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VIEWPOINT: The politics of rights and representation – how CNN reported on Ghanaian ‘child slaves’ who were not enslaved

VIEWPOINT: The politics of rights and representation – how CNN reported on Ghanaian ‘child slaves’ who were not enslaved

  • By discoversociety
  • October 02, 2019

Samuel Okyere, Kwame Agyemang and Betty Mensah On March 1 2019, CNN aired a video titled, Freeing the child slaves of Lake [...]

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ON THE FRONTLINE: The Hong Kong protests – On being in and against the crowd

ON THE FRONTLINE: The Hong Kong protests – On being in and against the crowd

  • By discoversociety
  • October 02, 2019

Petula Sik Ying Ho In 2014, the Umbrella Movement and its occupation took 79 days. The anti-extradition movement has now lasted [...]

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POLICY AND POLITICS: How might lower ranking officials have a greater impact on policy development than previously assumed?

POLICY AND POLITICS: How might lower ranking officials have a greater impact on policy development than previously assumed?

  • By discoversociety
  • October 02, 2019

Andrew Connell This section of Discover Society is provided in collaboration with the journal, Policy and Politics. It is curated by Sarah [...]

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Security and intelligence incursions in academic research: a threat to all of social science

Security and intelligence incursions in academic research: a threat to all of social science

  • By discoversociety
  • October 02, 2019

Narzanin Massoumi, David Miller and Tom Mills The Director of CREST was asked to respond to this article. He has replied [...]

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Homophobia in education: Advocacy research and the politics of knowledge

Homophobia in education: Advocacy research and the politics of knowledge

  • By discoversociety
  • October 02, 2019

Mark McCormack Sexuality and education are a combustible combination for British media and politics. The recent debates about sex education and [...]

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How Money Myths led to Austerity

How Money Myths led to Austerity

  • By discoversociety
  • October 02, 2019

Mary Mellor Following the financial crisis of 2007-8 many states saw a spike in public spending that resulted in deficit [...]

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Universal Catastrophe – the ongoing crisis that is Universal Credit and welfare ‘conditionality’

Universal Catastrophe – the ongoing crisis that is Universal Credit and welfare ‘conditionality’

  • By discoversociety
  • October 02, 2019

Christian Garland The 40 year project of ‘welfare reform’ or ‘active labour market policies’ that can be viewed as central to [...]

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Stereotypical and (Super)Heroic Representations of Masculinity in Sperm Donation Marketing

Stereotypical and (Super)Heroic Representations of Masculinity in Sperm Donation Marketing

  • By discoversociety
  • October 02, 2019

Francesca Sobande A broad range of studies have explored how commercial businesses use images and ideas concerning gender identities and roles [...]

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Breaking the Cycle: Media Representations of Victim-Survivors and Child Abuse

Breaking the Cycle: Media Representations of Victim-Survivors and Child Abuse

  • By discoversociety
  • October 02, 2019

Amy Beddows Discussions around media representations of sexual violence and abuse have become both more mainstream and more nuanced in recent [...]

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Expatriate or migrant? The racialised politics of migration categories and the ‘space in-between’

Expatriate or migrant? The racialised politics of migration categories and the ‘space in-between’

  • By discoversociety
  • October 02, 2019

Sarah Kunz “Why are white people expats when the rest of us are immigrants?” Mawuna Koutonin asked provocatively in a 2015 [...]

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