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There was never any prevalence of debates about differential integration and future of European integration in Cyprus. European issues have always been secondary in local debates, except when they tend to affect Cyprus directly, the de facto partition of the country and the potential for its resolution or economic and political interest of Cypriots. During pre-accession times the completion between political forces to appear more European than their opponents but the Europeanisation processes were rather superficial. In the post accession period, political debates were primarily shaped by a competition between Government, opposition forces, political parties and leaders who often debate about who is better fit to manage the various European policies in the political life of Cyprus, rather than genuinely debating about the nature, direction and character of the European Union, its future direction in terms of integration processes and the potential. After the 2013 austerity measures, Eurosceptical views and sentiments were developed which questioned the initial unconditional support for the EU integration processes. Nevertheless, differential integration is not a subject that has any prominence in Cypriot politics or public debates. ; This paper is part of the InDivEU project which has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement number 822304. The content of this document represents only the views of the InDivEU consortium and is its sole responsibility. The European Commission does not accept any responsibility for use that may be made of the information it contains.

This article examines the potential for dialogic engagement between the academic disciplines of sociology and social work, on the one hand, and political/social struggles for equality and social justice, on the other. Particular strands of sociology engage with, connect to and articulate struggles of marginalised, oppressed or exploited communities. The article draws on global debates to examine the potential for a public sociology of social justice and equality, which is intimately connected to social work. It illustrates how knowledge from struggles and what is labelled as mobile commons can and must inform sociology, social work and emancipatory praxis.

This paper examines the 'Cyprus problem', a protracted modern conflict over a de facto divided island in the eastern Mediterranean, seeking to explore radical potentialities. The paper examines the parameters for resolution set 40 years ago with the agreement to establish a bizonal bicommunal federation. The paper connects the global and regional factors to forces within Cyprus to the dialectic between the forces sustaining division versus those driving towards resolution. It then locates the specific 'national question' within a broader reading of geopolitical and social questions in our turbulent times. To appreciate the continuities and ruptures, the 'Cyprus problem is placed within a frame connecting the old national questions in the imperialist era to current debates over ethnic divisions/conflicts, as they manifest themselves within rekindled social/economic and regional geopolitical contestations. The paper reading the potential for resolution as a transitional process connecting the internal dynamics (nationalism, class, and politics) to imperial/geopolitical ones. This reading provides the analytical lenses to appreciate the potentialities empowering social and political forces within Cyprus. In doing so that we may unlock the social imaginaries to overcome the current divide, as essential elements of vision(s) for social(ist) transformation(s). Focusing on the oldest political and the largest Left-wing force, AKEL, the paper addresses three challenges for the Left: Transcending the compartmentalization of the national question from geopolitics and the social question; enhancing the reunification and reconciliation politics; federating and reconciling from below to push for solution by expanding the 'third space' for an anti-nationalist counter-hegemony.

This report explores challenges to political participation of mobile EU citizens in Cyprus. It discusses electoral rights of non-resident citizens and non-citizen residents from the EU in European Parliament and local elections. The report also offers recommendations on how to increase political participation of mobile EU citizens in this country. ; This report was funded by the European Union's Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme (2014-2020). The content of this report represents the views of the author only and is his/her sole responsibility. The European Commission does not accept any responsibility for use that may be made of the information it contains.

This article aims at drawing on sociological insights into reconciliation processes which emerge out of ethnic, national and state conflicts. First, the concept of reconciliation is interrogated as an instrument for sociological enquiry. The article locates the concept's lexical origins in western/northern Christian traditions and identifies the usages of religious connotations in secularised strands of conflict resolution theory and praxis. While acknowledging the problems involved in assuming a conceptual universality, the basic meaning of the concept is located in many different historical, religious and secular traditions across the globe. Once overcoming Christiano-centric and western/northern biases and limitations, reconciliation can be retrieved and operationalised as a sociological concept for understanding and comparing ethnically and other deeply divided societies. Second, the article argues for further development of sociological comparative perspectives on how societies deal with violent and divisive past, which enhances academic knowledge and may impact policy as regards reconciliation processes, both in terms of understanding the past as well as dealing with the present and future of post-conflict societies. A sociology of conflict and reconciliation offers frames for transferring knowledge and experience that transcends simplistic assumptions and enriches understanding of the complexities of conflict and its transformations.

This book aims to present a fresh perspective on the Cyprus problem by examining the societal transformations taking place within the island regarding socio-economic development, population transitions and migration, and rapidly changing social and political institutions

AbstractSocial work historiography has neglected to engage meaningfully with the most troubling aspects of the profession's past: the histories of complicity, or at least acquiescence, in acts of state violence and institutionalised oppression. Through the exploration of historical case studies, this article provides a tentative typology of social work's 'horrible histories' focusing on the project of engineering the ideal-type family, in colonial and oppressive socio-political contexts. The authors argue that practices of oppression and complicity can neither be reduced to the 'few bad apples' approach nor judged through the individualising prism of moralism, prevalent in Kantian Ethics. Instead, they propose an ethics of transformative reconciliation which is based on the principles of apology, respect for victims and collective action for—professional and social—change.

International audience ; The paper attempts to adjust a critical perspective of Liberal Peace to the concept of Peace Journalism. It first gives a brief account on the discussion around the idea of Peace Journalism; it then discusses the main challenging aspects of peace journalism within a broad process of Peace and Conflict Resolution using aspects of the Public Sphere Theories. Finally it discusses an empirical research agenda grounded in the characteristics of the context of Cypriot society.

International audience ; The paper attempts to adjust a critical perspective of Liberal Peace to the concept of Peace Journalism. It first gives a brief account on the discussion around the idea of Peace Journalism; it then discusses the main challenging aspects of peace journalism within a broad process of Peace and Conflict Resolution using aspects of the Public Sphere Theories. Finally it discusses an empirical research agenda grounded in the characteristics of the context of Cypriot society.

Work Package 4: National Case Studies of Challenges to Tolerance in Political Life ; The ACCEPT PLURALISM project (2010-2013) is funded by the European Commission under the Seventh Framework Programme, Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities. (Call FP7-SSH-2009-A, Grant Agreement no: 243837). Coordinator: Prof. Anna Triandafyllidou, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute.

Prolegomena: In A World Turned Upside Down -- Introduction: Mobile Commons, Migrant Digitalities And The Right To The City -- Producing Migrant Digitalities And Mobile Commons -- Austerity-And-Crisis Times, Migrants And The New Social Question -- Migrant Integration Within Austerity Citizenship -- 1. Theorizing Migration, Praxis And The Crisis Of Migration Crisis -- Migration Within The Crisis Of Migration Crisis: From Differential Inclusion And Integration To Transcending Citizenship -- From Autonomy Of Migration To The Politics Of Mobile Commons -- Digital Networks And Migration: Towards A Net(H)Nography Of Border Regimes -- 2. The South-Eastern Triangle: The Spatio-Historical Context -- Introducing The Spatio-Historical Context -- Mobile Commons In The Arrival City -- Rethinking Movements: Istanbul, Athens And Nicosia -- 3. Migrant Subjectivities, Struggles And Turbulence In Three Arrival Cities -- The Migrant, The Struggle And The Subject In The Arrival City -- Of Athens, Nicosia And Istanbul -- Snapshot 1: Performativity Of Control Or Space As A Theatrical Stage -- Snapshot 2: Producing Public Space Or Sundays At Municipal Parks -- Snapshot 3: Organizing Ephemerality Or Being A Minor Transit Migrant In Istanbul -- 4. The Right To The City Revisited: Charting And Envisioning Future Struggles And Politics -- The Right To The (Rebel) City -- The Fall Of The Urban Frontier -- Rebel Cities Or The City As An Oeuvre -- Conclusions. The Future Lasts Forever And It's Happening Now.