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CONTAINED - The Extraordinary Queueing Experience, Brussels, 1 October 2016

'The thief eats his shame': Practice and power in Nigerian vigilantism

Journal article

Pratten D., (2008), Africa, 78, 64 - 83

Introduction the politics of protection: Perspectives on Vigilantism in Nigeria

Journal article

Pratten D., (2008), Africa, 78, 1 - 15

Masking youth: Transformation and transgression in annang performance

Journal article

Pratten D., (2008), African Arts, 41, 44 - 59

Global Vigilantes

Book

Pratten D. and Sen A., (2008)

Introduction: Global vigilantes: perspectives on justice and violence

Chapter

Pratten D. and Sen A., (2007), 1 - 21

The 'rugged life': Youth and violence in southern Nigeria

Chapter

Pratten D., (2007), 84 - 104

Mystics and missionaries: Narratives of the spirit movement in Eastern Nigeria

Journal article

Pratten D., (2007), Social Anthropology, 15, 47 - 70

Michel de Certeau: Ethnography and the challenge of plurality

Journal article

Napolitano V. and Pratten D., (2007), Social Anthropology, 15, 1 - 12

The politics of vigilance in southeastern Nigeria

Journal article

Pratten D., (2006), Development and Change, 37, 707 - 734

Conversion, conquest and the Qua Iboe Mission

Chapter

Pratten D., (2005), 413 - 437

The new frontiers of America

Journal article

Andersson R., (2005), RACE & CLASS, 46, 28 - 38

Business and politics in São Tomé e Príncipe: From cocoa monoculture to petro-state

Journal article

Frynas JG. et al, (2003), African Affairs, 102, 51 - 80

Blog posts

Climate refugees: The fabrication of a migration threat

In recent years, it has become popular to argue that climate change will lead to massive North-South movements of ‘climate refugees’. Concerns about climate change-induced migration have emerged in the context of debates on global warming. Without any doubt, global warming is one of the most pressing issues facing humanity, and the lack of willingness of states and the international community to address it effectively – particularly through reducing of carbon emissions – is a valid source of major public concern and global protest.

The unfolding of the ‘refugee crisis’ in Denmark and Sweden

MSc Migration Studies student Katryna Mahoney reflects on a recent study trip to Copenhagen and Malmö

Migration from Turkey to the UK

Professor Ibrahim Sirkeci charts the history of reciprocal migration between Turkey and the UK and predicts future movements

The potential cost of visa regimes

Dr Emre Eren Korkmaz pleads for greater equity and transparency in visa regimes

Turkey’s diaspora engagement policy under the Justice and Development Party

Dr Bahar Baser tracks the development of Turkey's diaspora-building