A history of abuse: Documenting the harms experienced by the 'Trainspotting Generation' (2021)
Journal Article
(2021). A history of abuse: Documenting the harms experienced by the 'Trainspotting Generation'. Oñati Socio-Legal Series, https://doi.org/10.35295/osls.iisl/0000-0000-0000-1172

The story of the past 40 years has been the relentless hollowing-out of industrial Britain leading to long-term unemployment and discarded generations that have been excluded socially and economically (Pearson 1987a, 1987b, Buchanan and Young 2000).... Read More about A history of abuse: Documenting the harms experienced by the 'Trainspotting Generation'.

A Defence of Nihilism (2020)
Book
Tartaglia, J., & Llanera, T. (2020). A Defence of Nihilism. (1). Taylor & Francis (Routledge). https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429277962

This book offers a philosophical defence of nihilism. The authors argue that the concept of nihilism has been employed pejoratively by almost all philosophers and religious leaders to indicate a widespread cultural crisis of truth, meaning, or morals... Read More about A Defence of Nihilism.

Democratic Innovations after the Post-Democratic Turn: Between Activation and Empowerment (2020)
Journal Article
Hammond. (2020). Democratic Innovations after the Post-Democratic Turn: Between Activation and Empowerment. Critical Policy Studies, 15(2), https://doi.org/10.1080/19460171.2020.1733629

When it comes to the status of democracy, the current times present a curious chasm: On the one hand, the depoliticization of contemporary discourses and institutions has led to both the diagnosis of a factual ‘post-democracy’ and a normative legitim... Read More about Democratic Innovations after the Post-Democratic Turn: Between Activation and Empowerment.

Utilizing the moral nobility of older Chinese women in governance: The uses of humility, empathy, and an ethics of care in moral clinics in Huzhou city (2020)
Journal Article
(2020). Utilizing the moral nobility of older Chinese women in governance: The uses of humility, empathy, and an ethics of care in moral clinics in Huzhou city. British Journal of Sociology, 300-313. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-4446.12736

This paper examines the emergence of the role of “moral doctors” who volunteer in what are called “moral clinics” in Huzhou city. In these moral clinics, the characteristics, experiences, and attributes of older women, in particular, are highly value... Read More about Utilizing the moral nobility of older Chinese women in governance: The uses of humility, empathy, and an ethics of care in moral clinics in Huzhou city.

Planet Utopia: Utopia, Dystopia, Globalisation (2017)
Book
Featherstone. (2017). Planet Utopia: Utopia, Dystopia, Globalisation. Taylor & Francis (Routledge). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315212500

The key figure of the capitalist utopia is the individual who is ultimately free. The capitalist’s ideal society is designed to protect this freedom. However, within Planet Utopia: Utopia, Dystopia, Globalisation, Featherstone argues that capitalist... Read More about Planet Utopia: Utopia, Dystopia, Globalisation.

The Potential Use of Legitimate Force for the Preservation of Order: Defining the Inherent Role of Public Police Through Policing Functions That Cannot Be Carried Out by Private Police (2016)
Journal Article
(2016). The Potential Use of Legitimate Force for the Preservation of Order: Defining the Inherent Role of Public Police Through Policing Functions That Cannot Be Carried Out by Private Police. https://doi.org/10.23666/zzr201601

In the UK, private policing institutions have been rapidly increasing since the 1980s, so the lines between public- and private police have been blurred. This paper explores whether there is a policing function that is inherent in public police and i... Read More about The Potential Use of Legitimate Force for the Preservation of Order: Defining the Inherent Role of Public Police Through Policing Functions That Cannot Be Carried Out by Private Police.