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A critical analysis of neo-liberal reforms to the English NHS since the year 2000 (2018)
Thesis
Benbow, D. I. (2018). A critical analysis of neo-liberal reforms to the English NHS since the year 2000. (Thesis). Keele University. Retrieved from https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/410392

Solidarity was important in the creation and maintenance of the English NHS, which was the product of class compromise. Its founding principles were that it was to be free (at the point of access), universal, comprehensive and primarily funded from g... Read More about A critical analysis of neo-liberal reforms to the English NHS since the year 2000.

‘Adults at Risk’: ‘Vulnerability’ by Any Other Name? (2018)
Journal Article
Pritchard-Jones. (2018). ‘Adults at Risk’: ‘Vulnerability’ by Any Other Name?. Journal of Adult Protection, 47-58. https://doi.org/10.1108/JAP-07-2017-0029

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to explore and critique the conceptual and terminological shift – particularly from ‘vulnerability’ to ‘adult at risk’ - in adult safeguarding under the Care Act 2014 and the Social Services and Well-being (Wales... Read More about ‘Adults at Risk’: ‘Vulnerability’ by Any Other Name?.

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: The ritual moment of social death (2018)
Journal Article
Parish. (2018). Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: The ritual moment of social death. Anthropology Today, 34(1), https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8322.12414

This article is an ethnographic study of individuals self-diagnosed with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) in Liverpool, UK. While much research on OCD has concentrated upon superstitious belief, psychosis and anxiety provoking disorder, the articl... Read More about Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: The ritual moment of social death.

Social Movements and the Scaling of Memory and Justice in Bhopal (2018)
Journal Article
Bisht, P. (2018). Social Movements and the Scaling of Memory and Justice in Bhopal. Contemporary South Asia, 26(1), 18-33. https://doi.org/10.1080/09584935.2018.1425673

This paper examines the politics of scale in the commemorative work undertaken by the International Campaign for Justice in Bhopal (ICJB), a coalition of social movement organisations (SMOs) seeking justice for the victims of the Bhopal Gas Disaster... Read More about Social Movements and the Scaling of Memory and Justice in Bhopal.