Abstract: Settler-colonies are places of tremendous inequality and violence. Yet, at the same time, settlercolonies are also places where elected institutions flourish. What explains the origin of institutionsseemingly founded on ideals of equality and liberty amidst systemic violence and hierarchy? Thisdissertation examines the process of elected representative institutional formation in settlercolonies through comparative-historical analysis drawing […]

Abstract: The Israeli High Court of Justice (HCJ) is highly invested in maintaining a façade of adherence to International Law (IL) in Israel’s continuous occupation of the West Bank, and in mitigating the contradictions and complexities in Israel’s implementation of this law. Our paper proposes a unique legal-geographical perspective to the analysis of this dynamic, […]

Excerpt: In colonial regimes, dominant conceptions of private property developed alongside racial hierarchies.

Abstract: This article interrogates and contextualises the settler identification discourses related to Danube Swabians in Entre Rios/Guarapuava in southern Brazil (Paraná). It looks into the origins of Danube Swabian ‘settlerness’, asking why does it play a central role in Danube Swabian identity constructions in Brazil (but also beyond), and how has it changed over time. […]

Abstract: The chapter provides an overview of research on the various marginal white populations throughout history; that is white people who have been called white trash, rednecks, hillbillies, chavs, bogans, redlegs or poor whites. Wray and Wolfe ask, what, if anything, can the study of marginal whites teach us about both the boundaries and the […]

Abstract: This chapter explores the criminalization of Palestinian resistance by Israel. It focuses on ‘’48 Palestinians’ (known also as Palestinian citizens in Israel) and the ways in which Israel systematically used mass arrests during the Unity Uprising in May 2021 as a colonial technology to stifle Palestinian protest and construct Palestinians as a security threat […]

Abstract: The local turn in Peace Studies has raised important practical and normative questions around the ‘liberal peace’ approach that defines post-Cold War international peacebuilding. However, recent critical interventions reveal the limits of the local turn’s engagement with themes including race, gender, class, and colonialism. Engaging Indigenous authors who ground diverse conceptualizations of peace in […]

Description: Over the past few centuries, vast areas of the world have been violently colonized by settlers. But why did states like Australia and the United States stop settling frontier lands during the twentieth century? At the same time, why did states loudly committed to decolonization like Indonesia and China start settling the lands of […]

Abstract: This autoethnography explores how the author’s work with farming led her to learn from such Indigenous knowledge practices as listening to Nature and forming a familial relationship with land in pursuit of a spiritual life focused on social change. In doing so, it highlights how such pursuits as farming at a small-scale level contributes […]

Abstract: The article proposes that climate change makes enduring colonial injustices and structures visible. It focuses on the imposition and dominance of colonial concepts of land and self-determination on Indigenous peoples in settler states. It argues that if the dominance of these colonial frameworks remains unaddressed, the progressing climate change will worsen other colonial injustices, […]