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'No Future for Germany's Past? Collective Memory and German Foreign Policy' (2007)
Journal Article
Wittlinger, R., & Larose, M. (2007). 'No Future for Germany's Past? Collective Memory and German Foreign Policy'. German Politics, 16(4), 481-495. https://doi.org/10.1080/09644000701652490

Like most aspects of German politics and society after 1945, post-war German foreign policy has traditionally been greatly influenced by the legacy of Germany's National Socialist past and the Second World War. The semi-sovereign and divided nature o... Read More about 'No Future for Germany's Past? Collective Memory and German Foreign Policy'.

The English School and Asia-Pacific Security. Review of 'The Balance of Power in Asia-Pacific Security: US-China Policies on Regional Order'. By Liselotte Odgaard. London: Routledge, 2007. (2007)
Journal Article
Kerr, D. (2007). The English School and Asia-Pacific Security. Review of 'The Balance of Power in Asia-Pacific Security: US-China Policies on Regional Order'. By Liselotte Odgaard. London: Routledge, 2007. International Studies Review, 9(4), 741-43. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2486.2007.00740.x

'Shaping the Saudi State: human agency's shifting role in rentier-state formation' (2007)
Journal Article
Hertog, S. (2007). 'Shaping the Saudi State: human agency's shifting role in rentier-state formation'. International Journal of Middle East Studies, 39(4), 539-563. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0020743807071073

There are two established ways of recounting the emergence of the modern Gulf oil monarchies. The social scientific explanation describes anonymous structural forces, the “resource curse” of the “rentier state,” and how these have shaped politics and... Read More about 'Shaping the Saudi State: human agency's shifting role in rentier-state formation'.

'British-German Relations and Collective memory' (2007)
Journal Article
Wittlinger, R. (2007). 'British-German Relations and Collective memory'. German Politics and Society, 25(3), 42-69. https://doi.org/10.3167/gps.2007.250303

British-German relations have undergone a considerable transformation since 1945 with both countries having to adapt to significant changes in their own status, as well as a very different international environment. Germany's status as a morally and... Read More about 'British-German Relations and Collective memory'.

Political Scandal and the Politics of Exposure: From Watergate to Lewinsky and Beyond (2007)
Journal Article
Welch, S. (2007). Political Scandal and the Politics of Exposure: From Watergate to Lewinsky and Beyond. Politics and ethics review, 3(2), 181-199. https://doi.org/10.3366/per.2007.3.2.181

The paper advances an interpretation of political scandal and its place in democratic politics, taking the scandals of the ‘Watergate era’ in American politics as its evidential basis. The interpretation focuses on an aspect of political scandal that... Read More about Political Scandal and the Politics of Exposure: From Watergate to Lewinsky and Beyond.

Difficulties in revitalising public space by CCTV (2007)
Journal Article
Klauser, F. (2007). Difficulties in revitalising public space by CCTV. European Urban and Regional Studies, 14(4), 337-348. https://doi.org/10.1177/0969776407081166

This article critically assesses the adequacy of CCTV as an instrument to revitalize urban areas suffering from concentrated social disadvantage. Empirically, it focuses on the video-surveillance of street prostitution in the Swiss city of Olten. Thi... Read More about Difficulties in revitalising public space by CCTV.

'Political Change in the Arab Oil Monarchies: From Liberalization to Enfranchisement'. (2007)
Journal Article
Ehteshami, A., & Wright, S. (2007). 'Political Change in the Arab Oil Monarchies: From Liberalization to Enfranchisement'. International Affairs, 83(5), 913-932. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2346.2007.00662.x

The oil monarchies of the Persian Gulf region have typically been portrayed as patriarchal autocracies characterized by traditional tribal rule that have taken on the characteristics of a modern state. The historical debate on these rentier states ha... Read More about 'Political Change in the Arab Oil Monarchies: From Liberalization to Enfranchisement'..

'Babies and Bathwaters: Reflecting on the Pitfalls of Critical Terrorism Studies' (2007)
Journal Article
Gunning, J. (2007). 'Babies and Bathwaters: Reflecting on the Pitfalls of Critical Terrorism Studies'. European Political Science, 6(3), 236-243. https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.eps.2210144

This paper examines some of the key challenges critical terrorism studies will have to face. Starting from the premise that a critical turn must both challenge traditional approaches to 'terrorism' and provide an umbrella under which traditional and... Read More about 'Babies and Bathwaters: Reflecting on the Pitfalls of Critical Terrorism Studies'.

'Disturbances in the Sensory Experience of the City: CCTV and the development of an unreal urban parallel world' (2007)
Journal Article
Klauser, F. (2007). 'Disturbances in the Sensory Experience of the City: CCTV and the development of an unreal urban parallel world'. The Senses and Society, 2(2), 173-188. https://doi.org/10.2752/174589307x203074

In order to emphasize the importance of understanding the experience of the city as one that includes all human senses, this article focuses on the increasing use of CCTV in city centers. As we can see by looking at the array of monitors within contr... Read More about 'Disturbances in the Sensory Experience of the City: CCTV and the development of an unreal urban parallel world'.

'A Case for Critical Terrorism Studies?' (2007)
Journal Article
Gunning, J. (2007). 'A Case for Critical Terrorism Studies?'. Government and Opposition, 42(3), 363-393. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1477-7053.2007.00228.x

That 'terrorism research' is mired by epistemological, methodological and political-normative problems is well established. What is usually overlooked is that, beyond the difficulties inherent in 'terrorism research', these problems are exacerbated b... Read More about 'A Case for Critical Terrorism Studies?'.