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ON THE FRONTLINE: Confronting Precariousness, Outsourcing and Exploitation – Lessons from the LSE Cleaners

ON THE FRONTLINE: Confronting Precariousness, Outsourcing and Exploitation – Lessons from the LSE Cleaners

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  • December 06, 2017

Louisa Acciari and Davide Però On Thursday 8 June 2017, a largely unnoticed but significant political event took place in London: [...]

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POLICY AND POLITICS: Information Matters…Sometimes – Revisiting the Connection between Indicators and Policy Maker Attention

POLICY AND POLITICS: Information Matters…Sometimes – Revisiting the Connection between Indicators and Policy Maker Attention

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  • December 06, 2017

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

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The OFSTED Hijab controversy: Beyond the Hjiab!

The OFSTED Hijab controversy: Beyond the Hjiab!

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  • December 06, 2017

Saba Hussain The Director and Chief Inspector of OFSTED Amanda Spielman recently announced that School inspectors will now be authorized to [...]

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Reading Mein Kampf, Misreading Education: The reactionary backlash goes back to school

Reading Mein Kampf, Misreading Education: The reactionary backlash goes back to school

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  • December 06, 2017

Aurelien Mondon and Aaron Winter On 21 November 2017, it was reported that The Langton Grammar School for Boys in Kent [...]

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Reclaiming histories and spaces with the Grunwick Strike mural

Reclaiming histories and spaces with the Grunwick Strike mural

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  • December 06, 2017

Sujata Aurora In September this year, two murals were unveiled in Willesden, north west London to mark the 40th anniversary of [...]

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Sydney’s Lakemba: A feared sanctuary?

Sydney’s Lakemba: A feared sanctuary?

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  • December 06, 2017

Wajihah Hamid ‘I feel very safe because I didn’t have to deal with, how am I going to walk down the [...]

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Peruvian Women Reflect on Mining and Development in the Andes

Peruvian Women Reflect on Mining and Development in the Andes

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  • December 06, 2017

Katy Jenkins “We’re always saying ‘No, no, no to mining’, but we never put forward an alternative or positive proposal.” This [...]

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The ‘Gender Ideology’ Menace and the Rejection of the Peace Agreement in Colombia

The ‘Gender Ideology’ Menace and the Rejection of the Peace Agreement in Colombia

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  • December 06, 2017

Isis Giraldo On October 2, 2016, Colombians were summoned to vote in a referendum on a peace agreement between incumbent president [...]

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On the Slow Pace of Culture Change and Prospects for the Improvement of Men   

On the Slow Pace of Culture Change and Prospects for the Improvement of Men   

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  • December 06, 2017

Alan Warde, Jennifer Whillans and Jessica Paddock  Culture change is a much vaunted contemporary panacea for social ills. It is invoked [...]

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Enduring ‘Care’ and the Shifting Cultural Meanings of Convenience Food

Enduring ‘Care’ and the Shifting Cultural Meanings of Convenience Food

  • By discoversociety
  • December 06, 2017

Xiaodong Lin, Manli Zhu and Sarah Nettleton The recent McCain’s we are family (2017) potato chips advert represents a wide range [...]

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