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Do you know who you are? Introduction Featuring: video,audio, The Open University

By Ruth Barnett (Guest), Professor Engin Isin (The Open University), Moazzam Begg (Guest)

11 December 2010

You may think you have a right to your nationality and that the state will protect you, however, we hear from Ruth Barnett, a Jewish...  Read more : Do you know who you are? Introduction

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Do you know who you are? Perspectives Featuring: audio, By Flogal via Dreamstime under subscription

By Professor Engin Isin (The Open University), Jacqueline Stevens (Guest)

11 December 2010

In a roundtable discussion about citizenship, our experts discuss nationality from an activism point of view, and a theoretical standpoint.   Read more : Do you know who you are? Perspectives

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The politics of food: Perspectives Featuring: audio, By Marcin Floryan via Wikimedia under Creative Commons 2.5

By Dr Geoff Andrews (The Open University), Sue Braithwaite (Guest), Kath Dalmeny (Guest)

13 November 2010

How does the decline of the British apple orchard have wider significance to our understanding of food, politics and the way we live? And why...  Read more : The politics of food: Perspectives

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The politics of food introduction  Featuring: video,audio, The Open University

By Dr Geoff Andrews (The Open University), Julian Temperley (Guest)

13 November 2010

The apple has become a contested political symbol of rural Britain versus the need to keep up with mass markets, and as the policing of...  Read more : The politics of food introduction

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The insecurity of security: Perspectives Featuring: audio, By iz4aks via flickr under Creative Commons 2.0

By Dr Jef Huysmans (The Open University), Dr Irus Braverman (Guest), Hanna Barag (Guest)

12 November 2010

The stated purpose of the checkpoints and walls that control movement of Palestinians between Israel and the West Bank is to prevent terrorists from entering...  Read more : The insecurity of security: Perspectives

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The insecurity of security introduction Featuring: video,audio, The Open University

By Sherryl Murphy (Guest), Len Stassi (Guest), David Blunkett MP (Guest), Isabella Sankey (Guest), Peter Williams (Guest)

12 November 2010

Security measures, such as gated communities and CCTV, can remove people's rights and have a long-term physical impact on everyday life. Do these increasing attempts...  Read more : The insecurity of security introduction

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Taking sanctuary: Perspectives Featuring: audio, Seelenpfluecker via Dreamstime.com under subscription

By Dr Vicki Squire (The Open University), Catherine Birara (Guest), Inderjit Bhogal OBE (Guest), Craig Barnett (Guest), Simon Cross (Guest)

09 November 2010

Refugees and asylum-seekers looking for sanctuary in the UK face many challenges, such as hostility and isolation. Often, mainstream attitudes are that they are victims...  Read more : Taking sanctuary: Perspectives

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Taking sanctuary introduction Featuring: video,audio, The Open University

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

09 November 2010

We hear from successful asylum-seeker Rodrigo Endema, and from "David" who has been refused asylum, about what sanctuary means to them, and how the City...  Read more : Taking sanctuary introduction

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Berlusconi: Perspectives Featuring: audio, Copyrighted Image Markwaters via Dreamstime.com under subscription.

By Dr Geoff Andrews (The Open University), Bill Emmott (Guest), Francesco Grillo (Guest)

08 November 2010

Elections once every four years, an all or nothing choice, is probably outdated - but what is the cost of populism, such as achieved by Berlusconi, for democracy? Join...  Read more : Berlusconi: Perspectives

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Digging up Spain's dead introduction Featuring: video,audio, The Open University

07 November 2010

During Franco's dictatorship, many people who tried to stand against him were murdered and buried in unmarked graves. Over 30 years after his death in...  Read more : Digging up Spain's dead introduction

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As the Olympic flame wings its way around the UK, the OU's Aarón Alzola Romero asks: just how immemorial is the Olympic torch relay?

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