Outputs (152)

Queer to be kind: Exploring Western media discourses about the “Eastern bloc” during the 2007 and 2014 Eurovision Song Contests (2015)
Journal Article
Ulbricht, A., Sircar, I., & Slootmaeckers, K. (2015). Queer to be kind: Exploring Western media discourses about the “Eastern bloc” during the 2007 and 2014 Eurovision Song Contests. Contemporary Southeastern Europe, 2(1), 155-172

This article examines the voting results and Western European media coverage of the 2007 and 2014 Eurovision Song Contests. The Austrian drag act Conchita Wurst (the alter ego of an openly gay man) won in 2014, whilst Serbian entrant Marija Šerifović... Read More about Queer to be kind: Exploring Western media discourses about the “Eastern bloc” during the 2007 and 2014 Eurovision Song Contests.

To prevent atrocities, count on politics first, law later (2015)
Other
Vinjamuri, L., & Snyder, J. (2015). To prevent atrocities, count on politics first, law later. openGlobal Rights (Online)

After 50 years, are Israel and Germany really friends? [English and Hebrew versions] (2015)
Other
Berenskoetter, F. (2015). After 50 years, are Israel and Germany really friends? [English and Hebrew versions]

After 50 years, are Israel and Germany really friends? [English and Hebrew versions] (2015)
Other
Berenskoetter, F. (2015). After 50 years, are Israel and Germany really friends? [English and Hebrew versions]

Little Chinese Feet Encased in Iron Shoes: Freedom, Movement, Gender, and Empire in Western Political Thought (2015)
Journal Article
Kotef, H. (2015). Little Chinese Feet Encased in Iron Shoes: Freedom, Movement, Gender, and Empire in Western Political Thought. Political Theory, 43(3), 334-355. https://doi.org/10.1177/0090591715579515

This essay traces the evocations of the Chinese practice of foot-binding in Western political thought. I examine the changing deployments of the image: as a contrast to European freedom or as a mirror reflecting its own limitations. The bound feet no... Read More about Little Chinese Feet Encased in Iron Shoes: Freedom, Movement, Gender, and Empire in Western Political Thought.

Nigeria's abduction saga (2015)
Digital Artefact
Amoah, M. Nigeria's abduction saga

Europe must stop shifting the blame for the migrant crisis (2015)
Journal Article
Chan, S. (2015). Europe must stop shifting the blame for the migrant crisis

Indonesia’s dramatic executions hide the real problem: Indonesia’s draconian narcotics laws kill the country’s citizens – not low-level drug traffickers. (2015)
Other
Buehler, M. Indonesia’s dramatic executions hide the real problem: Indonesia’s draconian narcotics laws kill the country’s citizens – not low-level drug traffickers

Palestine’s Accession to the ICC May Strengthen Peace-first not Rights-based Approach (2015)
Other
Vinjamuri, L. (2015). Palestine’s Accession to the ICC May Strengthen Peace-first not Rights-based Approach

Governing Revolt: EU–North African Relations after the ‘Arab Spring’ Uprisings (2015)
Journal Article
Mullin, C., & Patel, I. Governing Revolt: EU–North African Relations after the ‘Arab Spring’ Uprisings. Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding, 9(2), 162-189. https://doi.org/10.1080/17502977.2015.1020737

This article focuses on under-discussed external dimensions of the 2010–11 North African uprisings. In particular, it considers European Union liberal governance—in the form of economic ‘aid’, and ‘technical’ and transitional ‘assistance’—as both a f... Read More about Governing Revolt: EU–North African Relations after the ‘Arab Spring’ Uprisings.