Volume 9:
Issue 2
August 2026
Chief Editors
Otis Bakker
Benjamin Woolfe
General Secretary
Meera Vinesh
Rakay Akhtar
Elin Hywel
Lola Lesnick
Imogen Lightning
Charlie Sanigar
Laurence Young
Editorial Board
Content warning: Some of our essays contain details of physical abuse that some readers may find distressing.
Disclaimer: All essays have been selected based on quality of research, standard of presentation, and readable engagement. The views expressed in the essays do not reflect those of Juncture, The University of Manchester School of Social Sciences, or the University of Manchester.
We do not intend to add to nor detract from the information or analysis provided in the essays in any capacity. The cover photos have been chosen by the Juncture Editorial Board based solely on aesthetic suitability.
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Table of Contents
British Politics
Gabriella Bromfield
Madeleine McEnery
International Affairs
Dorothy Bamfo
Amara Saputra
Kitty Gregson
Neoliberalism and Alienation
Will Fisher
Identity Politics
Cassandra-Marie Zick
Ayu Made Kayla Pasyanti
Isaac Murphy
Made possible by the University of Manchester School of Social Sciences
British Politics
Making Crimes Out Of Rhymes: UK Drill and The Racialised Governance of Black Cultural Expression in Post-Windrush Britain
Gabriella Bromfield
3rd Year Essay
BA Politics and Philosophy
Crisis, Populism and Anti-Immigration Politics in Britain
Madeleine McEnery
3rd Year Essay
BSocSc Politics and International Relations
International Affairs
Global Poverty Chains Reconsidered Through an Analysis of Epistemic Violence and the Limits of Marxist Reductionism
Dorothy Bamfo
3rd Year Essay
BA Politics, Philosophy and Economics
"Soft" Colonization: Presentist Effects of Eminent Domain in the Extraction of Resources in Developing Countries
Amara Saputra
2nd Year Essay
BSocSc Politics and International Relations
Has the inauguration of the second Trump administration accelerated the rise of China in the Asia-Pacific region?
Kitty Gregson
2nd Year Essay
BA Politics and Philosphy
Neoliberalism and Alienation
Student Alienation: A Marxist Analysis
Will Fisher
4th Year Essay
BA Politics, Philosophy and Economics
Identity Politics
Gender, Necropolitics, and the Nuclear Legacy of Semipalatinsk
Cassandra-Marie Zick
4th Year Essay
BA Arabic and Politics
The Political Power of Faith: Religious Influence in the 2016-17 Jakarta Election
Ayu Made Kayla Pasyanti
2nd Year Essay
BSocSc Politics and International Relations
Rethinking the Role of Religion in International Relations: Ontological Security Theory and Its Limitations
Isaac Murphy
2nd Year Essay
BA Politics and Modern History
