Alternatives: Global, Local, Political articles from April 2007

Alternatives: Global, Local, Political archives from April 2007

"Seven Million Londoners, One London": national and urban ideas of community in the aftermath of the 7 July 2005 bombings in London.(Essay)
April 1, 2007... This article explores the different ideas of community circulating in the aftermath of the 7 July 2005 bombings in London. Specifically, it compares the idea of a community in unity with a more cosmopolitan, urban idea of community. While these...

The shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes: new border politics?
April 1, 2007... The shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes in Stockwell Station, South London, on 22 July 2005, was described as a "tragic mistake" by Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Ian Blair. This framing of the killing has come to dominate responses to it...

Integrating governmentality: administrative expectations for immigrant associations in Finland.(Report)
April 1, 2007... From the first half of the 1990s, and especially after the accession to European Union in 1995, immigrant authorities and administration have emphasized the significance of immigrant associations in integration of immigrants in Finland. The...

Development, territories, and people: consolidating the external sovereign frontier.
April 1, 2007... As a liberal relation of governance, development has a long genealogy spanning the colonial and postcolonial periods. This article attempts to uncover these interconnections. Development is first examined in terms of its singular ability to...

Critical research agendas for peace: the missing link in the study of international relations.(Essay)
April 1, 2007... An elaborate intellectual and policy framework has been constructed in order to preserve and protect "peace." The concept of peace is often used to refer to what Plato would have described as an "ideal form," or to depict a minimalist,...