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Climate change policies are not fit for purpose

Climate change policies are not fit for purpose

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  • March 04, 2020

Nick J Fox and Pam Alldred If you thought that the UK government was leading the world towards a zero-carbon future, [...]

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It is time to accept that children have a right to be political

It is time to accept that children have a right to be political

  • By discoversociety
  • March 04, 2020

Aoife Daly Children and young people such as Greta Thunberg have been visibly active in protesting against the climate crisis. There [...]

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How The Free Market Created Rentiers And Plutocracy In Post-Soviet Central Asian Countries

How The Free Market Created Rentiers And Plutocracy In Post-Soviet Central Asian Countries

  • By discoversociety
  • March 04, 2020

Balihar Sanghera and Elmira Satybaldieva In his book The Road to Serfdom, Friedrich Hayek claimed that state socialism would lead to [...]

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UK Universities, decolonisation and the future of sociology

UK Universities, decolonisation and the future of sociology

  • By discoversociety
  • March 04, 2020

Dylan Kerrigan and Daniel Nehring What is meant by the decolonisation of academic life? Why might it be of importance to [...]

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LGBTQI intolerance: the curtailment of academic freedom in Hungary

LGBTQI intolerance: the curtailment of academic freedom in Hungary

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  • March 04, 2020

Daniel Gyollai and Umut Korkut Demography is becoming a major question in migrant-averse EU countries and the new EU Commission hosts [...]

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Esports and learning to play

Esports and learning to play

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  • March 04, 2020

Ben Egliston Electronic sport (esports), or professional videogaming, is a global media phenomenon, consumed by audiences of millions. Viewers attend e-sports [...]

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Roger Scruton Remembered: Another View

Roger Scruton Remembered: Another View

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  • March 04, 2020

Sally Tomlinson Academics of any ideological persuasion seldom have praise from the Prime Minister on their demise, but the death of [...]

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FOCUS: Gender, Feminist and Women’s Studies: times of change and hot debates

FOCUS: Gender, Feminist and Women’s Studies: times of change and hot debates

  • By discoversociety
  • February 05, 2020

Anália Torres This issue of Discover Society, curated by Anália Torres and Clara Oliveira, gathers 13 papers that came out of [...]

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VIEWPOINT: Rights, Policies and Politics for Gender Justice in an Unjust World: Researching and Resisting

VIEWPOINT: Rights, Policies and Politics for Gender Justice in an Unjust World: Researching and Resisting

  • By discoversociety
  • February 05, 2020

Paula Campos Pinto In current times, the, often astonished, world is witnessing the rise of political regimes shaped by neoliberalism, neo-conservatism, [...]

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ON THE FRONTLINE: Developing Bystanders’ Responses to Sexual Harassment among young people

ON THE FRONTLINE: Developing Bystanders’ Responses to Sexual Harassment among young people

  • By discoversociety
  • February 05, 2020

Maria José Magalhães, Camila Iglesias, Ana Margarida Teixeira, Ana Beires, Ana Guerreiro, Cátia Pontedeira, Vilma Teles Martel and Raquel Rodrigues Violence [...]

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