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Understanding intercultural transitions of medical students (2015)
Journal Article
Hayes, A. L., Mansour, N., & Fisher, R. (2015). Understanding intercultural transitions of medical students. International Journal of Medical Education, 6, 26-37. https://doi.org/10.5116/ijme.54e7.b57f

Objectives: The aim of this research was to explore the transition of medical students to an international branch campus of a medical university established in Bahrain.

Methods: In order to gain insights into this transition, we explored two cultu... Read More about Understanding intercultural transitions of medical students.

Bringing the Outside In: Somaliland, Statebuilding, and Dual Hybridity (2015)
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Richards, R. (2015). Bringing the Outside In: Somaliland, Statebuilding, and Dual Hybridity. Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding, 9(1), 4 - 25. https://doi.org/10.1080/17502977.2014.991074

International norms of what it means to be a state dictate domestic policy within developing and unrecognized states but must co-exist with internal demands. With a mutual dependence between internal and external considerations and, indeed, legitimac... Read More about Bringing the Outside In: Somaliland, Statebuilding, and Dual Hybridity.

Social solidarity, social work and Chinese people (2015)
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(2015). Social solidarity, social work and Chinese people. International Social Work, 773-786. https://doi.org/10.1177/0020872814559557

Differences in social solidarity among Chinese in Hong Kong and the United Kingdom have been identified from two linked studies. Significant differences emerged between the two Chinese communities. Notably, respondents in Hong Kong reported a higher... Read More about Social solidarity, social work and Chinese people.

What's Queer about Political Science? (2015)
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Lee, D. (2015). What's Queer about Political Science?. British Journal of Politics and International Relations, 49 - 63. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-856X.12037

<jats:p> Research Highlights and Abstract </jats:p><jats:p> The study of gender, sexuality—and, in particular, queer theory—is central to the social sciences and humanities. Our analysis of citation practices shows that queer theorist Judith Butler i... Read More about What's Queer about Political Science?.

Identity and cross-border student mobility: The mainland China–Hong Kong experience (2015)
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(2015). Identity and cross-border student mobility: The mainland China–Hong Kong experience. European Educational Research Journal, 65-73. https://doi.org/10.1177/1474904114565155

This article is drawn from research in an ongoing multiple case study of the identity constructions of tertiary-level border-crossing students from mainland China to Hong Kong. It begins by outlining the contextual and conceptual background of the st... Read More about Identity and cross-border student mobility: The mainland China–Hong Kong experience.

What is a Cohesive Community Anyway? The Role of Mainstream Media in Narratives of (Dis)Integration (2014)
Journal Article
Holohan, S. (2014). What is a Cohesive Community Anyway? The Role of Mainstream Media in Narratives of (Dis)Integration. Middle East Journal of Culture and Communication, 27 - 45. https://doi.org/10.1163/18739865-00701009

The perceived failure of minority communities to integrate into mainstream culture and society has been of such concern in recent years that there have been a series of political endeavors to shore up notions of citizenship, inclusion, and (national)... Read More about What is a Cohesive Community Anyway? The Role of Mainstream Media in Narratives of (Dis)Integration.

India through re-Orientalist Lenses (2014)
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Lau, & Mendes, A. (2014). India through re-Orientalist Lenses. Interventions: International Journal of Postcolonial Studies, 706-727. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369801x.2014.984619

Re-Orientalism, initially defined as the perpetration of Orientalism by ‘Orientals’ (Lau 2009), is a discourse which comes out of and is inescapably informed by postcolonial and diasporic legacies. The investigation of re-Orientalism has revealed new... Read More about India through re-Orientalist Lenses.

Existentialist Freedom, Distorted Normativity and Emancipation (2014)
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Baiasu, S. Existentialist Freedom, Distorted Normativity and Emancipation. Oñati Socio-Legal Series, 5(3), 874 -894

Usually associated with a view of freedom as absolute, Sartre’s philosophy seems particularly able to account for the indeterminacy that we experience today in most areas of human experience that have a normative dimension. Without denying that this... Read More about Existentialist Freedom, Distorted Normativity and Emancipation.

A transnational bicultural place model of cultural selves and psychological citizenship: the case of Chinese immigrants in Britain (2014)
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(2014). A transnational bicultural place model of cultural selves and psychological citizenship: the case of Chinese immigrants in Britain. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 440 - 450. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2014.10.005

The transnational bicultural place of Hong Kong (HK) Chinese immigrants in United Kingdom (UK) comprises bicultural social networks of UK British and UK Chinese connected transnationally by a third network of home compatriots (HK Chinese). Through de... Read More about A transnational bicultural place model of cultural selves and psychological citizenship: the case of Chinese immigrants in Britain.

Being a historian: an introduction to the professional world of history and History in the making (2014)
Journal Article
Howlett, J. (2015). Being a historian: an introduction to the professional world of history and History in the making. History of Education, 44(2), 251-255. https://doi.org/10.1080/0046760x.2014.969331

As historians of education it ultimately befits us, more so perhaps than those working in cognate historical fields, to consider the purpose of our scholarship. The interchanges at the turn of the century between Gary McCulloch and William Richardson... Read More about Being a historian: an introduction to the professional world of history and History in the making.

Action learning on the edge: contributing to a masters programme in human resources for health (2014)
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(2014). Action learning on the edge: contributing to a masters programme in human resources for health. Action Learning: Research and Practice, 361-374. https://doi.org/10.1080/14767333.2014.950812

This account of practice describes the introduction of an accredited postgraduate management qualification which used action learning as a major contribution to a blended learning approach in a fragile cross-border setting on the edge of Europe. Conv... Read More about Action learning on the edge: contributing to a masters programme in human resources for health.

Trends in the management of registered sexual offenders across England and Wales: a geographical approach to the study of sexual offending (2014)
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(2014). Trends in the management of registered sexual offenders across England and Wales: a geographical approach to the study of sexual offending. Journal of Sexual Aggression, 56 - 70. https://doi.org/10.1080/13552600.2014.949314

Social scientists, and geographers in particular, have long been interested in examining spatial patterns of offending in order to generate a “geography” of crime and criminality. This paper examines what value, if any, a geographical approach to the... Read More about Trends in the management of registered sexual offenders across England and Wales: a geographical approach to the study of sexual offending.

Trends in the management of registered sexual offenders across England and Wales: a geographical approach to the study of sexual offending (2014)
Journal Article
(2014). Trends in the management of registered sexual offenders across England and Wales: a geographical approach to the study of sexual offending. Journal of Sexual Aggression, 56 - 70. https://doi.org/10.1080/13552600.2014.949314

Social scientists, and geographers in particular, have long been interested in examining spatial patterns of offending in order to generate a “geography” of crime and criminality. This paper examines what value, if any, a geographical approach to the... Read More about Trends in the management of registered sexual offenders across England and Wales: a geographical approach to the study of sexual offending.

Selling infant safety: entanglements of childhood preciousness, vulnerability and unpredictability (2014)
Journal Article
Martens, L. (2014). Selling infant safety: entanglements of childhood preciousness, vulnerability and unpredictability. Young Consumers: Insight and Ideas for Responsible Marketers, 15(3), 239-250. https://doi.org/10.1108/yc-10-2013-00409

Purpose
This paper aims to examine, through a focus on the practice of child caring, how three qualities of childhood preciousness, vulnerability and unpredictability, are nurtured by being brought together as rationales for product re-design, innov... Read More about Selling infant safety: entanglements of childhood preciousness, vulnerability and unpredictability.

Effective medical leadership development for a complex NHS (2014)
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(2014). Effective medical leadership development for a complex NHS. British Journal of Hospital Medicine, 461 -463. https://doi.org/10.12968/hmed.2014.75.8.461

The NHS Leadership Academy in England is investing £46 million in a standardized model of development, with academic qualifications becoming essential in future NHS leadership roles. This represents a cul-de-sac for medical leaders because it is base... Read More about Effective medical leadership development for a complex NHS.

Abolishing the stigma of punishments served (2014)
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(2014). Abolishing the stigma of punishments served. Criminal Justice Matters, 22 -23. https://doi.org/10.1080/09627251.2014.950521

The Benthamite workhouse principle of ‘less eligibility’ dates back to the Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 and, since its application to the sphere of criminal justice, has long dictated that prisoners and other lawbreakers should always be last in the q... Read More about Abolishing the stigma of punishments served.

Utopias: An Introduction (2014)
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Featherstone, M., & Miles, M. (2014). Utopias: An Introduction. Cultural Politics, 10(2), 125-131