Outputs (1021)

The collective securitisation of terrorism in the European Union (2018)
Journal Article

This article explores the recent and significant growth of European Union cooperation on counter-terrorism by drawing upon the concept of ‘collective securitisation’. It highlights how 9/11 was a precipitating event, one which led some EU leaders to... Read More about The collective securitisation of terrorism in the European Union.

Migrant extractability: Centring the voices of egg providers in cross-border reproduction (2018)
Journal Article

© 2018 This paper explores reproductive justice from the perspective of those at the beginning of the value chain of reproduction. This vantage point of egg providers can help lend important insights into the wider processes of family-making across b... Read More about Migrant extractability: Centring the voices of egg providers in cross-border reproduction.

A note on gender and Kashmiriyat (2018)
Journal Article

Discourses of insaniyat, Kashmiriyat aur jamhooriyat (humanism, “Kashmiriness,” and democracy) have resurfaced in Indian discussions on Kashmir since 2016. The phrase was originally coined by the former prime minister of India, Atal Bihari Vajpayee,... Read More about A note on gender and Kashmiriyat.

Gender and resistance in Kashmir: old paradigms, new approaches (2018)
Journal Article

In July 2016, violence erupted in Srinagar and other towns in the Kashmir Valley across the northern Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. This violence came in response to the killing of a popular young militant, Burhan Wani, by the Indian security for... Read More about Gender and resistance in Kashmir: old paradigms, new approaches.

Reflexive thematic analysis (2020)
Book Chapter

Sacrifice as a political problem: Jan Patočka and sacred sociology (2018)
Journal Article

The question arising from this article regards the meaning of sacrifice within the frame of Jan Patočka’s philosophy. Is human sacrifice aimed at reinforcing an institution or state of things as in the case of the Unknown Soldier narrative, or is it... Read More about Sacrifice as a political problem: Jan Patočka and sacred sociology.

Procedure over substance? CETA and the political economy of subsidiarity (2019)
Journal Article

Competing notions of subsidiarity can help to understand the intricacies of new types of trade deals as concluded between Canada and the European Union. From this perspective the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) balances two fundamen... Read More about Procedure over substance? CETA and the political economy of subsidiarity.

Introduction: Two spaces of subsidiarity? (2019)
Journal Article

Scholarship on subsidiarity conducted since the nineteenth century has developed two strands of interpretation suggesting competing models of social organisation as far as the potential location of decision-making power is concerned. While this intel... Read More about Introduction: Two spaces of subsidiarity?.

Drugs decriminalization: The art of governing drug using populations (2019)
Book Chapter

In the last fifteen years or so drugs decriminalization has (re)emerged as a pragmatic response to the ‘drug problem’, with the Portuguese model widely recognized as an alternative to drugs prohibition. The history of similar initiatives, however, te... Read More about Drugs decriminalization: The art of governing drug using populations.

Multicultural political theory
Book Chapter

Our aim in this chapter is to consider the contribution that political theory – and, in particular, multicultural political theory – can make to the study of law and religion. Whilst these are, of course, very distinct academic enterprises, we belie... Read More about Multicultural political theory.

The prevention of sexual abuse: Issues, challenges and resolutions (2019)
Journal Article

Visual Art and Self-Construction (2021)
Book

Critically examining Ricoeur’s narrative account of self-construction, this book makes the case that the narrative model overlooks the variety of processes that can contribute to forming a self and neglects the materiality of these processes. Visual... Read More about Visual Art and Self-Construction.

Refugees, Security and the European Union (2019)
Book

This book analyses the extent and the modalities of the securitization of asylum-seekers and refugees in the EU. The book argues that the development of the EU asylum policy, far from 'securitizing' asylum-seekers and refugees, has led to the str... Read More about Refugees, Security and the European Union.

Breaking gendered boundaries? Exploring constructions of counter-normative body hair practices in Āotearoa/New Zealand using story completion (2018)
Journal Article

© 2019, © 2019 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. Do women with body hair continue to evoke disgust? Are men without body hair read only as athletes and/or gay? To explore contemporary sense-making practices around apparently counter-normative gendered b... Read More about Breaking gendered boundaries? Exploring constructions of counter-normative body hair practices in Āotearoa/New Zealand using story completion.

Principled toleration and respectful indifference in the liberal polity: A conceptual landscape (2019)
Journal Article

This paper examines toleration at two levels. At the first level, liberal individualism is concerned that the individual must be as free as possible to pursue their own goals and lifestyles. At the second level, liberal political theory is concerned... Read More about Principled toleration and respectful indifference in the liberal polity: A conceptual landscape.

Feminist qualitative methods and methodologies in psychology: A review and reflection (2019)
Journal Article

How does the current state of the field of feminist qualitative psychological research reflect and enact the methodological characteristics and values of feminist research – principally, the values of reflexivity, methodological diversity and innovat... Read More about Feminist qualitative methods and methodologies in psychology: A review and reflection.

How can a heterosexual man remove his body hair and retain his masculinity? Mapping stories of male body hair depilation (2018)
Journal Article

© 2019, © 2019 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. This study explores the gendered body hair removal norm and the meanings of male body hair by examining young people’s sense-making around male body hair removal. The novel technique of story completion w... Read More about How can a heterosexual man remove his body hair and retain his masculinity? Mapping stories of male body hair depilation.

“Some university lecturers wear gay pride t-shirts. Get over it!”: Denials of homophobia and the reproduction of heteronormativity in responses to a gay-themed t-shirt (2018)
Journal Article

© 2019, © 2019 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. This article explores an incident involving a gay pride T-shirt, printed with the slogan “Some people are gay. Get over it!,” that I wore during a university lecture, and students’ predominantly negative... Read More about “Some university lecturers wear gay pride t-shirts. Get over it!”: Denials of homophobia and the reproduction of heteronormativity in responses to a gay-themed t-shirt.

Lukacs, Kierkegaard, Marx and the Political (2019)
Book Chapter

This is an attempt to show, contrary to most of the discussion on the subject, that Kierkegaard and Marx have more in common than is often thought to be the case.

Why psychosocial thinking is critical (2019)
Book Chapter

This chapter discusses the relevance of psychosocial theory for social work understanding