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The view from the back of the warrior: Mobility, privilege and power during the international intervention in Bosnia-Herzegovina (2014)
Book Chapter
Baker, C. (2014). The view from the back of the warrior: Mobility, privilege and power during the international intervention in Bosnia-Herzegovina. In K. Burrell, & K. Hörschelmann (Eds.), Mobilities in Socialist and Post-Socialist States : Societies on the Move (148-172). London: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137267290

This chapter shows how spatial practices of security and intervention, as well as the spatial implications of post-socialism discussed elsewhere in this book, have produced novel mobilities in Bosnia-Herzegovina since the outbreak of war in 1992 and... Read More about The view from the back of the warrior: Mobility, privilege and power during the international intervention in Bosnia-Herzegovina.

Beyond the island story? the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games as public history (2014)
Journal Article
Baker, C. (2015). Beyond the island story? the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games as public history. Rethinking History, 19(3), 409-428. https://doi.org/10.1080/13642529.2014.909674

This paper evaluates the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games as an exercise in public history. Public events have been widely identified within the study of nationalism as festivals that attempt to reinforce national identity and belong... Read More about Beyond the island story? the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games as public history.

The Local Workforce of International Intervention in the Yugoslav Successor States: 'Precariat' or 'Projectariat'? Towards an Agenda for Future Research (2014)
Journal Article
Baker, C. (2014). The Local Workforce of International Intervention in the Yugoslav Successor States: 'Precariat' or 'Projectariat'? Towards an Agenda for Future Research. International Peacekeeping, 21(1), 91-106. https://doi.org/10.1080/13533312.2014.899123

The international organizations involved in peacebuilding, democratization and peacekeeping in the Yugoslav successor states have employed thousands of locally recruited workers as project officers, language intermediaries and support staff. This mak... Read More about The Local Workforce of International Intervention in the Yugoslav Successor States: 'Precariat' or 'Projectariat'? Towards an Agenda for Future Research.