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Insider/Outsider/Transsiders of Transnational Migration
ABSTRACT Migration is individually and collectively a challenging but also a transformative praxis and process. In my proposal, I present these in the context of transnational migration of two multigenerational families whose pioneers originally migrated from Turkey to Germany.
Halil Can
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The recent refugees’ inflow and the life satisfaction of residents in Germany
While refugee inflows into Germany have typically been relatively moderate in recent decades, specific exogenous political events such as the Yugoslav civil war in the early 1990s, the intensifying of the Syrian civil war around 2015, and the war in ...
Elena Ambrosetti, Hans Dietrich
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Contested Refugeeness in the Lavrio Kurdish Camp After the 2015 Reception Crisis in Greece
ABSTRACT This article explores the meanings of refugeeness among Kurdish residents of the self‐managed Lavrio refugee camp in Greece in the aftermath of the 2015 reception crisis. Focusing on how Kurdish camp residents make sense of their political identities and on how they distinguish themselves from those they call ‘non‐political refugees’, the ...
Filyra Vlastou‐Dimopoulou
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From Expansion to Erosion: The Global Trajectory of Judicial Independence, 1960–2018
ABSTRACT Judicial independence expanded globally throughout the twentieth century, but this trajectory has recently come under pressure. In recent years, governments around the world have increasingly challenged judicial autonomy. This study unpacks this global reversal by analyzing data from 156 states between 1960 and 2018.
Nir Rotem
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The humanitarian–development–peace (triple) nexus: a typology and critical reflections
Abstract This article explores how the humanitarian–development–peace (HDP) nexus (also known as the triple nexus) is operationalised, moving beyond policy discourse to implementation on the ground. Drawing on a systematic literature review, programme analysis, and field‐based observation, it proposes three operational approaches to the HDP nexus ...
Rodrigo Mena
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The authoritarian castling of the Syrian regime: from popular uprising to civil war
Instead of hastening political change, the Syrian uprising has led to greater authoritarianism. At first, president Bashar al-Assad adopted various cosmetic reforms (a party law and constitutional referendum), which were designed more as a survival ...
Ignacio Álvarez-Ossorio Alvariño
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Abstract The humanitarian sector has been challenging power relationships between international and local actors for decades, attempting to move towards a mode of operation where local knowledge and capacity are central. The sector is thus striving to promote a more inclusive approach to aid delivery through localisation.
Valerie de Koeijer, Bilge Sahin
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Affective regimes and ontological security: When empathy threatens the state
Abstract The ontological security of states may be threatened by the politics of empathy. Empathy—as a contested affective‐political field—has a capacity to both consolidate and unravel dominant understandings of identity, security, political subjectivity, and self‐other relations.
Naomi Head
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Margins of Resistance: Intersecting Mobility and Socio‐Environmental Justice in Rural Contexts
ABSTRACT Migration and socio‐environmental justice are becoming increasingly intertwined as climate change reshapes global mobility patterns while intensifying existing inequalities. In this context, grassroots initiatives that combine mobility justice with socio‐environmental justice are emerging as forms of resistance to the economic, gendered ...
Melissa Moralli
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