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Local Solutions to Structural Issues: The Fetishization of Custom in Rural Development Interventions in Côte d'Ivoire

open access: yesJournal of Agrarian Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper explores the paradox of seeking local solutions in rural development when conflicts result from structural transformations of the agrarian economy driven by national political choices. Since the 1990s, participatory approaches inspired by neo‐institutionalist theories of local governance have encouraged development actors to view ...
Toni‐Giovanni Pegurri
wiley   +1 more source

Dangerous relations? Lessons from the interface of postcolonial studies and international relations

open access: yes, 2015
This chapter explores the relationship between postcolonialism and disciplinary international relations in order to highlight several issues likely to emerge as postcolonial studies engages with other social science disciplines. It suggests three key areas of concern: the need to avoid postcolonialism’s incorporation into other disciplines; the ...
openaire   +1 more source

Can the subaltern speak through WhatsApp? Unearthing the labour/knowledge of digital methodologies

open access: yesJournal of Law and Society, EarlyView.
Abstract Prompted by the challenges that Syrian refugees posed to a qualitative WhatsApp survey, this article dissects what researchers and research participants actually do when they ‘produce’ knowledge through digital methods such as WhatsApp. While many refugee participants saw the survey as an opportunity to express their views on social tensions ...
LEILA ULLRICH
wiley   +1 more source

Traces of legal Orientalism: racialized othering and (neo)colonial legacies in R (on the Application of TTT) v. Michaela Community School

open access: yesJournal of Law and Society, EarlyView.
Abstract This article critiques the controversial decision of the High Court R (on the Application of TTT) v. Michaela Community School (Michaela), where a school's ban on ritual prayers was upheld. Subjecting the case to postcolonial and critical race critique, I contend that Michaela should be understood as a worrying and harmful manifestation of ...
FATIMA MOHAMED AHDASH
wiley   +1 more source

Relative Autonomy beyond the State: Private Transnational Regulation and the Politics of Labour Governance in Bangladesh

open access: yesJournal of Management Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract Private transnational governance institutions increasingly acquire regulatory authority in contexts of weak or inactive state regulation, yet their capacity to exercise it remains contested. We extend Poulantzas' concept of relative autonomy, understood as the capacity to act with organizational independence from specific fractions of capital ...
Mahreen Khan   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Paradox of Threat: Vernacular Security Governance Among Jewish and Muslim Minorities in Four European States

open access: yesJournal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT How do religious minorities proactively manage their safety amid global crises and local hostility? This article examines these dynamics, conceptualized as “vernacular security governance,” among Jewish and Muslim populations in four European states.
Tahir Abbas   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The coloniality of memory and cultural heritage: From copyright exceptions to a right to remember under Article 15 of the ICESCR

open access: yesThe Journal of World Intellectual Property, EarlyView.
Abstract Across former colonies, the question of access to cultural heritage remains contested and constrained by the enduring legacies of colonialism. While physical restitution has been the subject of much debate, comparatively little attention has been paid to the legal structures governing control of cultural memory associated with said physical ...
Jade Kouletakis
wiley   +1 more source

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