Browsing Department of Politics, People & Place by Research Institute "Media Discourse Centre (MDC)"
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On Seeking Asylum From Poverty: Why the Refugee / Migrant Paradigm Cannot Hold
(Working Paper)This paper explores the ‘politics of labelling’ in the UK in relation to the perceived migration ‘crisis’ of 2014-present. Drawing upon philosophical insights in relation to types of violence, I argue that the moral ... -
Post-Crash Neoliberalism in Theory and Practice
(Article)Despite the massive state interventions into financial markets following the crash of 2007, the academic literature on the political-economic theory and practice of neoliberalism – a phenomenon often (mis)identified as ... -
Seeking asylum from poverty: Contesting the refugee/migrant paradigm
(Book chapter)Media coverage of people trying to enter the EU from the Middle East, South-East Asia and Africa has, over the last year, made much of the difference between ‘refugees’ or ‘asylum seekers’ on the one hand, and ‘economic ... -
Thinking the ‘Culture Wars’ and the Present Political Crisis With the Young Marx (and Friends)
(Article)We stand at a key juncture: a Western political crisis arose in 2016-17 to match the deep eco-nomic crisis of the preceding decade. Events and new social movements of recent years seem to hail the collapse of the project ... -
The unbearable anxiety of being: Ideological fantasies of British Muslims beyond the politics of security
(Article)A succession of media scandals and policy arguments in the UK in recent years has been integral to the construction of a so-called Muslim Problem. Media and political attention paid to Muslims in British public life, across ...