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3 Nominations for the 2017 Politics Prize

The Editors — 21st January 2018

The nominees are... Read more

The August 2017 Issue of Politics is out now!

The Editors — 2nd August 2017

8 new journal articles from our Special Issue on Irregular Migration and the Politics of Agency. Read more

Soap Operas as a Daily Dose of Politics

Alexandria Innes and Robert Topinka — 9th March 2017

It is easy to overlook the political significance of culture—especially lowbrow culture. But studying culture through soap operas can reveal how everyday life shapes politics. Read more

Integration against the state – The state against integration?

Reinhard Schweitzer — 5th February 2017

Why it is not possible to inhibit the integration of irregular migrants without damaging community cohesion and the integration of society as a whole. Read more

Mix it Up, Be Messy: Intersectional Research to Understand Contemporary Politics

Liza Mügge and Silvia Erzeel — 1st December 2016

How to understand complex inequalities and power changes in diverse societies? Intersectionality is the answer. Read more

Human rights depend on everyday social acts

Anna Lundberg and Michael Strange — 8th November 2016

What role do sanctuary movements play in a world where states make it harder for irregular migrants to live as human beings? Read more

When do marginalized migrants become visible?

Julija Sardelic — 24th October 2016

Unwanted migrants become visible, when they use their own agency to disrupt and subvert the system that is discriminatory towards them. Read more

Investigating the positionality and political agency of migrant children

Jacob Lind — 22nd September 2016

How do migrant children react to the paradox of holding two seemingly contradictory subject positions at once: the (deserving) child and the (undeserving) migrant? Read more

When the virus strikes … International Relations & Zombies

Erin Hannah and Rorden Wilkinson — 2nd September 2015

Erin Hannah and Rorden Wilkinson consider the promises and pitfalls of an international relations of the undead Read more