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Abortion access is changing through technology and activism

Abortion access is changing through technology and activism

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  • March 06, 2018

Sydney Calkin Around Dublin, you might catch sight of a small sticker – on a lamp post, a wall, or inside [...]

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The two-child limit for benefits – a move away from a ‘needs based’ system

The two-child limit for benefits – a move away from a ‘needs based’ system

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  • March 06, 2018

Richard Machin Over the last seven years the UK benefits system has undergone the most significant transformation since the inception of [...]

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The Latin American Community and School Admissions Policy in the UK: The Enactment of the Equality Act?

The Latin American Community and School Admissions Policy in the UK: The Enactment of the Equality Act?

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  • March 06, 2018

Sara Joiko and Sara Muñoz The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (ratified by the United Kingdom in 1991) [...]

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Experiencing opportunity and discrimination in participatory urban planning projects in Bogotá and Medellín, Colombia

Experiencing opportunity and discrimination in participatory urban planning projects in Bogotá and Medellín, Colombia

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  • March 06, 2018

Ellen van Holstein In cities around the world, citizen participation is widely adopted to promote democratic legitimacy and to make policies [...]

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‘I Was Born Among the Sheep’: Identity in Romanian Shepherd Protests

‘I Was Born Among the Sheep’: Identity in Romanian Shepherd Protests

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  • March 06, 2018

Thomas O’Brien and Remus Cretan Almost three decades since the 1989 revolutions, issues of identity are increasingly playing a role in [...]

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The contradictions of international sport: vehicle of nationalism or embodiment of cosmopolitanism?

The contradictions of international sport: vehicle of nationalism or embodiment of cosmopolitanism?

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  • March 06, 2018

Max Mauro Tyson Alaoma is a 17-year old promising boxer from Rome. Last November he won the Italian Youth Championship title [...]

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University Strikes: Reclaiming a space for emancipatory education

University Strikes: Reclaiming a space for emancipatory education

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  • March 06, 2018

Ioannis Costas Batlle and Aurelien Mondon Even though pensions are at the heart of the current dispute, the strikes spreading across [...]

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Rethinking collective action: the 2018 university strike

Rethinking collective action: the 2018 university strike

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  • March 01, 2018

Brendan McGeever 1. The number of days lost to strike action in Britain currently sits at a historic low. And yet, [...]

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In Defence of the Public University: The USS Strike in Context

In Defence of the Public University: The USS Strike in Context

  • By discoversociety
  • February 23, 2018

Gurminder K Bhambra Our strike is about pensions, but it is not only about pensions. It is also about the structural [...]

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Focus: A moment for dying and death?

Focus: A moment for dying and death?

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  • February 06, 2018

David Clark This special issue of Discover Society on Death and Dying is guest curated by David Clark. Over 20 years ago, [...]

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