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Subnational transnational networking and the continuing process of local level Europeanization (2018)
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(2018). Subnational transnational networking and the continuing process of local level Europeanization. European Urban and Regional Studies, 206-227. https://doi.org/10.1177/0969776417691564

One of the features of local level Europeanization has been the emergence of transnational networking (TN) undertaken by subnational authorities (SNAs). This activity, which received much attention during the 1990s, enables SNAs to take advantage of... Read More about Subnational transnational networking and the continuing process of local level Europeanization.

The Future of Cohesion Policy in England: Local Government Responses to Brexit and the Future of Regional Funding (2018)
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(2018). The Future of Cohesion Policy in England: Local Government Responses to Brexit and the Future of Regional Funding. https://doi.org/10.18543/ced-58-2018pp131-153

The departure of the United Kingdom (EU) from the European Union (EU), the "Brexit", raises enormous uncertainties to the English local authorities. This is the case, in particular, of the EU's regional policy, which in recent years has become an imp... Read More about The Future of Cohesion Policy in England: Local Government Responses to Brexit and the Future of Regional Funding.

Right-wing Extremism/Radicalism: Reconstructing the Concept (2018)
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Carter. (2018). Right-wing Extremism/Radicalism: Reconstructing the Concept. Journal of Political Ideologies, 23(2), 157-182. https://doi.org/10.1080/13569317.2018.1451227

This article reconstructs the concept of right-wing extremism/radicalism. Using Mudde’s influential 1995 study as a foundation, it first canvasses the recent academic literature to explore how the concept has been described and defined. It suggests t... Read More about Right-wing Extremism/Radicalism: Reconstructing the Concept.

A Profile of UK Doctoral Candidates in Social Work and Social Care (2018)
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Scourfield, J., Rees, A., Shardlow, S., & Zhang, M. L. (2018). A Profile of UK Doctoral Candidates in Social Work and Social Care. British Journal of Social Work, 48(8), 2313-2331. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcy008

One important indication of the strength of a discipline is the state of its doctoral research. An important milestone for the official recognition of social work in the UK has been its inclusion in Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) doctora... Read More about A Profile of UK Doctoral Candidates in Social Work and Social Care.

When Law became Mobile: The Birth of the Haptic Gaze between Van Eyck's 'Man in a Red Turban' (1433) and da Messina's Male Portrait Series (1474-78) (2018)
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(2018). When Law became Mobile: The Birth of the Haptic Gaze between Van Eyck's 'Man in a Red Turban' (1433) and da Messina's Male Portrait Series (1474-78). Law and Humanities, https://doi.org/10.1080/17521483.2018.1449727

Starting from a reflection on Erving Goffman’s notion of strategic interaction, this contribution discusses a number of paintings, all completed between 1433 and 1478, to argue that the haptic gaze in painting probably emerged between those dates. Th... Read More about When Law became Mobile: The Birth of the Haptic Gaze between Van Eyck's 'Man in a Red Turban' (1433) and da Messina's Male Portrait Series (1474-78).

Links between Climate Change Mitigation, Adaptation and Development in Land Policy and Ecosystem Restoration Projects: Lessons from South Africa (2018)
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(2018). Links between Climate Change Mitigation, Adaptation and Development in Land Policy and Ecosystem Restoration Projects: Lessons from South Africa. Sustainability, 1 - 19. https://doi.org/10.3390/su10030779

Links between climate change adaptation, mitigation and development co-benefits in land policy and ecosystem restoration projects are hampered by limited understanding of how multi-faceted policy, institutions and projects interact. This paper explor... Read More about Links between Climate Change Mitigation, Adaptation and Development in Land Policy and Ecosystem Restoration Projects: Lessons from South Africa.

Migrant place-making in super-diverse neighbourhoods: moving beyond ethno-national approaches (2018)
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Pemberton, S., & Phillimore, J. (2018). Migrant place-making in super-diverse neighbourhoods: moving beyond ethno-national approaches. Urban Studies, 733-750. https://doi.org/10.1177/0042098016656988

Whilst attention has previously focused on the importance of monolithic ethnic identities on migrant place-making, less attention has been paid to how place-making proceeds in super-diverse urban neighbourhoods where no single ethnic group predominat... Read More about Migrant place-making in super-diverse neighbourhoods: moving beyond ethno-national approaches.

Affect as Methodology: Feminism and the politics of emotion (2018)
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(2018). Affect as Methodology: Feminism and the politics of emotion. International Political Sociology, 36-52. https://doi.org/10.1093/ips/olx024

International relations scholars are increasingly paying attention to “the emotional” as a way to understand global politics. What is often missing from these conversations is feminist knowledge on affect, and also discussions about methodology. By p... Read More about Affect as Methodology: Feminism and the politics of emotion.

Tacit rejection of policy and teacher ambivalence – insights into English language teaching in Bahrain through actors’ perceptions (2018)
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Hayes. (2018). Tacit rejection of policy and teacher ambivalence – insights into English language teaching in Bahrain through actors’ perceptions. TESOL Journal, 9(1), 114-137. https://doi.org/10.1002/tesj.310

This article develops Phillips and Ochs's (2003) framework for policy borrowing, particularly their theorisations about indigenisation of international programmes. It uses the example of communicative language teaching (CLT) in Bahrain, exploring tea... Read More about Tacit rejection of policy and teacher ambivalence – insights into English language teaching in Bahrain through actors’ perceptions.

The Cosmology of Economy: West African Witchcraft, Finance and the Futures Market (2018)
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Parish, J. (2018). The Cosmology of Economy: West African Witchcraft, Finance and the Futures Market. Culture and Religion, 19(1), 113-126. https://doi.org/10.1080/14755610.2017.1416646

In this article, the relationship between cosmology and financial transactions via the sacred and deeply secret discourses of West African traditional priests in Europe is explored, who believe that they can spiritually manipulate the monetary pricin... Read More about The Cosmology of Economy: West African Witchcraft, Finance and the Futures Market.

A tale of two towns: A comparative study exploring the possibilities and pitfalls of social capital among people seeking recovery from substance misuse (2018)
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(2018). A tale of two towns: A comparative study exploring the possibilities and pitfalls of social capital among people seeking recovery from substance misuse. Substance Use and Misuse, 490-500. https://doi.org/10.1080/10826084.2017.1341925

Background: Social capital has become an influential concept in debating and understanding the modern world. Within the drug and alcohol sector, the concept of ‘recovery capital’ has gained traction with researchers suggesting that people who have ac... Read More about A tale of two towns: A comparative study exploring the possibilities and pitfalls of social capital among people seeking recovery from substance misuse.

Mrs Home: the moral and cultural construction of domesticity and respectability between the wars (2018)
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Leach, R. (2018). Mrs Home: the moral and cultural construction of domesticity and respectability between the wars. Home Cultures, 137-165. https://doi.org/10.1080/17406315.2017.1373444

This article uncovers archive material from the Foundations of Sociology archive: the output of the Institute of Sociology (Le Play House), exploring the cultural constructions of gendered domesticity and respectability among the lives of the poor an... Read More about Mrs Home: the moral and cultural construction of domesticity and respectability between the wars.

Commentary: Urban friendship: Towards an alternative anthropological genealogy (2018)
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(2018). Commentary: Urban friendship: Towards an alternative anthropological genealogy. Urban Studies, 662 - 674. https://doi.org/10.1177/0042098017738960

This commentary outlines an intellectual genealogy of urban friendship stretching from the 1950s to the present, which influenced my own work on friendship. It begins by tracing this developing theory grounded in a basic contrast between close-knit,... Read More about Commentary: Urban friendship: Towards an alternative anthropological genealogy.

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: The ritual moment of social death (2018)
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Parish. (2018). Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: The ritual moment of social death. Anthropology Today, 34(1), https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8322.12414

This article is an ethnographic study of individuals self-diagnosed with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) in Liverpool, UK. While much research on OCD has concentrated upon superstitious belief, psychosis and anxiety provoking disorder, the articl... Read More about Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: The ritual moment of social death.

The penal voluntary sector in England & Wales: adaptation to unsettlement and austerity (2018)
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Corcoran. (2018). The penal voluntary sector in England & Wales: adaptation to unsettlement and austerity. Political Quarterly, 187-196. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-923X.12461

This article draws on some findings from research which investigated penal voluntary sector adaptation to the mixed market in criminal justice services. The article firstly reprises the main trends for aligning state relationships with the voluntary... Read More about The penal voluntary sector in England & Wales: adaptation to unsettlement and austerity.

The Touch of King Midas: Collingwood on why actions are not events (2018)
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D'Oro. (2018). The Touch of King Midas: Collingwood on why actions are not events. Philosophical Explorations, 160-169. https://doi.org/10.1080/13869795.2017.1421697

It is the ambition of natural science to provide complete explanations of reality. Collingwood argues that science can only explain events, not actions. The latter is the distinctive subject matter of history and can be described as actions only if t... Read More about The Touch of King Midas: Collingwood on why actions are not events.

Kant’s Critique Of Religion: Epistemic Sources Of Secularism (2018)
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Baiasu. (2018). Kant’s Critique Of Religion: Epistemic Sources Of Secularism. Diametros: A Journal of Philosophy, 7-29. https://doi.org/10.13153/diam.54.2017.1131

The secular interpretation of Kant is widespread and Kant is viewed as the most prestigious founding father of liberal secularism. At the same time, however, commentators note that Kant’s position on secularism is in fact much more complex, and some... Read More about Kant’s Critique Of Religion: Epistemic Sources Of Secularism.