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According to Wenman, contemporary agonistic democrats, Mouffe included, 'lack an adequate conception of the possibility of historical transformation' (p. 301). I agree with Bonnie Honig when she states, 'the corrective view is a liberal strategy - it is how liberalism treats all its critics and that is why it is hegemonic' (Schaap 2007: 57). Adapted from the source document.

On 9 April 2003, the American-led invasion of Iraq seemed to have reached an important turning point as troops rumbled into Baghdad. With the assistance of the occupying force, Iraqis took to the streets, toppling and dismantling the forty-foot statue of the dictator that had loomed over Firdos Square. This appeared to be the pivotal moment of liberation that the Bush administration had promised, a speedy defeat coupled with jubilant Iraqis praising the cause. The global news network CNN, not wanting to miss a moment of the dramatic unfolding events, went live . . . to Dearborn, Michigan.

The status of citizenship and the rights extended to non-citizens are among the most contentious and hotly debated political issues in numerous Western polities. Sonic scholars, most notably Seyla Benhabib, have deemed the contemporary changes a 'disaggregation of rights claims', in which the interplay between ideals of particularism and universalism lead to an 'unbundling' of civil, political and social rights with formal national membership. Yet this theoretical framing harbors deficiencies that complicate our understanding of the contemporary politics of immigration. In this article, I critically examine this account to show both its theoretical shortcomings and the incomplete explanations to which these deficiencies lead. In particular, I focus on the case of the 2006 protests in response to restrictionist immigration reform in the United States. Furthermore, I suggest ways in which an agonistic pluralist approach to citizenship and immigration issues provides us with a richer account of the political negotiations under way, as well as a means to re-conceptualize democratic voice and, at least in part, to begin democratically legitimating borders and access to political membership. Adapted from the source document.

The status of citizenship and the rights extended to non-citizens are among the most contentious and hotly debated political issues in numerous Western polities. Some scholars, most notably Seyla Benhabib, have deemed the contemporary changes a 'disaggregation of rights claims', in which the interplay between ideals of particularism and universalism lead to an 'unbundling' of civil, political and social rights with formal national membership. Yet this theoretical framing harbors deficiencies that complicate our understanding of the contemporary politics of immigration. In this article, I critically examine this account to show both its theoretical shortcomings and the incomplete explanations to which these deficiencies lead. In particular, I focus on the case of the 2006 protests in response to restrictionist immigration reform in the United States. Furthermore, I suggest ways in which an agonistic pluralist approach to citizenship and immigration issues provides us with a richer account of the political negotiations under way, as well as a means to re-conceptualize democratic voice and, at least in part, to begin democratically legitimating borders and access to political membership.

With a strong economy bringing skill shortages in technical jobs, Austin, Texas, has sought to learn the essentials of the German apprenticeship system for the development of its local youths and to help resolve labor supply problems encountered by local employers. Going beyond the conventional research and study tours, Austin has invited direct participation from European training experts and has established an apprentice exchange for Austin youths with the Chamber of Small and Medium-Sized Firms and Crafts in Koblenz, Austin's sister city in Germany. The Capital Area Training Foundation, an industry-led, nonprofit corporation, was formed to guide the development of the school-to-work system through its affiliated industry steering committees established in each of the region's major industry sectors. These steering committees decide on the industry's approach to working with schools, confirm industry skill standards and curriculum frameworks, provide career information, and organize opportunities for active career exploration and work-based learning.

The Bible as a pedagogical resource in the classroom / Robert M. Bosco -- Literature from the global-south: underutilized resources for the (international) politics classroom / Michael Kuchinsky -- Critical pedagogy in hard times: utopian socialist literature as a means for rethinking capitalism within the classroom / Robert W. Glover & Daniel Tagliarina -- Laughing and learning: using political cartoons to teach politics / Joan L. Conners -- Graphic novels in the social science classroom / Kenton Worcester -- Why do students resist hip hop studies? / Travis L. Gosa -- To be a rock and not to roll: promoting political literacy through music and mixtapes / Shyam K. Sriram -- The case is submitted: re-enactment theatre and U.S. Supreme Court oral arguments / Nina Therese Kasniunas -- The comparative politics of zombie attack / Steve Williamson -- Entertainment, satire, and the big questions of our political world / Dannagal G. Young -- The politics in Pixar: the underlying messages of America's animated favorites / William J. Miller ... [et al.] -- American students, African conflicts, and Hollywood: the advantages and unintended consequences of using film to teach African politics / Christopher R. Cook -- War and peace on film / Jeffrey S. Lantis -- Teaching political theory with twitter: the pedagogy of social networking / Ari Kohen -- The medium is the messenger: web 2.0 tools in the political science classroom / Chapman Rackaway -- Podcasting and the teaching of politics and international relations / Simon Lightfoot -- Conclusion: decontextualizing and re-contextualizing alternative texts in teaching politics / Daniel Tagliarina.

There is growing recognition that our decades-long "war on drugs" has not only been a policy failure but has made our societal drug crisis worse. This is painfully evident in our response to the opioid epidemic. Efforts at comprehensive policy reform are likely to emerge first at the state and local levels. We collaborated with policy advocates and practitioners to study policy perspectives of registered Maine voters, and to investigate determinants of receptivity to drug policy reforms rooted in decriminalization and harm reduction. Our results suggest that while political ideology still impacts one's perspective on these issues, increased exposure to those with substance use disorder reduces stigma, resulting in increasingly broad, bipartisan support for policy reform. We conclude with a discussion on how policymakers addressing overdose and substance use disorder at the state and local level should consider implementing and funding evidence-based alternative approaches such as decriminalization and harm reduction.

To address society's complex challenges, campus-community partnerships are increasingly being undertaken by academia. As a result, questions of how to ensure that these partnerships succeed have taken on a new urgency. This urgency has led to an emphasis on the creation of 'how to' guides focused on the mechanics of building effective partnerships. This article argues that this focus is premature and attention instead needs to be directed to the neglected but ultimately more fundamental question of who is 'allowed' to initiate the partnerships. It is argued here that the seemingly simple and straightforward issue of who initiates the partnership leads us into the complex problems of choice, power and perspective which bedevil campus-community partnerships. Until these problems are fully addressed, the partnership approach is unlikely to achieve its status as a central means by which community-university engagement can be realised in academia. Keywords: campus-community partnerships, community engagement, partnership initiation, research, knowledge creation, reciprocity.