This paper explores the relationship between forced migration and the city. The paper outlines four accounts of the city centred on: displacement and the camp-city, dispersal and refugee resettlement, the ‘re-scaling’ of borders, and the city as a sanctuary. Whilst valuable, these discussions maintain a focus on sovereign authority that tends to prioritize the policing of forced migration over ...

Identity politics have been especially prominent in Canadian political discourse since the hegemonic white Anglophone identity was challenged in the 1970s. However, indigenous identity and nationalism have not received the same attention. In the politics of federalism and constitutional amendment, the contestation of the dominant view of Canada and the advancement of citizen and community ident...

Verifiability is an important component of elections. It is related to aspects like trust in the correctness of the election results, transparency of the election processes, and preparation for a possible contestation of the election. In particular the last aspect is of crucial importance in legally regulated elections. Verifiability in this context means that voting systems must be designed co...

This contribution explores the interplay between Paul’s use of the Scriptures of Israel and the imperial setting in claims about Abraham and the negotiation of identity in the Galatians letter. The letter, from Paul’s perspective, is testimony to fierce contestation of identity and finds him engaged in describing, defining and scripting insiders and outsiders in and around the community. In his...

This essay considers Piketty's characterization of U.S. economic development in Capital and Ideology the decades between 1860 1900, a period that historians have begun to call “Second Great Divergence.” It contends this rests on outdated assumptions about relationship political contestation, neglect historical writing topic raises questions his policy proposals. To highlight limitations approac...

Abstract Recent scholarship analyzes norm dynamics in the US context using prohibition on assassination contained Executive Order 12333 as relevant norm. These studies argue that—before 9/11—the ban was largely uncontested and effectively constrained foreign policy. In doing so, these overlook impact of Reagan administration evolution ban. This article establishes that engaged a concerted, succ...