Introduction: Symbolism and Politics

Introduction : Disasters as Politics – Politics as Disasters

What is the relationship between politics and disasters and how does this relate to the recent boom in disaster studies? The introduction to this volume argues that the recent interest in disasters is not because there are more disasters, but because of two recent developments within the social sciences: first, a focus on rupture rather than on continuity and second, a focus on materiality. Dis...

Introduction: politics, misperception, or apropos?

Introduction – Financial Crisis, Austerity, and Electoral Politics

We are pleased to present this issue of JEPOP which is a special issue on the topic of how the financial crisis in Europe has changed the electoral politics of some of the most deeply affected countries. We are delighted to welcome on board Pedro C. Magalhães as guest co-editor for this issue. Pedro is principal researcher at the Institute of Social Sciences of the University of Lisbon, Portuga...

Rethinking Symbolism

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Introduction: art and action: authorship, politics and celebrity

In 2015, the Irish Marriage Equality Referendum campaign found a fiercely outspoken advocate in the internationally award-winning Irish novelist and essayist Colm Tóibín. Throwing his full weight behind the campaign, he gave a talk at Trinity College Dublin on what it meant to be a gay man and writer in Ireland, which was subsequently reprinted as abridged versions in a wide range of news media...