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How European Integration Changes National Parties: Evidence from a 15-Country Study (2010)
Journal Article
Carter, E., & Poguntke, T. (2010). How European Integration Changes National Parties: Evidence from a 15-Country Study. West European Politics, 33(2), 297-324. https://doi.org/10.1080/01402380903538930

This article examines the impact of European integration on the balance of power within national political parties. It does this by drawing on the results of a survey of key actors in up to 55 parties in the 15 pre-2004 enlargement member states. The... Read More about How European Integration Changes National Parties: Evidence from a 15-Country Study.

Single element mapping in radiography (2009)
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Austin, J. C., Day, C. R., Kearon, A. T., & Haycock, P. W. (2009). Single element mapping in radiography. X-Ray Spectrometry, 38(6), 492-504. https://doi.org/10.1002/xrs.1204

This article reports on the application of element-specific mapping using the Bremsstrahlung of a commercial broad spectrum X-ray source to map lighter elements (zirconium to tin) and heavier elements (tantalum to bismuth) individually within an imag... Read More about Single element mapping in radiography.

The EU's Emergent Security-First Agenda: Securing Albania and Montenegro (2009)
Journal Article
Ryan, B. J. (2009). The EU's Emergent Security-First Agenda: Securing Albania and Montenegro. Security Dialogue, 40(3), 311-331. https://doi.org/10.1177/0967010609336195

This article forms a critique of security sector reforms implemented in Albania and Montenegro between 2000 and 2007 by and on behalf of the European Union. It argues that within these reforms it is possible to discern a tension between a more holist... Read More about The EU's Emergent Security-First Agenda: Securing Albania and Montenegro.

How (not) to operationalise subnational political opportunity structures: A critique of Kestilä and Söderlund's study of regional elections (2009)
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ARZHEIMER, K., & CARTER, E. (2009). How (not) to operationalise subnational political opportunity structures: A critique of Kestilä and Söderlund's study of regional elections. European Journal of Political Research, 48(3), 335-358. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-6765.2009.00842.x

Based on an aggregate analysis of the French regional elections of 2004, Kestilä and Söderlund, in their 2007 article, ‘Subnational Political Opportunity Structures and the Success of the Radical Right: Evidence from the March 2004 Regional Elections... Read More about How (not) to operationalise subnational political opportunity structures: A critique of Kestilä and Söderlund's study of regional elections.

Element-specific determination of X-ray transmission signatures using neural networks (2009)
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Day, C. R., Austin, J. C., Butcher, J. B., Haycock, P. W., & Kearon, A. T. (2009). Element-specific determination of X-ray transmission signatures using neural networks. NDT and E International, 42(5), 446-451. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ndteint.2009.02.005

In this article, we report on the application of neural networks to the problem of making an element-specific determination of unknown metal targets based on the characteristics of their transmitted X-ray signatures. Our method was applied to two gro... Read More about Element-specific determination of X-ray transmission signatures using neural networks.

The Ontological Backlash: why did mainstream analytic philosophy lose interest in the philosophy of history? (2008)
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D'Oro. (2008). The Ontological Backlash: why did mainstream analytic philosophy lose interest in the philosophy of history?. Philosophia, 403 -415. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11406-008-9135-7

This paper seeks to explain why mainstream analytic philosophy lost interest in the philosophy of history. It suggests that the reasons why the philosophy of history no longer commands the attention of mainstream analytical philosophy may be explaine... Read More about The Ontological Backlash: why did mainstream analytic philosophy lose interest in the philosophy of history?.

Sociological Perspectives on the Baby Boomers (2008)
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(2008). Sociological Perspectives on the Baby Boomers. Quality in Ageing and Older Adults, https://doi.org/10.1108/14717794200800024

The ‘baby-boom’ generation has emerged as a significant group in debates focusing on population change. The demographic context concerns the increase in the birth rate across industrialised countries from the mid-1940s through to the mid-1960s. From... Read More about Sociological Perspectives on the Baby Boomers.

Using polychromatic X-radiography to examine realistic imitation firearms (2008)
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Austin, J., Day, C., Kearon, A., Valussi, S., & Haycock, P. (2008). Using polychromatic X-radiography to examine realistic imitation firearms. Forensic Science International, 191(1-3), 26-31. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2008.08.007

Sections 36–41 of the Violent Crimes Reduction Act (2006), which came into force in England and Wales on 1st October 2007, have placed significant restrictions on the sale and possession of ‘realistic imitation firearms’. This legislation attempts to... Read More about Using polychromatic X-radiography to examine realistic imitation firearms.

Clinical leadership: the elephant in the room (2008)
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(2008). Clinical leadership: the elephant in the room. International Journal of Health Planning and Management, 290 - 305. https://doi.org/10.1002/hpm.959

The article explores the concept of clinical leadership in the National Health Service in the UK by seeking to establish a workable definition and by contrasting it with managerial leadership, focussing on the 'disconnected hierarchy' in professional... Read More about Clinical leadership: the elephant in the room.

Northern Ireland’s District Policing Partnerships and the Participatory Ideals (2008)
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Ryan, B. J. (2008). Northern Ireland’s District Policing Partnerships and the Participatory Ideals. Irish Political Studies, 23(3), 341-361. https://doi.org/10.1080/07907180802246677

The present article analyses the role of the District Policing Partnership Boards conceptualized by the Patten Report as a pivotal aspect of policing reform in Northern Ireland. It argues that, as originally envisaged, these Boards possessed a partic... Read More about Northern Ireland’s District Policing Partnerships and the Participatory Ideals.

Action learning as a developmental practice for clinical leadership (2008)
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(2008). Action learning as a developmental practice for clinical leadership. International Journal of Clinical Leadership, 59-64

Clinical leadership is assuming a higher profile in the healthcare systems in the UK. This paper seeks to clarify the nature of clinical leadership, and proposes action learning as a developmental practice that is well suited to its enhancement. The... Read More about Action learning as a developmental practice for clinical leadership.

Social and Cultural Constructions of Ageing: The Case of the Baby Boomers (2008)
Journal Article
Phillipson, C., Leach, R., Money, A., & Biggs, S. (2008). Social and Cultural Constructions of Ageing: The Case of the Baby Boomers. Sociological Research Online, 13(3), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.5153/sro.1695

This paper examines social and cultural constructions of first wave baby boomers, those born in the period 1945-1954. Boomers are depicted, variously, as bringing new lifestyles and attitudes to ageing and retirement; or heralding economic disaster;... Read More about Social and Cultural Constructions of Ageing: The Case of the Baby Boomers.

The Mature Imagination and Consumption Strategies (2008)
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Biggs, S., Phillipson, C., Leach, R., & Money, A. The Mature Imagination and Consumption Strategies. International Journal of Ageing and Later Life, 2(2), 31-59. https://doi.org/10.3384/ijal.1652-8670.072231

Baby boomers have been credited with an essentially ’youthful’ approach to themselves, to consumption and to life-style. As they enter midlife and older age they are also faced with the challenges of a mature identity. This paper critically examines... Read More about The Mature Imagination and Consumption Strategies.

The logic of a justified hope: The dialectic of police reform in Northern Ireland (2008)
Journal Article
Ryan, B. J. (2008). The logic of a justified hope: The dialectic of police reform in Northern Ireland. Capital and Class, 32(2), 83-107. https://doi.org/10.1177/030981680809500104

This article examines proposals for the reform of the relationship between internal security and state-society relations in Northern Ireland and finds a divergence from the usual liberal package of police reforms. These proposals embraced the politic... Read More about The logic of a justified hope: The dialectic of police reform in Northern Ireland.

A flexible friend: action learning in the context of a multi-agency organisation development programme (2007)
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(2007). A flexible friend: action learning in the context of a multi-agency organisation development programme. Action Learning: Research and Practice, 199-209. https://doi.org/10.1080/14767330701592920

This article describes an example of ‘business-driven’ action learning in a multiagency organisation development intervention, and identifies learning from the experience.

Environmental direct action in Manchester, Oxford and North Wales: a protest event analysis (2007)
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Doherty. (2007). Environmental direct action in Manchester, Oxford and North Wales: a protest event analysis. Environmental Politics, 805 -825. https://doi.org/10.1080/09644010701634182

Direct action campaigns against new roads in the UK received much attention, but campaign groups were locally organised and little is known about how they worked. Protests by three local environmental direct action groups in the years 1992-2001 are e... Read More about Environmental direct action in Manchester, Oxford and North Wales: a protest event analysis.

Baby Boomers & adult Ageing: Issues for Social and Public policy (2007)
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Biggs, S., Phillipson, C., Leach, R., & Money, A. (2007). Baby Boomers & adult Ageing: Issues for Social and Public policy. Quality in Ageing and Older Adults, 8(3), 32-40. https://doi.org/10.1108/14717794200700019

This paper provides a critical assessment of academic and policy approaches to population ageing with an emphasis on the baby boomer cohort and constructions of late-life identity. It is suggested that policy towards an ageing population has shifted... Read More about Baby Boomers & adult Ageing: Issues for Social and Public policy.

Quasi-pluralism in a Quasi-peace: South Serbia's Multi-ethnic Police (2007)
Journal Article
Ryan, B. J. (2007). Quasi-pluralism in a Quasi-peace: South Serbia's Multi-ethnic Police. International Peacekeeping, 14(2), 282-297. https://doi.org/10.1080/13533310601151055

Based on research undertaken in southern Serbia following the introduction of multi-ethnic policing units, this article examines the pluralist intentions behind attempts to democratize security through community-oriented policing (COP). It details th... Read More about Quasi-pluralism in a Quasi-peace: South Serbia's Multi-ethnic Police.