Ioannis Costas Batlle and Aurelien Mondon Even though pensions are at the heart of the current dispute, the strikes spreading across [...]
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Rethinking collective action: the 2018 university strike
Brendan McGeever 1. The number of days lost to strike action in Britain currently sits at a historic low. And yet, [...]
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In Defence of the Public University: The USS Strike in Context
Gurminder K Bhambra Our strike is about pensions, but it is not only about pensions. It is also about the structural [...]
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Focus: A moment for dying and death?
David Clark This special issue of Discover Society on Death and Dying is guest curated by David Clark. Over 20 years ago, [...]
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Viewpoint: Sociology of mortality – existential or pragmatic?
Tony Walter As the American sociologist Peter Berger (1969) once wrote, every human society comprises people ‘banded together in the face [...]
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On the Frontline: Hip fractures, advanced age, and new possibilities
Fiona Graham Hip fractures are common, especially if you are old, female and live in Northern Europe and Scandinavia. You might [...]
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Policy and Politics: Why care for the terminally ill needs to be a higher priority
Richard Meade When somebody becomes terminally ill and begins to approach the end of their life, they are likely to need [...]
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A look inside family life when someone is dying
Erica Borgstrom A week before Rosalind died, her grandchildren and great-grandchildren were visiting from overseas. They all picnicked in the care [...]
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‘Shadows in the system’: the work of family and friends at the end of life
Merryn Gott Being at home, in our own bed, surrounded by loved ones, is an image that dominates popular understandings of [...]
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Why should the bereaved give up their ghosts?
Mary Ellen MacDonald Come autumn, I spend a lot of time thinking about ghosts. The fall marks a number of deathiversaries for [...]
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