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Policy Briefing: Ten-year-old children on the adult labour market – Bolivia breaks ground

Policy Briefing: Ten-year-old children on the adult labour market – Bolivia breaks ground

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  • August 05, 2014

Sam Okyere, University of Nottingham   “You are saying we are children and so we cannot work on this farm, but there [...]

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Nightfall over Jalan Yahudi, Penang

Nightfall over Jalan Yahudi, Penang

  • By discoversociety
  • August 05, 2014

Image: Mordecai’s Grave by Sara Ashencaen Crabtree Sara Ashencaen Crabtree, University of Bournemouth   On the island of Penang, once known as the [...]

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Negotiating Ramadan in Indonesia

Negotiating Ramadan in Indonesia

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  • August 05, 2014

Ade Cholik Mutaqin (JKKP) and Lisa Tilley (University Warwick)    This article reflects on the holy month of Ramadan as a personal journey, a [...]

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Do Mega Sports Events Have a Legacy?

Do Mega Sports Events Have a Legacy?

  • By discoversociety
  • August 05, 2014

Image: Jay Wood Liz Such, University of Edinburgh   Remember the summer of 2012? London was the centre of the global media gaze. [...]

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FIFA: World Cups, Commercialism and Corruption

FIFA: World Cups, Commercialism and Corruption

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  • August 05, 2014

Image: Beraldo Leal, Flickr Mark Doidge, University of Brighton Sepp Blatter, the president of FIFA, took the illustrious trophy and handed it to [...]

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The Great Meeting Place: Bradford’s City Park and Inclusive Urban Space

The Great Meeting Place: Bradford’s City Park and Inclusive Urban Space

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  • August 05, 2014

Image:  Tim Green aka atouch.  Source  Ala Sirriyeh (University of Keele), Anna Barker (University of Bradford) and Nathan Manning (University of [...]

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Education and the Prevent Agenda: Mythmaking and the Limits of Freedom

Education and the Prevent Agenda: Mythmaking and the Limits of Freedom

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  • August 05, 2014

Christy Kulz (Goldsmiths) and Naaz Rashid (University of Manchester)   Despite many rejoicing at Gove’s departure from the Department of Education it [...]

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Are you sitting comfortably? Think again!

Are you sitting comfortably? Think again!

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  • August 05, 2014

Emmanuelle Tulle, Glasgow Caledonian University   Sitting in the National Library of Scotland in Edinburgh, catching up on reading and writing, I [...]

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The Sleep of the Nation: Problems and Prospects

The Sleep of the Nation: Problems and Prospects

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  • August 05, 2014

Image: FreeDigitalPhotos.net Catherine Coveney (University of Sussex), Simon Williams (University of Warwick), and Jonathan Gabe (Royal Holloway University of London)   Are we [...]

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SARAJEVO TERMINABLE AND INTERMINABLE

SARAJEVO TERMINABLE AND INTERMINABLE

  • By discoversociety
  • August 05, 2014

Photo: © Dean Weston Dariusz Gafijczuk, Newcastle University   It’s Saturday, 28 June – exactly 100 years to the day after the Archduke [...]

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