17.03.2020 , in ((COVID-19 + Mobility, Politics, Practices))
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Lorenzo Piccoli and Joelle Moret
Between February and March 2020, many people accustomed to being highly mobile witnessed a massive curtailing of their right to travel both across and within countries. Among these measures were suppression of flights, closure of borders, banning of international student exchanges, halting of public transportation, lock-down of entire cities, freezing
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11.03.2020 , in ((Social Cohesion Beyond Nation State))
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Alois Stutzer
Many problems in society can only be successfully addressed if its members are willing to cooperate, even if decisions go against their individual or group-specific short-term interests. This cooperation requires a certain level of cohesion among the members of society. Social cohesion can, therefore, be seen as one of the
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23.01.2020 , in ((Sanctuary Cities))
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Loren Collingwood
Civil conflict embroiled El Salvador and Guatemala in the 1980s leading to an exodus of refugees seeking asylum in the United States. These events birthed the sanctuary movement, and later the sanctuary city movement. The second growth of sanctuary cities came in response to Bush’s Post-9/11 era immigration security crackdown.
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