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"Praise Be" for abortion protests in Poland

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This week’s topic: Feminism “Praise be” for abortion protests in Poland Source:  Terry Reintke (@TerryReintke) / Twitter In this week’s blog post for the series on theories and concepts in International Relations, ‘Feminism’ will be incorporated into discussion. I found this topic and particularly the whole of feminism and IR extremely influential, to see the clear divisions in which remain between men and women. As a female myself, it is useful to study feminist approaches to IR to understand the genealogy behind the structure of a patriarchal society and to see the progress feminists have made. Feminism has been extremely relevant within Poland during 2020, where huge protests arose as a result of Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal ruling, which stated permitting abortion on grounds of  “a severe an irreversible foetal defect or incurable illness that threatens the foetus’s life” was unconstitutional.  Feminists, internationally, saw the ruling as a clear subordinatio...
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A road blockage like no other: reimagining structuralism through the 'Dilli Chalo' Protest

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This week’s topics: Structuralism and Critical International Theory A road blockage like no other: reimagining structuralism through the 'Dilli Chalo' protest Source: www.news.abplive.com In this week’s blog post in the series on theories and International Relations, ‘Structuralism’ and Critical International Theory will be discussed. I saw much correspondence with this theory when reading about the millions of Indian farmers marching towards Delhi, as a result of the new farming and regulation laws, in which were bringing a significant change and  threatened the livelihood  of millions of farmers across India. I saw this protest as a true up rise against societies structure- these farmers wished to enforce their free will and object the strict structure in which was being enforced upon them. Structuralism suggests  agencies deny human beings any autonomy over their action s (Bieler and Morton, 2018), instead the state and structure of society decides and determines o...
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"G'day, we're closed": Australia's offensive strategy towards COVID-19

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This week’s topic: Offensive Realism  "G'day, we're closed": Australia's offensive strategy towards COVID-19 Source: www.kells.com.au In this week’s blog post, on the series on theories and concepts in International Relations, ‘Offensive Realism’ will be incorporated into my discussion. This topic I believe is very relevant within the current global setting due to COVID- 19, particularly with the closure of borders. I am going to take Australia as an example to show how ‘survival is the main goal’ for their nation. Offensive realism is the idea that states believe it makes good strategy for states to seek power to survive  (Valeriano, 2009) – this power I believe Australia is implementing by its extreme border closure measures. Since March, Australia has been closed to the rest of the world,  with few being able to secure sufficient circumstances which allows them to enter , yet upon entry people have to pay extremely high rates for hotel quarantine – where they h...
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