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Published in: openEconomyThe economics of anxiety: neoliberalism as obsessional neurosisNeoliberalism is not a monolithic shock doctrine. It is an anxious form of crisis management, which evolves through...
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Published in: HomeBloody mess: why sovereigns fail, and how they get away with itWhen confronted with the question of how much killing is enough the answer is always more (c.f. Blair’s calls for...
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Published in: HomeAnxious subjects, political fearsIf it did not sound too eccentric or polemical, then, I would go as far as singing the praises of a politics of...
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Published in: HomeSpectre: I see a red door and I want it painted blackThe attempts to escape the nightmare of Stalinism provoke false fantasy alternatives, of vacuous democratic...
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Published in: HomeSyria on our minds – fear of youth radicalisation across the European UnionCounterterrorist and counter-radicalisation policies not only have the potential to undermine the democratic...
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Published in: HomeBrazil’s economy of violence: the 50-year nooseBrazil is indeed stuck in the past. However, this temporal disjunction is less the outcome of being economically or...
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Published in: HomeGlobal Preventive Security and its unbearable lightnessOne now plays a part in one’s own protection. The institutions can help one to strengthen one’s preparedness. One...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Human rights violations in immigration enforcement at the external borders of the EUHuman rights violations in immigration enforcement at the external borders of the EU are almost a daily phenomenon....
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?“Desperate times call for desperate measures?”: the ‘Politics of anxiety’ and the rise of European ‘far right’ partiesWhat are we meant to conclude from the ‘rise of the far-right’? The narrative tells us that being objective,...
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Published in: HomeIntroduction to this week’s guest feature: Politics in times of anxietyThis week we provide a snapshot of the issues and problems to be discussed at the conference, Politics in Times of...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Quo vadis, Europe?Europeans, like most other inhabitants of the planet, are currently facing the crisis of ’politics as we know it’ –...
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