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… 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… 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… 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… Matyas Bodig Believes that Aristotle’s “self-sufficiency” remains with us in form of “self-determination” something special about communities which can give rise to supreme power there are always other communities that… Raul Acosta Theoretical points Political = managing collective affairs Contestation reifies political collective by contesting Threats of violence useful as symbols of power Sense of community is ideal to strive… Ajay Gudavarthy In post-colonial period, binary between community and modern retains as modern only community of nation-state with its homogeneous time others stand outside it in heterogeneous time Although community… Trevor Stack Citizenship, as particular tradition of political community, typically has two dimensions: formal dimension: usually, how citizenship and attendant obligations are defined in some kind of law > usually… John Perry Roma case (addressed by PhD student) concerns loyalties etc. that like citizenship but not toward nation-state; similarly, unions (addressed by Sian Lazar) are in some ways similar to… Michael Brown What happens when religious institutions do not have a real stake, especially where political institutions are designed precisely to avoid them having a stake? In contemporary world, there…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
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
International political community
Toward global political community?
Questioning ‘community’
Beyond the state?
Philosophical approaches
A historical approach
