Identity Politics

Trump‘24 or Before: Militias and the Marketplace of Masculinity

Bailey Galicia • Sep 6 2023 • Essays

Masculinity as an antidote to insecurity may result in militia members taking rallying cries like “Trump ‘24 or Before” literally and further perpetrating violence.

Russia and the “Near Abroad”: (Re)producing Identities through Foreign Policy

Mak Kasapovic • Aug 28 2023 • Essays

The practices of Russian foreign policy serve to call into being a “near abroad” with a certain identity and instantiate a particular construction of Russian identity itself.

The Importance of Queer Theory: An Abridgement on Trans Healthcare in the UK

Elizabeth Shimwell • Aug 4 2023 • Essays

Reforms could be introduced to make such healthcare much more accessible, less oppressive and less violent even with the cuts and pressures affecting NHS care generally.

A Lineage of White Insurgency: US Capitol Attack and the Lost Cause

Riley Martinez • Jun 23 2023 • Essays

The insurrection attempt cannot be understood without considering America’s history of White supremacy, particularly the Lost Cause of the Confederacy narrative.

Cartographic Domination in British India

Mack Clayton • Feb 28 2023 • Essays

As the authoritative text and imbued with colonial power, maps deeply affected how Indians related to their surroundings and their history and culture.

The Far-Right Sweden Democrats and the Construction of the Muslim Other

Christiaan Janssen • Jan 26 2023 • Essays

The Social Democrats in Sweden portray Muslims as a security threat to the Swedish identity by employing an ethnopluralist discourse.

Reproductive Justice in Occupied Palestine: Biopolitical Policies and Experience

Sanchita Aggarwal • Nov 6 2022 • Essays

Israeli Occupation through its Zionist strategies, manifestations of terror, curfews, surveillance, and violence restricts Palestinian women’s reproductive choices.

Rallying-round-the-Flag: The Polish Reaction to the EU Rule of Law Proceedings

Hannah Wagner • Oct 20 2022 • Essays

In past years, Polish government was successful in presenting the EU rule of law proceedings as a threat to the Polish nation but was unable to instigate a rally effect.

Religious Foundations of Indian Territorial Imagination

Samarth Gupta • Sep 26 2022 • Essays

Despite the diversity of identities within India, the existence of the Indian nation within the boundaries of British-controlled territories of India was unquestionable.

Ideology and Economic Policy in European Social Democracy c.1890-2010

Daniel Esson • Aug 11 2022 • Essays

Analysis of Swedish, German and British socialist parties reveals how tradition of social democracy has been evolving due to changing circumstances.

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