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Creative Intelligence and the Cold War
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far greater than any coercion transnational corporations experience. Depressed economic conditions, combined with terra nullius (empty space) created by TCOs and the deterioration of Mexico’s state oil company, Petróleos Mexicanos, create ideal
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The Draconian Governance of Illegalized Migrants in Western States
Barak Kalir
people, or what we can call “White spaces,” from any “invasion” by racialized Others. Indeed, discussing what he calls the Australian “invasion complex,” Nikos Papastergiadis (2009: 9) argues aggressive reactions toward refugees should be seen “as
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obvious but also the “little violences” produced in everyday life and conducted in “normative social spaces.” Simon Springer (2012: 138) adds that violence is not a “thing” or outcome but rather a moment shaped by social relations. Physical acts of
Analyzing Resistance to Transitional Justice
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Briony Jones
can be seen as an inevitable result of the nature of transitional justice as a “contested space” ( McEvoy and McGregor 2008 ) in which negotiations and compromises over political, legal, and moral dilemmas take place ( Sriram 2009 ). Surprisingly
Navigating the Politics of Anxiety
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carried out in close collaboration with employees from several municipal departments. The organization that deals with the tangible casework is called the Infohouse. There is a large space for discretion in the casework, which involves a cross
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Exceptionalism and Necropolitical Security Dynamics in Olympic Rio de Janeiro
Margit Ystanes and Tomas Salem
police invading favelas and the demolition of favela homes to make space for the Olympic infrastructure. The news stories coming out of Rio's favelas during this period alerted many to the underbelly of mega-event hosting but, simultaneously, often came
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Francesco Colona and Tessa Diphoorn
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October 1993. Once again, the state resorted to violence in order to redefine public political space, shooting dead a number of parliamentarians in their offices and meeting rooms, banning newspapers and censoring others. “There will be no more leniency to