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Regulatory Arbitrage in Relation to International Human Rights (2019)
Journal Article
Minhat, M., Abdullah, M., & Dzolkarnaini, N. (2019). Regulatory Arbitrage in Relation to International Human Rights. Journal of Human Rights, 18(5), 579-596. https://doi.org/10.1080/14754835.2019.1647097

The adoption of the United Nations (UN) Charter in 1945 marked the legalization of international human rights. Despite the legalized status of human rights, their violation by states is not uncommon. This article questions why a state might violate i... Read More about Regulatory Arbitrage in Relation to International Human Rights.

Doing Politics: Discursivity, performativity and mediation in political discourse (2018)
Book
Kranert, M., & Horan, G. (2018). M. Kranert, & G. Horan (Eds.). Doing Politics: Discursivity, performativity and mediation in political discourse. John Benjamins Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1075/dapsac.80

This edited volume explores the discursive, performative and mediated dimensions of contemporary political discourse. The strengths of the volume are manifold: it contains cutting edge interdisciplinary research on political discourses by internation... Read More about Doing Politics: Discursivity, performativity and mediation in political discourse.

Populistische Elemente in den Wahlprogrammen von AfD und UKIP (2018)
Journal Article
Kranert, M. (2018). Populistische Elemente in den Wahlprogrammen von AfD und UKIP. Aptum: Journal of Language Criticism and Language Culture, 14(1), 61-77

Seit dem Erstarken neuer rechter Parteien in Europa und der Wahl Donald Trumps zum 45. Präsidenten der Vereinigten Staaten dominiert Populismus als politischer Kampfbegriff den politischen Diskurs und rückt ebenfalls als analytische Kategorie der pol... Read More about Populistische Elemente in den Wahlprogrammen von AfD und UKIP.

Power (2018)
Book Chapter
Maglione, G. (2018). Power. In B. Arrigo (Ed.), The SAGE Encyclopedia of Surveillance, Security, and Privacy. SAGE Publications

The concept of power is acknowledged as one of the few steady axes around which social sciences have been revolving at least since the first half of the XX th century. In fact, very few concepts have been as pervasive and generative. Equally undisput... Read More about Power.

Brexit Observatory: Listening to the voices of those affected by the Brexit vote, in the research, innovation and tertiary education sectors (2017)
Report
Cataluna, A. M., O'Connor, S., Konig, A., Combet Aspray, E., & Meer, N. (2017). Brexit Observatory: Listening to the voices of those affected by the Brexit vote, in the research, innovation and tertiary education sectors. Scotland, UK: Royal Society of Edinburgh

The Young Academy of Scotland, in collaboration with the Royal Society of Edinburgh, launched a call for case studies on 12 May 2017, with the objective of capturing the impact, whether positive
or negative, perceived or factual, of the Brexit vote... Read More about Brexit Observatory: Listening to the voices of those affected by the Brexit vote, in the research, innovation and tertiary education sectors.

Mapping political cultures, or genre as central category of comparative political discourse analysis. The case of Third Way discourses in Germany and the UK at the turn of the 21st century. (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kranert, M. (2017, March). Mapping political cultures, or genre as central category of comparative political discourse analysis. The case of Third Way discourses in Germany and the UK at the turn of the 21st century. Presented at Research Group Meeting - Language, Ideology and Power (Lancaster University)

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Text and Context in the Discourses of the Third Way in Germany and the United Kingdom A Comparative Study of the Language of ‘New Labour’ and ‘Die Neue Mitte’ (2016)
Thesis
Kranert, M. Text and Context in the Discourses of the Third Way in Germany and the United Kingdom A Comparative Study of the Language of ‘New Labour’ and ‘Die Neue Mitte’. (Thesis). University College London. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/402527

This thesis undertakes a comparison of the discursive strategies of New Labour and the German SPD at the turn of the twenty-first century, when both parties engaged in a discourse of the Third Way in order to win over ‘the middle ground of the electo... Read More about Text and Context in the Discourses of the Third Way in Germany and the United Kingdom A Comparative Study of the Language of ‘New Labour’ and ‘Die Neue Mitte’.

Kinship, conflict and unity among Roman elites in post-Roman Gaul: The contrasting experiences of Caesarius and Avitus (2016)
Book Chapter
Dodd, L. (2016). Kinship, conflict and unity among Roman elites in post-Roman Gaul: The contrasting experiences of Caesarius and Avitus. In Official power and local elites in the Roman provinces (168-187). Routledge

The 5th century saw the end of Roman imperial power in the West. Academic debate continues about whether the Empire collapsed or transformed and survived in the form of the barbarian successor states in Gaul, Italy and Spain.1 For the purposes of thi... Read More about Kinship, conflict and unity among Roman elites in post-Roman Gaul: The contrasting experiences of Caesarius and Avitus.

Buddhism and Constitutions in Bhutan (2014)
Book Chapter
Whitecross, R. (2014). Buddhism and Constitutions in Bhutan. In Buddhism and Law: An Introduction (350-367). Cambridge University Press

Introduction The subject of Buddhism and constitutionalism, or more specifically constitutions, presents us with a series of questions and challenges. As the other essays in this volume demonstrate, Buddhism adapted itself to the local cultures and p... Read More about Buddhism and Constitutions in Bhutan.

F v F: MMR vaccine - welfare need or welfare norm? (2014)
Journal Article
Macfarlane, L.-A. B. (2014). F v F: MMR vaccine - welfare need or welfare norm?. Edinburgh Law Review, 18(2), 284-289. https://doi.org/10.3366/elr.2014.0214

Notwithstanding extensive media coverage and commentary, the recent judgment of
the High Court Family Division in F v F1 is not one that tells us very much about
children’s rights or, indeed, their welfare. Instead, the case reveals the complexitie... Read More about F v F: MMR vaccine - welfare need or welfare norm?.

Age and Variations in the Attitude towards Scottish Independence – An Exploration of Cohort and Lifecycle Explanations (2014)
Journal Article
Schneider, A. (2014). Age and Variations in the Attitude towards Scottish Independence – An Exploration of Cohort and Lifecycle Explanations. Scottish Affairs, 23(1), 55-78. https://doi.org/10.3366/scot.2014.0005

This paper presents findings of an exploration into the sources of the association of age with attitude towards Scottish independence. Polls and surveys have repeatedly shown that the lower the age of a person, the higher is the likelihood of them fa... Read More about Age and Variations in the Attitude towards Scottish Independence – An Exploration of Cohort and Lifecycle Explanations.

Separating Religions and Politics? Buddhism and the Bhutanese Constitution (2013)
Book Chapter
Whitecross, R. (2013). Separating Religions and Politics? Buddhism and the Bhutanese Constitution. In A. K. Thiruvengadam, V. Raghavan, & S. Khilnani (Eds.), Comparative Constitutionalism in South Asia (116-144). Oxford University Press

This chapter investigates Bhutan's constitutional history up to the 2008 Constitution. It specifically reflects on the relationship between Buddhism, the new Constitution, and the avowed secular nature of the contemporary Bhutanese State. It then exp... Read More about Separating Religions and Politics? Buddhism and the Bhutanese Constitution.

Intimacy, Loyalty and State Formation: The Spectre of the "Anti-National" (2010)
Book Chapter
Whitecross, R. (2010). Intimacy, Loyalty and State Formation: The Spectre of the "Anti-National". In T. Kelly, & S. Thiranagama (Eds.), Traitors: Suspicion, Intimacy, and the Ethics of State Building (68-88). Penn State University Press

On 19 April 1998, the Tiger’s Nest temple, in Taktshang, near Paro in western Bhutan, caught fire and was substantially destroyed. The destruction of this major Buddhist pilgrimage site was attributed, though never publicly established, to be the wor... Read More about Intimacy, Loyalty and State Formation: The Spectre of the "Anti-National".

Electronic Democracy and Young People (2003)
Journal Article
Macintosh, A., Robson, E., Smith, E., & Whyte, A. (2003). Electronic Democracy and Young People. Social Science Computer Review, 21(1), 43-54. https://doi.org/10.1177/0894439302238970

This article examines action to address young people’s apathy to the democratic process and politics in general, by considering possibilities for using information and communication technology to engage young people. The article describes two e-democ... Read More about Electronic Democracy and Young People.

E-voting: the powerful symbol of e-democracy (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Smith, E., & Macintosh, A. (2003, September). E-voting: the powerful symbol of e-democracy. Presented at Second International Conference, EGOV 2003, Czech Republic

This paper focuses on an Internet-enabled remote voting system for a young people's parliament in the Highland region of Scotland. The parliament was established to increase young people's participation in local government. Two elections have been he... Read More about E-voting: the powerful symbol of e-democracy.