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Exploring the identities and perspectives of social workers with environmental interests (2018)
Thesis
Gordon, H. L. (2018). Exploring the identities and perspectives of social workers with environmental interests. (Thesis). Keele University. Retrieved from https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/412298

This research contributes to the relatively small collection of primary research exploring environmental social work. The research is qualitative in design and is underpinned by critical theory. Semi-structured interviews were carried out with 14 Wel... Read More about Exploring the identities and perspectives of social workers with environmental interests.

War and British identity: A study of Mass Observers' perceptions of the use of British military force since 1982 (2018)
Thesis
Jones, M. (2018). War and British identity: A study of Mass Observers' perceptions of the use of British military force since 1982. (Thesis). Keele University. Retrieved from https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/412315

This thesis uses Mass Observation Project data as a source of evidence for individual British people’s interpretations of British involvement in recent overseas military conflicts. Considering five of Britain’s post-imperial and post-Cold War conflic... Read More about War and British identity: A study of Mass Observers' perceptions of the use of British military force since 1982.

“My husband knows what is best for me…”: An exploration of educated Saudi women’s views towards domestic violence (2018)
Thesis
Nahshal, M. (2018). “My husband knows what is best for me…”: An exploration of educated Saudi women’s views towards domestic violence. (Thesis). Keele University. Retrieved from https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/412649

Domestic violence, as we know from existing literature, is an ancient and global phenomenon (United Nations Report, 1970-90, 1991; World Health Organisation, 2005; Kaur & Garg, 2008). However, in Saudi Arabia, the problem of domestic violence only ca... Read More about “My husband knows what is best for me…”: An exploration of educated Saudi women’s views towards domestic violence.

Why differentiate day visitors?: lessons for managing tourism in the Peak District National Park (2018)
Thesis
Moore, S. (2018). Why differentiate day visitors?: lessons for managing tourism in the Peak District National Park. (Thesis). Keele University. Retrieved from https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/417898

Visitor categorisation is a complex and dynamic research area since visitor actions are highly subjective and in constant process of change (Doran et al., 2014; Arnegger et al., 2010; McCabe, 2005). Management organisations benefit from simple visito... Read More about Why differentiate day visitors?: lessons for managing tourism in the Peak District National Park.

Collective memory, space and performativity among the Turkish-speaking community in North London (2018)
Thesis
Cakmak, M. (2023). Collective memory, space and performativity among the Turkish-speaking community in North London. (Thesis). Keele University. Retrieved from https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/412648

The Turkish-speaking community refers to migrants from Turkey and Cyprus. Although it is commonly mistaken as a monolithic group, they are from diverse ethnic and religious backgrounds. Moreover, although the collective memory and interactions with h... Read More about Collective memory, space and performativity among the Turkish-speaking community in North London.

Ages and Stages: creative participatory research with older people (2018)
Book Chapter
(2018). Ages and Stages: creative participatory research with older people. In Resilience and Ageing: creativity, culture and community (43-64). https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv8xnhxv.8

This chapter provides insight into a long-running programme of research exploring the value for people’s sense of well-being and resilience of being involved in theatre. The project represents a successful example of a creative, participatory researc... Read More about Ages and Stages: creative participatory research with older people.

Tactics and Strategic Action (2018)
Book Chapter
Doherty. (2018). Tactics and Strategic Action. In The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Social Movements, 2nd edition (271 -288)

We discuss ongoing debates over tactical choice and change, from Tilly's action repertoires model and protest event analysis to more recent actor-centred approaches stressing the importance of identity and taste. We argue that while contentious polit... Read More about Tactics and Strategic Action.

Why epistemic pluralism does not entail relativism (2018)
Book Chapter
D'Oro. (2018). Why epistemic pluralism does not entail relativism. In Collingwood on Philosophical Methodology

There is a widespread view according to which the denial that the conditions of knowledge are truth-evaluable inevitably leads to a form of epistemic pluralism that is both quietist and internally incoherent. It is quietist because it undermines the... Read More about Why epistemic pluralism does not entail relativism.

Universal Principle of Right: Metaphysics, Politics and Conflict Resolutions (2018)
Journal Article
Baiasu, S. (2018). Universal Principle of Right: Metaphysics, Politics and Conflict Resolutions. Kantian Review, 23(4), 527-554. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1369415418000390

In spite of its dominance, there are well-known problems with Rawls’s method of reflective equilibrium (MRE), as a method of justification in meta-ethics. One issue in particular has preoccupied commentators, namely, the capacity of this method to pr... Read More about Universal Principle of Right: Metaphysics, Politics and Conflict Resolutions.

Can metaphysical structuralism solve the plurality problem? (2018)
Journal Article
Allen. (2018). Can metaphysical structuralism solve the plurality problem?. International Journal of Philosophical Studies, 722-746. https://doi.org/10.1080/09672559.2018.1544732

Metaphysics has a problem with plurality: in many areas of discourse, there are too many good theories, rather than just one. This embarrassment of riches is a particular problem for metaphysical realists who want metaphysics to tell us the way the w... Read More about Can metaphysical structuralism solve the plurality problem?.