Government and International Relations: Recent submissions
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“Beyond Politics”? A Post-political Discourse Analysis of Extinction Rebellion
Published 2022-01-27Extinction Rebellion (XR) is a social movement committed to non-violent civil disobedience to persuade governments to act on climate change. As part of this aim, it approaches climate change as a non-partisan and unifying ...Open AccessThesis -
‘Illegal Aliens’, ‘Anchor Babies’, And ‘Mooches’: How does securitising discourse validate the sterilisation of migrant women in the US?
Published 2022-01-27In 2020, Dawn Hooten, a licensed practical nurse employed at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility, filed a complaint alleging that inmates were subjected to concerningly high rates of hysterectomies, ...Open AccessThesis -
Unearthing the Foundations of Exploitation: The Varieties of Capitalism and Forced Labour
Published 2022-01-27This thesis sought to answer how different forms of capitalism address unfree labour conditions through an analysis of a crucial case, Nestlé S.A. The thesis employed the use of the Varieties of Capitalism theory to explore ...Open AccessThesis -
A Requiem for a Norm: The Decay of the Responsibility to Protect Doctrine in a Multipolar International System
Published 2022-01-27The Responsibility to Protect doctrine was designed in response to the rising concern for human security of the late 1990s. While initially, the norm was considered a significant adjustment to international behaviour, ...Open AccessThesis -
COVID-19: A Crisis of Borders
Published 2021ABSTRACT The public health crisis of COVID-19 has compounded preexisting crises of democratic stability and effective governance, spurring debate about the ability of developed democracies to respond effectively to emergencies ...Article