Emile Chabal | European Futures https://www.europeanfutures.ed.ac.uk Edinburgh Europa Institute Sun, 08 Apr 2018 23:43:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.europeanfutures.ed.ac.uk/files/2015/03/European-Futures-Icon.png Emile Chabal | European Futures https://www.europeanfutures.ed.ac.uk 32 32 How Long Can France’s State of Emergency Last? https://www.europeanfutures.ed.ac.uk/how-long-can-frances-state-of-emergency-last/ Wed, 03 Feb 2016 08:00:32 +0000 http://blogs.sps.ed.ac.uk/europablogsite/?p=2726 Emile Chabal France’s state of emergency in the wake of the Paris terrorist attacks has been predominately intended as a measure of public reassurance, writes Emile Chabal. He suggests that current efforts to enshrine the state of emergency provisions into the French constitution ignore its ineffectiveness and its problematic colonial origins. Triomphe of the Police, …

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]]> Can Britain be European? https://www.europeanfutures.ed.ac.uk/can-britain-be-european-2/ Wed, 01 Jul 2015 08:00:36 +0000 http://blogs.sps.ed.ac.uk/europablogsite/?p=1236 Emile Chabal and Stephan Malinowski In this extended article, Emile Chabal and Stephan Malinowski reflect on the use of history in the debate on the UK’s relationship with Europe and question two historical narratives put forward about Britain – that its history has been uniquely continuous and that is has been exceptional. They suggest that …

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