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The era of symbolic policies

 in Kumkapi One by

I have always approved of the idea of symbolic policies and its emphasis on the symbolic power of policies rather than what their actual effect is or what any practical implication might actually be. In the case of migration studies, Massey (1999) explained that controlling migration flows is not possible for politicians due to global economic forces promoting the movement of people which lie beyond the power of national governments. In situations where popular discontent […]

The power of the many

 in Kumkapi Two by

The pictures in the recent news show the increasing movement of refugees towards the central and northern European states. One of the questions coming to mind when seeing the pictures of people is why now and not before? What causes these increasing movements of people? What does this mean? One of the main reasons for this migration is the devastating situation in Syria, Iraq and other states. Also, many refugees have found their forced journey […]