Neil Vallelly Neoliberalism is under threat. This much is clear by the huge government interventions in national economies across the globe [...]
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The “Good” Coronavirus Citizen, The “Covidiot”, and the Privilege of #StayAtHome
Benjamin Weil As the coronavirus pandemic continues to restructure our day-to-day lives, many have turned to the ongoing HIV/AIDS pandemic in [...]
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FOCUS: Who cares? Urban youth and the right to the city
Agata Lisiak and Elena Vacchelli Greta Thunberg may be the world’s most recognisable teenager. Over the past couple of years the [...]
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VIEWPOINT: Queering urban justice – From transitional objects to intergenerational care
Image Credit: A still from the short film Marvellous Grounds (directed by Min Sook Lee, featuring ILL NANA/DiverCity Dance Company). Jin [...]
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ON THE FRONTLINE: Walking While Cut in Half
Karam Alhamad Walking instructions (1) I am not a "refugee" in Berlin. I have left my refugee ID card in Istanbul, that [...]
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Policy and Politics: Does it matter if politicians know what they are doing
Anne Grødem and Jon M. Hippe This section of Discover Society is provided in collaboration with the journal, Policy and Politics. It [...]
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‘It’s not like that anymore’: young men searching for work in the service economy
Linda McDowell Twenty years ago, when my son was a teenager, working in the sort of casual jobs typically filled by [...]
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‘A good city is like a good party’, but not everyone is invited
Marguerite van den Berg and Danielle Chevalier In an attempt to successfully compete and prosper in the new economic era, the [...]
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‘When you cross over that invisible boundary’: exploring drug taking in the caring dancefloor
Giulia Federica Zampini and Eveleigh Buck-Matthews Dancefloors are sites rife with narratives. Young people congregate in clubs, pubs, raves, and muddy [...]
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Fighting for the right to fight: a report from a boxing club in Berlin
Linos Bitterling Besides texts based on academic research, the guest editors of this special issue of Discover Society found it important [...]
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