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A flexible friend: action learning in the context of a multi-agency organisation development programme (2007)
Journal Article
(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)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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.

Boomers and Beyond: Intergenerational Consumption and the Mature Imagination (2007)
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Leach, R., Biggs, S., Phillipson, C., & Money, A. (2007). Boomers and Beyond: Intergenerational Consumption and the Mature Imagination. TBC

Post-war baby boomers (born 1945–1954) have been at the forefront of social change in Britain, notably in the area of consumption. They have come under scrutiny, partly because of public perceptions that this large cohort will place unprecedented pre... Read More about Boomers and Beyond: Intergenerational Consumption and the Mature Imagination.

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.

What the police is supposed to do: contrasting expectations of community policing in Serbia (2007)
Journal Article
Ryan, B. (2007). What the police is supposed to do: contrasting expectations of community policing in Serbia. Policing and Society, 17(1), 1 -20. https://doi.org/10.1080/10439460601124106

Concentrating specifically on policing reform in the Republic of Serbia shortly after the fall of Slobodan Miloševic's regime, this article focuses on the process of introducing community policing to a police force equipped and trained to operate in... Read More about What the police is supposed to do: contrasting expectations of community policing in Serbia.

Green public spheres and the green governance state: the politics of emancipation and ecological conditionality (2007)
Journal Article
Doherty. (2007). Green public spheres and the green governance state: the politics of emancipation and ecological conditionality. Environmental Politics, 881 -892. https://doi.org/10.1080/09644010600937504

A consistent thread weaves through all the articles in this edition. Each author, in some fashion, reflects upon the dual concepts of a ‘global green public sphere’ and the ‘global governance state’, as they intersect with the politics of environment... Read More about Green public spheres and the green governance state: the politics of emancipation and ecological conditionality.

Friends of the Earth International: negotiating a transnational identity (2007)
Journal Article
Doherty. (2007). Friends of the Earth International: negotiating a transnational identity. Environmental Politics, 860 -880. https://doi.org/10.1080/09644010600937306

The aim of this article is to assess the relationships between majority (South) and minority (North) world environmental groups by focusing on one of the largest transnational environmental organisations: Friends of the Earth International (FoEI):1... Read More about Friends of the Earth International: negotiating a transnational identity.

The Age-shift: observations on social policy, ageism and the dynamics of the adult lifecourse (2007)
Journal Article
Biggs, S., Phillipson, C., Money, A., & Leach, R. (2007). The Age-shift: observations on social policy, ageism and the dynamics of the adult lifecourse. Journal of Social Work Practice, 20(3), 239 - 250. https://doi.org/10.1080/02650530600931708

Through a critical engagement with policy trends, we ask how shifts in ideologies of ageing might influence the possibilities available to adults as they grow older. Of particular interest are the implications for how people are being encouraged to t... Read More about The Age-shift: observations on social policy, ageism and the dynamics of the adult lifecourse.