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No Woman’s Land? Female Masculinity in the Borderlands

No Woman’s Land? Female Masculinity in the Borderlands

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  • November 06, 2018

Finn MacKay “Borders between gender categories, then, are zones of overlap, not lines” (Hale, 1998:323). The borders Jacob Hale was referring to [...]

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Are we missing men’s emotions? Re-imagining banter as a form of emotional expression for men

Are we missing men’s emotions? Re-imagining banter as a form of emotional expression for men

  • By discoversociety
  • November 06, 2018

Kitty Nichols Men and the expression of masculinity has become a contentious topic. The rapid development and wide-reaching interest in campaigns [...]

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The strange experiences of estranged students

The strange experiences of estranged students

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  • November 06, 2018

Yvette Taylor “Estrangement feels very taboo…it’s almost like having to out yourself a lot of the time to people…” (interviewee) Widening participation [...]

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Being a carer: a sizeable problem physically and mentally

Being a carer: a sizeable problem physically and mentally

  • By discoversociety
  • November 06, 2018

Rebecca Lacey Millions of people combine work with caring responsibilities – looking after an older relative, a disabled child or a [...]

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Dealing with Northern Ireland’s Troubled Past is more than a ‘day in court’

Dealing with Northern Ireland’s Troubled Past is more than a ‘day in court’

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  • November 06, 2018

Brendan Ciarán Browne In the ‘post-conflict’ arena of Northern Ireland, escaping the legacy of the past is nigh on impossible. Gable [...]

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Re-imagining the Sovereign: an indigenous case study in citizenship, self-determination and democratic inclusivity

Re-imagining the Sovereign: an indigenous case study in citizenship, self-determination and democratic inclusivity

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  • November 06, 2018

Dominic O’Sullivan In 1840 the British Crown and the Chiefs of the United Tribes of New Zealand signed a Treaty giving [...]

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Good and bad people, or what vested interests are not about

Good and bad people, or what vested interests are not about

  • By discoversociety
  • November 06, 2018

Michael Egerer In the name of problem-gambling prevention, the Finnish Ministry of the Interior has planned to introduce mandatory identification at [...]

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Considering Age, Appearance, and Beauty

Considering Age, Appearance, and Beauty

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  • November 06, 2018

Naomi Woodspring There is a cacophony of voices telling us about appearance – how we should look or, what the way [...]

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FOCUS: Merit and Meritocracy

FOCUS: Merit and Meritocracy

  • By discoversociety
  • October 02, 2018

Anselma Gallinat, Lisa Garforth and Geoff Payne 2018 marks the 60th anniversary of Michael Young’s The Rise of the Meritocracy, which [...]

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VIEWPOINT: The Rise of the Meritocracy: on speculation and sociology

VIEWPOINT: The Rise of the Meritocracy: on speculation and sociology

  • By discoversociety
  • October 02, 2018

Lisa Garforth Michael Young’s The Rise of the Meritocracy is now mainly remembered for popularizing the idea it critiques. The book’s [...]

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