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Fleshing out Law: Embodied Encounters and the Material Geographies of Legal Space

Area, EarlyView.
Short Abstract This article explores how legality is produced, negotiated and contested through embodied encounters in urban courtrooms. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork in German district courts, it develops the modalities of appearing, suspending and filtering to analyse how bodies are made to perform, endure and navigate legal processes.
Sarah Klosterkamp
wiley   +1 more source

‘Handcuffed Parenthood’: Parents of Young At‐Risk Children Who Were Removed From Their Homes in East Jerusalem

Child &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Parents of children who were removed from home are generally under‐researched, and there is a shortage of knowledge concerning their perceptions and experiences, particularly in complex contexts. Using a context‐informed perspective and intersectionality theory, this study aims to better understand the experiences of parents regarding their ...
Mayis Eissa, Anat Zeira
wiley   +1 more source

Russia’s Ambivalent Status-Quo/Revisionist Policies in the Arctic

Arctic Review on Law and Politics, 2018
Russia has been following an Arctic policy that is highly heterogeneous, combining efforts at preserving cooperation with Western neighbors with commitment to building up its own strength.
Pavel Baev
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Not‐so‐Freeway: A Relational Approach to Checkpoints and Conflict in Northeast India

Development and Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Along arterial roads in northeast India, bordering Myanmar, various armed groups and state actors collect ‘taxes’ at checkpoints. These checkpoints are sites of interaction where the power dynamics between armed groups, state officials and civilians are constantly negotiated, embedded in a larger network of social and political relationships ...
Shalaka Thakur
wiley   +1 more source

Por que os latino-americanos continuam a se ameaçarem: o uso da força militar nas relações intra latino-americanas Why Latin Americans continue to threaten each other: the use of military force in Intra-Latin American relations

Varia História, 2012
Este artigo analisa a ubiquidade de um baixo nível de uso da força militar entre os estados latino-americanos no contexto da arquitetura de segurança regional. A questão é por que esse baixo nível de uso da força militar é tolerado na região.
David R. Mares
doaj  

Mexican progressivism. Balance and perspectives of the 4T [PDF]

Латиноамериканский исторический альманах
The government of Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) configured the Mexican version of progressivism. The great support for his administration and the resounding electoral victory of Claudia Sheinbaum to continue the self-proclaimed Fourth Transformation
Zendejas Maximo Julio Diego
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From Peaceful Village to Army Outpost: Memories of Militarization in Huehuetenango

, 2021
Ilan Palacios Avineri
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Beyond the Rebel ‘Territorial Trap’: Governing Armed Sovereign Formations in Eastern Myanmar

Development and Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Territorial control is a central concept in the study of civil wars and rebel governance. However, scholars often fall into a ‘territorial trap’, assuming that territorial control is either an outcome of or a precondition for armed governance. Based on immersive fieldwork in eastern Myanmar, this article traces how different spatial orderings ...
Tony Neil, Saw Day Chit Htoo
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‘Escaping Isn't for Everyone’: Kurdish Smugglers’ Navigational Tactics at Checkpoints in Iran

Development and Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines how Kurdish smugglers navigate state and insurgent checkpoints in the borderlands of western Iran. Drawing on ethnographic research, it analyses two key navigational tactics: persin, a form of negotiated passage involving transaction, recognition and the contingent toleration of authority; and jimi, rendered here as ...
Peyman Zinati
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Golden weapons and golden fetters: From the gold standard to the new geopolitics

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper explores the historical relationship between monetary regimes, security concerns, and geopolitical tensions, particularly focusing on the role of gold. Throughout history, monetary systems have been deeply intertwined with international state systems and security provisions.
Harold James
wiley   +1 more source