democracy - Centre for Citizenship, Identities and Governance (CCIG)

Citizenship and Governance: 2007 CCIG Book Launch

This is the first of two roundtable discussions that launched the new books of 13 members of the Centre for Citizenship, Identities and Governance. The discussion, focused on Citizenship and Governance, included John Clarke, Janet Newman, Michael Saward, Paul Lewis, Jef Huysmans, Margaret Wetherell, Celia Davies and Elizabeth Barnett.

Posted by s.rodgers on 22 June 2009, 22:20

Conceptualizing Mobility as Democratic Practice

A new article has just been published by Claudia Aradau and Jef Huysmans on 'Mobilising (global) democracy: A political reading of mobility between universal rights and the mob.'

Posted by Jef Huysmans on 27 May 2009, 21:58

The Pedagogical State

This ESRC-funded postdoctoral fellowship project investigated the cultural practices of governing through pedagogical means, and an evolving pedagogical relationship between state and citizen.

Migration, Democracy and Security (MIDAS)

In response to 9/11, governments across the world have introduced policies that have impacted on traditional freedom rights - the core to liberal democracies. The securitisation - i.e. the legitimation of emergency measures by reference to an existential threat - of the freedom of movement played an important role in developing these policies.

CCIG Forum 9

10 December 2009, 10:30 - 17:00

This month's forum includes a range of very interesting seminars given by three visiting scholars: Jose Hernandez from Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED) in Madrid, Spain; Marja Hannele Keranen from the University of Jyvaskyla in Finland; and Angharad Closs Stephens from Durham University.