Irene Messinger Marriages of convenience have always been used as a means of survival in times of crisis. During WWII women [...]
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POLICY AND POLITICS: Too little, Too late – Domestic Violence Policy in the Age of Austerity
Erin Sanders-McDonagh and Lucy Neville The current UK Prime Minister, Theresa May has referred to domestic violence as “a life-shattering [...]
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The European ‘migration crisis’: Families split and reconfigured across divides
Vicki Squire Family reunification policies in Europe are notoriously limited in terms of which family members count as worthy of [...]
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Feeling the Squeeze: Thinking Psychosocially about Low-to-Middle Income Families in Austerity
Alison Stenning In her first statement as Prime Minister, Theresa May sympathised with those ‘ordinary’ families who ‘just about manage’, with [...]
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What does a genuine lesbian/gay relationship look like in the eyes of asylum decision makers?
Nina Held How do you know that they are not just friends, not just two women who know each other well, [...]
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Making do and getting by? Beyond a romantic politics of austerity and crisis
Sarah Marie Hall and Helen Holmes Whether trading food, learning to crochet or baking a 4-tier raspberry pavlova from scratch and [...]
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Children of the financial crisis
Sevasti-Melissa Nolas, Christos Varvantakis and Vinnarasan Aruldoss What does the recent financial crisis look like through the eyes of children in [...]
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Looking at family migration through the lens of ‘integration crisis’: a narrative reflection
Elena Vacchelli The Casey Review (2016) presents an underlying crisis narrative with regard to a perceived lack of integration of Muslim [...]
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Migrant mothers in austere times: Finding love in a hopeless place?
Agata Lisiak Advertised as measures to reduce the government budget deficit, the austerity-driven reforms introduced in 2010 by David Cameron's government [...]
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Befriending Kinships In Immigration Detention In The UK
Joanne Vincett I often think these girls could be my daughters' (Alice, a Yarls Wood Befriender) The volunteer visitor group, Yarl's Wood Befrienders [...]
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