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REDUX: The Rise and Fall of Human Rights in Occupied #Palestine – by Lori Allen

November, 2015 / By Tobias Kelly

When Lori Allen‘s The Rise and Fall of Human Rights: Cynicism and Politics in Occupied Palestine appeared last year, it was […]

October, 2015 / By Scott Head

In their introduction to Anthropology, Theatre and Development: The Transformative Potential of Performance, Alex Flynn and Jonas Tinius do an

October, 2015 / By Vanessa Farr

I recently had the challenging pleasure of reading Julie Billaud’s Kabul Carnival on my first visit to Afghanistan. As a

October, 2015 / By Čarna Brković

What is the relationship between democracy, development, disappointment, and failure? Is it possible to learn something about ‘democracy proper’ from

In 1978, psychologist Jack Flasher defined the term ‘adultism’ as a way of perceiving children “not only as unconditionally subordinate

October, 2015 / By Sébastien Bachelet

On the Doorstep of Europe is a vividly written ethnography of the asylum process in Greece, “with its ethos of mystification,

October, 2015 / By Gabriela Radulescu

Since gender sensitivity was first given recognition under the official UNHCR Guidelines in the 1990s, approaches in decision making processes

September, 2015 / By Freek Van der Vet

States resort to disappearances to remove unwanted critics or minorities from society. The act of a disappearance often follows a

August, 2015 / By Nirmala Jayaraman

Albertin Sarrazin once wrote, “whether you’re on the lam or whether you’re out hustling, gold is worth nothing compared to

July, 2015 / By Costanza Curro

Patterns of food provision and consumption have become objects of increasing concern among both scholars and activists. In the last