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National Colonialism: Nation‐State, Colonialism and Colonisation of Kurdistan

open access: yesNations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article develops the concept of ‘national colonialism’ to capture colonial relations in the nation‐state form. It does so through a critical appraisal of the concept of ‘internal colonialism’, which largely fails to explain the links between nationalism and colonial relations.
Behnam Amini
wiley   +1 more source

The Production of Everyday Carcerality in State‐Led Redevelopment of Informal Settlement in Delhi, India

open access: yesAntipode, Volume 58, Issue 2, 2026.
Abstract This paper focuses on the everyday experiences of carcerality of a community, known as Kathputli Colony, that has been waiting to be rehoused by the state for over a decade in Delhi, India. We draw on Kathputli Colony's everyday experiences to argue that state‐led housing policies and practices produce carceral socio‐spatialities, rather than ...
Syeda Jenifa Zahan   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Role of the European Union in Managing African Crises Between Development Aid and Geopolitical Interests

open access: yesWorld Affairs, Volume 189, Issue 1, Spring 2026.
ABSTRACT This study conducts a comprehensive and critical examination of the interplay between development assistance and strategic geopolitical objectives in the European Union's (EU) engagement with African crises. Although the EU positions itself as a normative power committed to advancing peace, development, and human rights, its practices often ...
Edmond Chick   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Gandhi\u27s Other Daughter: Sarala Devi and Lakshmi Ashram [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
In 1946, Sarala Devi, formerly Catherine Mary Heileman of London, founded a Gandhian training center for women and girls in Kumaon, in what was then the Himalayan region of the United Provinces, India.
Klenk, Rebecca M.
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Of port infrastructures and riverine communities: Navigating the variegated urbanization processes along the Sarawak River

open access: yesSingapore Journal of Tropical Geography, Volume 47, Issue 1, Page 56-74, January 2026.
Rivers have long been vital arteries for urban development, shaping the spatial and social fabric of cities. This study examines the Sarawak River in Kuching, focusing on how zoning activities and the relocation of port facilities have reshaped the city's urban landscape. By analysing the impact of port infrastructure projects and shipping regulations,
Azmah Arzmi
wiley   +1 more source

On the natural border: A bio‐geo‐political reading

open access: yesTransactions of the Institute of British Geographers, Volume 50, Issue 4, December 2025.
Abstract This article engages in a critical analysis of the concept of the natural border. It highlights its inherently biopolitical nature by exploring how it intersects with biology, history and geography. In the last decades, critical border studies have deeply questioned the naturality of borders.
Matteo Proto, Francesco Buscemi
wiley   +1 more source

Living standards and forced labour: A comparative study of colonial Africa, 1918–74

open access: yesThe Economic History Review, Volume 78, Issue 4, Page 1039-1067, November 2025.
Abstract Despite significant advances in the quantitative study of African history, the Portuguese colonial empire remains an underexplored topic. This paper provides the first quantitative assessment of worker living standards in Angola and Mozambique, contextualized within a broader comparison of colonial African empires.
Leo Dolan
wiley   +1 more source

Some Economic Results of the Civilizing Mission [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper proposes three tasks. It briefly delineates the character of the civilizing mission and the interests it served, especially the colonization of Asia and Africa.
Alam, M. Shahid
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The Construction of Race and Space in Thomas Dooley’s Writings: “What kind of place was Laos?” [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
This article examines narratives on Laos published between the Geneva Agreements of 1954 and 1962 because this period saw the most aid workers, missionaries, diplomats, journalists, and educators in Laos, and provided Americans the most detailed ...
Sisavath, Davorn
core  

Editorial: Spain and Orientalism [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
This introductory essay introduces the first English-language journal issue dedicated to Spanish Orientalism in art and visual culture in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Hopkins, Claudia, McSweeney, Anna
core   +2 more sources

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