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In this presentation I will introduce the 'care circulation' framework (Baldassar and Merla 2013), which offers a new perspective on the analysis of the mobilities of care within transnational family networks. The circulation of care is defined as 'the reciprocal, multidirectional and asymmetrical exchange of care that 2luctuates over the life course within transnational family networks subject to the political, economic, cultural and social contexts of both sending and receiving societies' (Baldassar and Merla, 2013: 22). 'Care' is understood as multidimensional, including practical, emotional, personal, financial support as well as accommodation. Based on ethnographic case studies, I will show how care circulates within transnational family networks, highlighting the role played by the usually invisible actors of care exchanges, such as men, children and the elderly. I will also higlight the importance of 'situating' transnational care practices within the institutional contexts of both receiving and sending countries, using Kilkey and Merla (2013)'s situated caregiving capabilities framework.

In this presentation I will introduce the 'care circulation' framework (Baldassar and Merla 2013), which offers a new perspective on the analysis of the mobilities of care within transnational family networks. The circulation of care is defined as 'the reciprocal, multidirectional and asymmetrical exchange of care that 2luctuates over the life course within transnational family networks subject to the political, economic, cultural and social contexts of both sending and receiving societies' (Baldassar and Merla, 2013: 22). 'Care' is understood as multidimensional, including practical, emotional, personal, financial support as well as accommodation. Based on ethnographic case studies, I will show how care circulates within transnational family networks, highlighting the role played by the usually invisible actors of care exchanges, such as men, children and the elderly. I will also higlight the importance of 'situating' transnational care practices within the institutional contexts of both receiving and sending countries, using Kilkey and Merla (2013)'s situated caregiving capabilities framework.

This study focuses on the "European city" model and its impact on urban policies, emphasising city centre housing as a central issue. The urban renaissance as it is discussed in literature will also be reconsidered, as this study seizes on these two subject matters and explores their relation looking at Berlin's historic city centre as the study area. The development of Berlin's historic city centre as a housing location since 1990 is analysed showing how in four phases the change of this area from a marginal populated urban frontier to one of Berlin's most favoured and expensive housing locations has developed using the "European City" as a development model.

It is well known that many governments have resorted to a wide range of constructions to justify, under international law, their unilateral exceptions to human rights in the name of countering terrorism. This paper seeks to take stock of a range of arguments, doctrines or constructions that states may resort to when seeking to justify their unilateral exceptions to human rights norms in the fight against terrorism. Many constructions have a valid legal basis and a proper scope of application. However, they also have limitations and often relate to a specific treaty, or the availability of a procedure, but do not alter the substantive obligations of the state in question under international law. In many cases, this results from the overlap of treaty law and customary norms of international law. Some of the constructions are open to abuse, i.e. bad faith efforts to distort international law to the detriment of human rights. Because the combined effect of the various excuses and exceptions are complex, there is a need for a holistic approach which seeks to address the combined effect of various constructions of unilateral exceptions. ; This article has been produced within the research project DETECTER, funded by the European Commission under the 7th Framework Programme.

Avrupa Bütünleşmesinin önemli boyutlarından ve tartışmalarından biri olan ortak dış politika geliştirme konusu, gerek uluslararası konjonktürden, gerekse Avrupa Birliği'nin (AB) kendi dinamiklerinden dolayı 1990'lı yıllara kadar çok sınırlı bir gelişme gösterebilmiştir. Soğuk savaş boyunca, AB pek çok alanda ortak dış politika belirlemeye çalışmış fakat üye ülkelerin dış politika konularında egemenlik haklarından feragat etmek istememeleri ve dünya sisteminde iki kutupluluğun dayattığı kısıtlamalar nedeniyle uluslararası ilişkileri etkileme kabiliyetlerini çok sınırlı düzeyde kalmıştır. Ancak Soğuk Savaşın sona ermesi, AB'nin küresel rolünün yeniden tanımlaması için uygun bir zemin ortaya çıkmıştır. Nitekim AB'nin kendine münhasır özellikleriyle Soğuk Savaş sonrası dönemde uluslararası ilişkilerde bir aktör olarak kapasitesini ve kabiliyetini artırdığı ve uluslararası politikada önemli roller oynamaya başladığı görülmektedir. Bu çalışmanın amacı AB gibi siyasal yapıya sahip bir aktörün uluslararası politikada nasıl bir gücü temsil ettiği, onun kapasitesinin bileşenlerinin neler olduğu, hangi ölçüde uyumlu bir politika oluşturabildiği ve oluşturulan ortak politikaların hangi düzeyde tam olarak uygulanabildiği sorularına cevap aramaktır. Bu cevaplar ışığında AB'nin Ortak Dış ve Güvenlik Politikasını oluşturulduktan sonra uluslararası ilişkilerde önemli aktör konumuna gelmiştir. Ancak üye ülkeler dış politika alanında sınırlı düzeyde işbirliğini ön planda tutmak istemesinden dolayı bu aktörlüğünü sivil ve normatif bir güç olarak sürdürebildiği gösterilecektir. ; A common foreign policy issue, one of the important dimensions and debates of European integration was able to show a very limited development due to the international conjuncture and its own dynamics. During the Cold War, the EU has tried tried to identify common foreign policy in many areas but the fact that member countries did not want to waive their sovereignty rights in foreign policy matters and there was restrictions imposed by bipolarity in the world system led to the very limited ability of the EU to influence international relations. However, the end of the Cold War created a suitable ground for redefining the global role of the EU. Indeed it appears that the EU has increased its capacity and capability as an actor in international relations in the post-Cold War era and played an important role in international politics. The aim of this study is to find answers to questions what kind of power an actor with a political structure, such as the EU represents in international politics, what the components of its capacity are, to what extent a policy can be harmonized and the extent to which common policies are implemented. In the light of this response, the EU has become an important actor in international relations after the creating of EU's Common Foreign and Security Policy. In doing so, since member countries are willing to keep a limited level of cooperation in the field of foreign policy, it will be shown that the EU's actorness could continue as a civil and normative power.