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View article: John Stone and <i>Ethnic and Racial Studies</i>
John Stone and <i>Ethnic and Racial Studies</i> Open
This paper reviews the contribution of John Stone to the development of the journal Ethnic and Racial Studies and more generally to the study of race and ethnic relations. It outlines his commitment to the study of comparative race relatio…
View article: Entanglements of race and migration in the (open) city: Analytical and normative tensions of the sociological imagination
Entanglements of race and migration in the (open) city: Analytical and normative tensions of the sociological imagination Open
This article considers the interface of taxonomies of race and migration crystallised through the materialities of the contemporary city in the shadow of the 7th anniversary of the Grenfell Tower fire. It draws on multi-method empirical re…
View article: Politicization, postpolitics and the open city: Openness, closedness and the spatialisation of the political
Politicization, postpolitics and the open city: Openness, closedness and the spatialisation of the political Open
The idea of the open city has been used both conceptually and analytically to understand the politics of the city. The contrast between the open city and the closed city relies, in part, upon an understanding of the global systems that enf…
View article: A progressive sense of place and the open city: Micro-spatialities and micro-conflicts on a north London council estate
A progressive sense of place and the open city: Micro-spatialities and micro-conflicts on a north London council estate Open
Doreen Massey’s progressive sense of place (2005) and Richard Sennett’s ethical case for the open city (2018) rely on seeing space as open. It is openness that guarantees an open future, an openness to others, and the possibility of a prog…
View article: ‘London is avocado on toast’: The urban imaginaries of the #LondonIsOpen campaign
‘London is avocado on toast’: The urban imaginaries of the #LondonIsOpen campaign Open
This article examines the production, representations and reactions to the #LondonIsOpen campaign to ask how urban imaginaries are produced and what they entail for understanding the city. The analysis considers how the idea of a cosmopoli…
View article: Aurelien Mondon and Aaron Winter’s <i>Reactionary Democracy: How Racism and the Populist Far Right Became Mainstream</i>
Aurelien Mondon and Aaron Winter’s <i>Reactionary Democracy: How Racism and the Populist Far Right Became Mainstream</i> Open
During the past decade one of the questions that has attracted the attention of scholars and researchers across a number of disciplines has been the phenomenon of the rise of the populist far right...
View article: Race and ethnicity in pandemic times
Race and ethnicity in pandemic times Open
Social scientists working on race and ethnicity are facing up to the challenge of how the Covid-19 pandemic is impacting on their research agendas. In this introduction, we discuss the emerging evidence about the impact of Covid-19 in term…
View article: The Transnational Mobilization of ‘Irregular Migrants’
The Transnational Mobilization of ‘Irregular Migrants’ Open
This chapter explores the transnational movements of so called ‘irregular migrants’. We investigate why and how transnational collective action is taken by people in situations of vulnerability and ask how those with limited resources mana…