Former CISRUL alumnus Dr. Domenico Carolei, now works as a law lecturer at the University of Stirling (UK). He has authored a monograph titled “NGOs and the Law: Self-Regulation and … Continue reading NGOs and the Law: Self-Regulation and Accountability – Inside Dr Carolei’s Book Pages, Event Highlights, Reviews and Endorsements
CISRUL Alumna launches Book with Pulitzer Prize Winner
Former CISRUL alumna Dr Eve Hayes de Kalaf launches her groundbreaking book 'Legal Identity, Race and Belonging in the Dominican Republic: From Citizen to Foreigner' (Anthem Series in Citizenship and … Continue reading CISRUL Alumna launches Book with Pulitzer Prize Winner
Talking Legal Identity, Race and Belonging with Dr Eve Hayes de Kalaf
CISRUL alumna Dr Eve Hayes de Kalaf of the Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Institute of Modern Languages Research, University of London was interviewed by Women in Identity … Continue reading Talking Legal Identity, Race and Belonging with Dr Eve Hayes de Kalaf
Wondrously Wounded
Theology, Disability, and the Body of Christ STUDIES IN RELIGION, THEOLOGY, AND DISABILITY The church welcomes all—or it should. The church has long proven itself a safe refuge despite the … Continue reading Wondrously Wounded
Religion as a Category of Governance and Sovereignty
Religious-secular distinctions have been crucial to the way in which modern governments have rationalised their governance and marked out their sovereignty – as crucial as the territorial boundaries that they … Continue reading Religion as a Category of Governance and Sovereignty
Secularism, Islam and public intellectuals in contemporary France
Islam in France is often regarded as a political ‘issue’ and much of the scholarly and public debates about Islam in contemporary France over the last three decades have concentrated … Continue reading Secularism, Islam and public intellectuals in contemporary France
Engaging Authority: Citizenship and Political Community
The volume is based on a series of CISRUL workshops, and is under contract to be published in 2021 by Rowman & Littlefield International, in the Frontiers of the Political series … Continue reading Engaging Authority: Citizenship and Political Community
Legal Identity, Race and Belonging in the Dominican Republic: From Citizen to Foreigner
Legal identity is universal, transcending national and socioeconomic borders. It is a central tenet of the UN’s 2030 SDGs and cuts across over 70 development indicators, including birth registration. Evidentiary … Continue reading Legal Identity, Race and Belonging in the Dominican Republic: From Citizen to Foreigner
Breaching the Civil Order
Published by Cambridge University Press in November 2019. It is not only a paradox but something of an intellectual scandal that, in an era so shaken by radical actions and ideologies, social … Continue reading Breaching the Civil Order
Democratisation against Democracy: How EU Foreign Policy Fails the Middle East
This book explains why the EU is not a ‘normative actor’ in the Southern Mediterranean, and how and why EU democracy promotion fails. Drawing on a combination of discourse analysis … Continue reading Democratisation against Democracy: How EU Foreign Policy Fails the Middle East
The Arab Uprisings in Egypt, Jordan and Tunisia: Social, Political and Economic Transformations
The Arab Uprisings were unexpected events of rare intensity in Middle Eastern history – mass, popular and largely non-violent revolts which threatened and in some cases toppled apparently stable autocracies. … Continue reading The Arab Uprisings in Egypt, Jordan and Tunisia: Social, Political and Economic Transformations
Publications on Education
You can learn more about our CISRUL member Dr Rachel Shanks' school uniform project here: Jasper Friedrich & Rachel Shanks (2021) ‘The prison of the body’: school uniforms between discipline … Continue reading Publications on Education
Teacher Preparation in Scotland
Edited by Rachel Shanks (University of Aberdeen) Published: 25 Sep 2020 Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited Series: Emerald Studies in Teacher Preparation in National and Global Context This book charts the … Continue reading Teacher Preparation in Scotland
Secularism, Islam and public intellectuals in contemporary France
Written by Nadia Kiwan.Published by Manchester University Press. Islam in France is often regarded as a political 'issue' and much of the scholarly and public debates about Islam in contemporary … Continue reading Secularism, Islam and public intellectuals in contemporary France
Brian Brock on his new book
Brian Brock has recently published a new book, Wondrously Wounded: Theology, Disability, and the Body of Christ (Baylor University Press, 2019). He discussed it in a video interview with Australian … Continue reading Brian Brock on his new book
Wondrously Wounded
Theology, Disability, and the Body of Christ Studies in Religion, Theology, and Disability Written by Brian Brock (University of Aberdeen). Published by Baylor University Press in August 2019. The church … Continue reading Wondrously Wounded
ArabTrans
The Arab Transformations Project involved an international research consortium of 11 partners which conducted extensive research focusing on Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, Libya, Egypt, Jordan, and Iraq. Its aim was to … Continue reading ArabTrans
Breaching the Civil Order
Edited by Jeffrey C. Alexander (Yale University), Trevor Stack (University of Aberdeen), and Farhad Khosrokhavar (Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales) Published by Cambridge University Press in November 2019. … Continue reading Breaching the Civil Order
Radicalism and the Civil Sphere
Volume co-edited by Jeffrey Alexander (Yale) and Trevor Stack (CISRUL) for Cambridge University Press, 2018 forthcomingMembers of white nationalists are met by a group of counter-protesters in Charlottesville, Virginia, Aug. … Continue reading Radicalism and the Civil Sphere
Publications
The Centre for Citizenship, Civil Society, and Rule of Law and its members produce a variety of publications in the form of books and academic papers, as well as in … Continue reading Publications
Alejandra Mancilla (University of Oslo)
Alejandra's book addresses such questions as: "Does recognition of the basic human right to subsistence imply that the needy are morally permitted to take and use other people’s property to … Continue reading Alejandra Mancilla (University of Oslo)
Engaging Authority: Citizenship and Political Community
ed. Trevor Stack and Rose Luminiello The volume is based on a series of CISRUL workshops, and will be published by Rowman & Littlefield International in November 2021, in the … Continue reading Engaging Authority: Citizenship and Political Community
Religion as a Category of Governance and Sovereignty
Edited by Trevor Stack (University of Aberdeen), Naomi R. Goldenberg (University of Ottawa), and Timothy Fitzgerald (University of Stirling). Published by Brill in May 2015. Religious-secular distinctions have been crucial to … Continue reading Religion as a Category of Governance and Sovereignty
Evo Morales champions indigenous rights abroad, but in Bolivia it’s a different story
Original article here. Now that the dust has settled on Evo Morales’ election to a third term as president of Bolivia, it is time to wonder what he is going … Continue reading Evo Morales champions indigenous rights abroad, but in Bolivia it’s a different story
Business as usual in Mexico despite 43 murdered students
Original article here. The killing of 43 student teachers in Mexico has alerted the world to the country’s deteriorating human rights record. While the US and EU governments have expressed … Continue reading Business as usual in Mexico despite 43 murdered students
Social welfare and energy policy drive Evo Morales to brink of historic third term in Bolivia
Original article here. Evo Morales appears poised to win a third term as president of Bolivia in an election on October 12 at the helm of his “Movement Towards Socialism” … Continue reading Social welfare and energy policy drive Evo Morales to brink of historic third term in Bolivia
Mexico’s strategy to contain anti-mafia vigilantes is hanging by a thread
Original article here. Mexico’s problems with organised crime have certainly come to a head this year. We have seen the high-profile arrests of cartel bosses Joaquin Guzman Loera in February and now … Continue reading Mexico’s strategy to contain anti-mafia vigilantes is hanging by a thread
Verdict in Al Jazeera trial shows regime’s contempt for press freedom in Egypt
Three Al Jazeera English journalists have been convicted in the Cairo Criminal Court of spreading false news, threatening national security and aiding the Muslim Brotherhood – previously Egypt’s first democratically … Continue reading Verdict in Al Jazeera trial shows regime’s contempt for press freedom in Egypt
Egypt prepares to hail former army chief as president – once the election is out of the way
Original article here. In May 2012, Egypt’s first democratic presidential election set an important precedent in a troubled transition process. At the time, there was no constitution, no clarity on the president’s … Continue reading Egypt prepares to hail former army chief as president – once the election is out of the way
Europe’s elites are more like Berlusconi than you think
Original article here. Silvio Berlusconi has finally learned the outcome of being found guilty of tax fraud last May. He was originally sentenced to four years in prison, but Italian law prevents … Continue reading Europe’s elites are more like Berlusconi than you think