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The Evolution of British Gerontology: Personal Perspectives and Historical Developments (2020)
Book Chapter
(2020). The Evolution of British Gerontology: Personal Perspectives and Historical Developments. In The Evolution of British Gerontology: Personal Perspectives and Historical Developments

Half a century of UK gerontology research, theory, policy and practice are under the spotlight in this landmark critical review of the subject that places the country’s achievements in an international context. Drawing on the archives of the British... Read More about The Evolution of British Gerontology: Personal Perspectives and Historical Developments.

‘This isn’t just a case of taking someone to the hospital’: Police approaches and management of situations involving persons with mental ill health in the custody suite and beyond (2020)
Book Chapter
Weston, S., & Trebilcock, J. (in press). ‘This isn’t just a case of taking someone to the hospital’: Police approaches and management of situations involving persons with mental ill health in the custody suite and beyond. In Policing and Mental Health: Theory, Policy and Practice. (1). Taylor & Francis (Routledge). https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429470882-12

Mental health is now acknowledged as the ‘core business of policing’ (Adebowale, 2013, p. °6), with a third of people in police custody estimated to have some form of mental health problem (Leese and Russell, 2017). While the Police and Crime Act 201... Read More about ‘This isn’t just a case of taking someone to the hospital’: Police approaches and management of situations involving persons with mental ill health in the custody suite and beyond.

Plastics we cannot live without (2020)
Book Chapter
George. (2020). Plastics we cannot live without. In Plastic Waste and Recycling Environmental Impact, Societal Issues, Prevention, and Solutions (449-466). https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-817880-5.00017-7

This is an essential guide for anyone involved in plastic waste or recycling, including researchers and advanced students across plastics engineering, polymer science, polymer chemistry, environmental science, and sustainable materials.

‘That’s a bit of a minefield!’: Supported Decision-Making in Intellectually Disabled People’s Intimate Lives (2020)
Book Chapter
Harding, R., & Tascioglu, E. (2020). ‘That’s a bit of a minefield!’: Supported Decision-Making in Intellectually Disabled People’s Intimate Lives. In Research Handbook on Gender, Sexuality and the Law (256 - 270). https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788111157

In this chapter, we explore the issue of support for intellectually disabled people in developing intimate relationships within the constraints of the regulatory position set out in the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and the Sexual Offences Act 2003. Throu... Read More about ‘That’s a bit of a minefield!’: Supported Decision-Making in Intellectually Disabled People’s Intimate Lives.

Transitions to adult social care (2020)
Book Chapter
Holmström, C. (2020). Transitions to adult social care. In The Care Act 2014: Wellbeing in Practice. SAGE Publications

In Between Old & New, Local & Transnational: Social Movements, Hybrid Media and the Challenges of Making Memories Move (2020)
Book Chapter
Bisht, P. (2020). In Between Old & New, Local & Transnational: Social Movements, Hybrid Media and the Challenges of Making Memories Move. In Social Movements, Cultural Memory and Digital Media: Mobilizing Mediated Remembrance (173-196). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-32827-6_7

Social movement organisations (SMOs) remain under-examined in the burgeoning accounts of collective memory’s transnational movements. There is also an analytical neglect of the difficulties of making memories move and the constraints characterising e... Read More about In Between Old & New, Local & Transnational: Social Movements, Hybrid Media and the Challenges of Making Memories Move.

Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature (2020)
Book Chapter
Tartaglia, J. (2020). Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature. In A companion to Rorty (77-99). (1). Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118972199.ch5

This essay comprises an overview of the plot to Rorty's Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature, followed by a more detailed examination of the three parts of the book. It begins by showing the importance of metaphilosophy to Rorty's project, while expla... Read More about Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature.

Sartre and the transcendental tradition 1 (2020)
Book Chapter
Baiasu, S. (2020). Sartre and the transcendental tradition 1. In S. Baiasu (Ed.), The Sartrean Mind (38-51). (1). Taylor & Francis (Routledge). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315100500-2

This chapter focuses on the extent to which J. P. Sartre endorses significant claim in the context of several interpretations in the literature. An evaluation of those interpretations will enable us to determine more precisely Sartre’s place within t... Read More about Sartre and the transcendental tradition 1.

The libertine (2020)
Book Chapter
Featherstone, M. (2020). The libertine. In Crime, Harm and Consumerism (39-53). Taylor & Francis (Routledge). https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429424472-4

My objective in this chapter is to explore the moment where crime, harm, and the consumer experience meet through the figure of the libertine. In order to develop my reading of this figure, I start by focusing on the work of the Marquis de Sade, and... Read More about The libertine.

Conclusion (2020)
Book Chapter
Anderson, B. (2020). Conclusion. In Cities, Mountains and Being Modern in fin-de-siècle England and Germany (281-288). (1). Palgrave Macmillan: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-54000-3_9

In the conclusion, a short analysis of a founding myth of ‘British’ rock climbing—the ‘Munich Climb’ incident—demonstrates how far contests over the meanings of modernity continued to shape mountain leisure cultures into the twentieth century. It goe... Read More about Conclusion.