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Friends of the Earth International: Agonistic Politics, Modus vivendi and Political Change (2018)
Journal Article
Doherty, B., & Doyle, T. (2018). Friends of the Earth International: Agonistic Politics, Modus vivendi and Political Change. Environmental Politics, 27(6), 1057-1078. https://doi.org/10.1080/09644016.2018.1462577

Following criticism from some of its national member organisations that it marginalised Southern agendas, Friends of the Earth International engaged in heated debates in the 2000s which aimed to address its internal political differences. FoEI define... Read More about Friends of the Earth International: Agonistic Politics, Modus vivendi and Political Change.

Scripture and Moral Examples in Pietism and Kant's Religion (2018)
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Head. (2018). Scripture and Moral Examples in Pietism and Kant's Religion. Irish Theological Quarterly, 217-234. https://doi.org/10.1177/0021140018768338

This paper argues for considerable Pietist influence upon Kant’s Religion within the Bounds of Mere Reason, through a focus upon the topics of Scripture and the use of moral examples within the context of a religious community. The recommended approa... Read More about Scripture and Moral Examples in Pietism and Kant's Religion.

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.

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)
Journal Article
(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.

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.

Migrant place-making in super-diverse neighbourhoods: moving beyond ethno-national approaches (2018)
Journal Article
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.

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)
Journal Article
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.