This thesis explores the modes of subjectivation and the forms of power encompassed by the epistemic category of the secular with specific reference to recent controversies over Islam in Europe. The inquiry moves from the ...

The thesis begins from the observation that religion has become an object of considerable public and IR-disciplinary debate, centred on the increasing political assertiveness of many religious groups and movements and the ...

This thesis provides a detailed account of the friction between Britain and the United States, over trade and shipping policy towards Cuba. It demonstrates that Britain's continuing trade with Cuba in the years immediately ...

Turkish-European relations have long been characterised by Turkey's desire for full EU membership. Yet, scholarship has often overlooked the fact that these relations are also marked by ambivalence. Prevalent discursive ...

The thesis places Wales within a postcolonial framework, and uses postcolonial theory to analyse the emergence of Welsh identities. Positioning ‘Wales’ and the ‘Welsh’ as subjects of study in relation to the British Empire ...