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What is wrong with silence in intercultural classrooms? An insight into international students’ integration at a UK university (2019)
Journal Article
WANG, S., & Moskal, M. What is wrong with silence in intercultural classrooms? An insight into international students’ integration at a UK university. Journal of Comparative & International Higher Education, 11(Winter), 52-58. https://doi.org/10.32674/jcihe.v11iwinter.1087

Recent research has reported a common tendency for international students to be silent in the classroom, identifying language competence and cultural difference as main barriers to participation. However, insights into the integration of internationa... Read More about What is wrong with silence in intercultural classrooms? An insight into international students’ integration at a UK university.

What hampers ‘political’ action in environmental alternative action organizations? Exploring the scope for strategic agency under post-political conditions (2019)
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Doherty, & Catney. (2019). What hampers ‘political’ action in environmental alternative action organizations? Exploring the scope for strategic agency under post-political conditions. Social Movement Studies, https://doi.org/10.1080/14742837.2019.1708311

The proliferation of environmental alternative action organization (EAAOs) is a defining feature of present-day environmentalism. The literature on sustainable materialism has celebrated this as an appropriate, effective, and above all, political str... Read More about What hampers ‘political’ action in environmental alternative action organizations? Exploring the scope for strategic agency under post-political conditions.

‘Fuck It, Shit Happens (FISH)’: a social generations approach to understanding young people’s imaginings of life after school in 2016–2017 (2019)
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Alexander, P., Loewenthal, J., & Butt, G. (2020). ‘Fuck It, Shit Happens (FISH)’: a social generations approach to understanding young people’s imaginings of life after school in 2016–2017. Journal of Youth Studies, 23(1), 109-126. https://doi.org/10.1080/13676261.2019.1704406

This article uses a social generations approach to explore the lives of young people transitioning to life after schooling. Drawing on ethnographic research in England during the geopolitical uncertainty of 2016–2017, we track the trajectories and na... Read More about ‘Fuck It, Shit Happens (FISH)’: a social generations approach to understanding young people’s imaginings of life after school in 2016–2017.

Is visual motivation for cleaning surfaces in the kitchen consistent with a hygienically clean environment? (2019)
Journal Article
Martens. (2020). Is visual motivation for cleaning surfaces in the kitchen consistent with a hygienically clean environment?. Food Control, 111, Article 107077. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodcont.2019.107077

Cleaning is a method at the disposal of domestic cooks for curtailing the dispersal of foodborne pathogens in the process of preparing food. The observation of visible dirt/soil ‘in the wrong place’ operates as one of the stimuli for action. This pap... Read More about Is visual motivation for cleaning surfaces in the kitchen consistent with a hygienically clean environment?.

‘Diaspora at Home’: Class and Politics in the Navigation of Hong Kong Students in Mainland China’s Universities (2019)
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(2019). ‘Diaspora at Home’: Class and Politics in the Navigation of Hong Kong Students in Mainland China’s Universities. International Studies in Sociology of Education, https://doi.org/10.1080/09620214.2019.1700821

This paper draws on ‘diaspora at home’, a concept that encapsulates the unique dynamics between Hong Kong and mainland China, as an analytical tool to explore the cross-border experiences of 23 Hong Kong students at 11 universities in mainland China.... Read More about ‘Diaspora at Home’: Class and Politics in the Navigation of Hong Kong Students in Mainland China’s Universities.

A democratic bearing: Admirable citizens, uneven injustice, and critical theory: Stephen K. White Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2017, xxiv+217pp., ISBN: 978-1-107-16847-3 (2019)
Journal Article
Hammond, M. (2021). A democratic bearing: Admirable citizens, uneven injustice, and critical theory: Stephen K. White Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2017, xxiv+217pp., ISBN: 978-1-107-16847-3. Contemporary Political Theory, 20(S2), 67-70. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41296-019-00374-4

Critical theory is needed in the world today. As populists gain support across Western societies, and the disenchanted turn against scapegoated ‘others’ to voice their frustration, the future of democracy is at stake. Stephen K. White gives us a powe... Read More about A democratic bearing: Admirable citizens, uneven injustice, and critical theory: Stephen K. White Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2017, xxiv+217pp., ISBN: 978-1-107-16847-3.

Being a Gerontologist: intersections between the professional and the personal in the Ageing of British Gerontology project (2019)
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(2019). Being a Gerontologist: intersections between the professional and the personal in the Ageing of British Gerontology project. Ageing and society, 1051-1071. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0144686X1900151X

Despite the growth of cultural gerontology this century, relatively few gerontologists have interrogated their own experiences of ageing through a critical reflexive lens. This paper seeks to address this lack of attention by discussing some findings... Read More about Being a Gerontologist: intersections between the professional and the personal in the Ageing of British Gerontology project.

Deliberative Democracy as a Critical Theory (2019)
Journal Article
Hammond. (2019). Deliberative Democracy as a Critical Theory. Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, 22(7), 787-808. https://doi.org/10.1080/13698230.2018.1438333

Deliberative democracy’s roots in critical theory are often invoked in relation to deliberative norms; yet critical theory also stands for an ambition to provoke tangible change in the real world of political practice. From this perspective, this pap... Read More about Deliberative Democracy as a Critical Theory.

Photographing prisoners: the unworthy, unpleasant and unchanging criminal body (2019)
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(2019). Photographing prisoners: the unworthy, unpleasant and unchanging criminal body. Criminology and Criminal Justice, 591-604. https://doi.org/10.1177/1748895818800747

The use of photography in representing the criminal body has long been a focus of interest in the social sciences, especially so when exploring the historical evolution of criminal identification practices. By contributing to the emerging field of vi... Read More about Photographing prisoners: the unworthy, unpleasant and unchanging criminal body.

'We loved it because we felt that we existed there in the classroom!’ International students as epistemic equals vs. double country oppression (2019)
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Hayes. (2019). 'We loved it because we felt that we existed there in the classroom!’ International students as epistemic equals vs. double country oppression. Journal of Studies in International Education, 23(5), 554-571. https://doi.org/10.1177/1028315319826304

The article compares student narratives of engagement in internationalization in the United Kingdom and Germany. The comparison signals a new area of critical sociology of internationalization which shows signs that internationalization in non-Anglop... Read More about 'We loved it because we felt that we existed there in the classroom!’ International students as epistemic equals vs. double country oppression.

TALIBANIZATION OF THE ISLAMIC STATE AND THE QUEST FOR RETROSPECTIVE LEGITIMACY (2019)
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Shahi, A., & Mohamad, A. (2020). TALIBANIZATION OF THE ISLAMIC STATE AND THE QUEST FOR RETROSPECTIVE LEGITIMACY. Asian Affairs, 50(4), 520-545. https://doi.org/10.1080/03068374.2019.1672423

This paper develops the notion of ‘Talibanization’ – a concept which stems from the resilience and the determination of the Taliban to remain a dominant player in Afghanistan even after the downfall of their state in 2001. The factors that helped the... Read More about TALIBANIZATION OF THE ISLAMIC STATE AND THE QUEST FOR RETROSPECTIVE LEGITIMACY.

Sustainability as a Cultural Transformation: The Role of Deliberative Democracy (2019)
Journal Article
Hammond. (2019). Sustainability as a Cultural Transformation: The Role of Deliberative Democracy. Environmental Politics, 29(1), https://doi.org/10.1080/09644016.2019.1684731

What might break the ‘glass ceiling’ that has so far prevented a deep sustainability transformation? I consider the cultural dimension of such a transformation. Cultural meanings not only provide the building blocks of individuals’ life stories, but... Read More about Sustainability as a Cultural Transformation: The Role of Deliberative Democracy.

(Un)Happy 21st Birthday NEET! A genealogical approach to understanding young people Not in Education, Employment or Training (2019)
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Wrigley. (2019). (Un)Happy 21st Birthday NEET! A genealogical approach to understanding young people Not in Education, Employment or Training. Youth and Policy,

The term ‘NEET’ (Not in Education, Employment or Training) in the UK has become a contentious issue for policy makers, youth services, academia and government alike. In this article, Liam Wrigley offers a genealogical appraisal of how 'NEET' has impa... Read More about (Un)Happy 21st Birthday NEET! A genealogical approach to understanding young people Not in Education, Employment or Training.

Fateful aspects of aspiration among graduates in New York and Los Angeles (2019)
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Loewenthal, J., Alexander, P., & Butt, G. (2019). Fateful aspects of aspiration among graduates in New York and Los Angeles. International Studies in Sociology of Education, 28(3-4), 345-361. https://doi.org/10.1080/09620214.2019.1627898

This article presents ethnographic research on the aspirations of graduates from a private university in New York City, some of whom move to Los Angeles. Findings depict financial and family pressures exerting a governing force upon the graduates’ fu... Read More about Fateful aspects of aspiration among graduates in New York and Los Angeles.