, evolving from curios to cultural treasures.

The Falklands War: Differing Causes of Conflict

Alexander Liffiton • Feb 6 2016 • Essays

Explaining the occurrence of the Falklands War through diversionary theory, competing sovereignty claims and Fearon’s exploration of the contraction of bargaining ranges.

Revisiting Political Culture: Libyan and Tunisian Post-Revolutionary Transitions

Cameron Evers • Feb 5 2016 • Essays

Analysing Libya & Tunisia reveals the important role of political culture in their democratic transitions & the pitfalls of applying ‘universal’ democratic institutions.

Afro-American Ethnic Development in Latin America

Emma Northcott • Feb 3 2016 • Essays

Afro-Latino communities in Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico are mobilising a diverse socio-political identity to challenge a deep-rooted history of discrimination.

The EU’s Promotion of Gender Equality in Egypt: Towards a New Strategy?

Sofia Bianchini • Jan 27 2016 • Essays

The EU cannot let women see their rights deteriorate, nor it can think of them as mere disadvantaged, passive recipients of its aid.

Hamas and the Women’s Movement: Islamism and Feminism Under Occupation

Filipa Pestana • Jan 12 2016 • Essays

Hamas’ takeover of Gaza marked a shift in the complex process of preparation for national sovereignty, especially for the Palestinian women’s movement.

Russia’s Double Historical Amnesia: Constructing the Shakhidki as ‘Black Widows’

Dean Cooper-Cunningham • Jan 10 2016 • Essays

In a constructed malestream military, women in combat arms are inherently irregular as they take on a twofold irregularity as female fighters and irregular combatants.

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.

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.

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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