Category Archives: Politics

‘What The 2012 Election Would Have Looked Like Without Universal Suffrage’

Posted on November 10, 2012 by stuartelden

Buzzfeed has some interesting projections of how the election would have gone if only white men, only men, only whites, and only over 24 year olds had had the vote. What they have done is chosen the voting rules for the … Continue reading →

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Romney’s Project for a New American Century

Posted on November 9, 2012 by stuartelden

Romney’s team prepared a website to launch if he’d won the election. I don’t blame him for being prepared, though rather embarassing that it leaked. Political Wire has some images. Interesting to see the idea of the ‘American century’ coming up … Continue reading →

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Mapping the US election

Posted on November 8, 2012 by stuartelden

In my opening lecture in the level 2 module Political Geography, I regularly use US presidential election maps. I generally start with 2000, 2004, and 2008 and talk about the swing states and geographical areas that seem clearly demarcated. But then … Continue reading →

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Gaston Gordillo – The Destruction of Space

Posted on November 7, 2012 by stuartelden

At Space and Politics, Gaston Gordillo has posted a fascinating excerpt from his forthcoming book The Afterlife of Places: Ruins and the Destruction of Space. Here’s the opening paragraph: The violent destruction of the void of the Gran Chaco by the state … Continue reading →

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Obama, Drones, and FiveThirtyEight

Posted on November 7, 2012 by stuartelden

Despite the disappointments of his first term, and the drones, I was still pleased to see Obama’s reelection. Nate Silver at FiveThirtyEight was indeed very accurate.

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FiveThirtyEight – counting the US election

Posted on November 6, 2012 by stuartelden

I probably should have posted this a while back, but this blog at the NY Times has been the most useful thing I’ve being reading on the US election and the complications of the Electoral College system. One of the … Continue reading →

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Neil Smith – “There’s No Such Thing as a Natural Disaster”

Posted on October 31, 2012 by stuartelden

Written in 2006, as a response to Hurricane Katrina, Neil Smith’s piece “There’s No Such Thing as a Natural Disaster” has lost none of its importance.

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Military Migrants

Posted on October 30, 2012 by stuartelden

Vron Ware’s new book, Military Migrants, is being launched at CCIG at the Open University on 14 November. Vron Ware will be in discussion with Brigadier Mark Abraham, Captain Afzal Amin, and Engin Isin, chaired by Evelyn Ruppert. Details here. The project … Continue reading →

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Kyle Grayson on Universities and the Border Agency

Posted on October 28, 2012 by stuartelden

In The Huffington Post Kyle Grayson has a very good discussion of the impact of the Conservative-Lib Dem coalition policies on the relation of universities to the UK Border Agency.

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Ben Gurion Political Science department – 972mag story

Posted on October 25, 2012 by stuartelden

A good overview and critique of the actions being taken against Ben Gurion University’s Political Science department at 972mag.com The link came from Israeli Academy Under Attack – a site which has stories and links about this action.  

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