João Figueiredo Consider the following conundrum: while the Portuguese left has been reasonably effective in promoting the deconstruction of old fascist [...]
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Category "2017"
The Democratic Faces of Romania’s Caring Resistance against Corruption
Alexandra Macht The Romanian #Rezist movement began on the 31st of January 2017, in Bucharest following the legislative move of the [...]
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Sociology for Optimists
Mary Holmes Not many people I know would rate 2016 as amongst their favourite years. The idea that Britain would stay [...]
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The Dark Side of Hope in Health Care
Patrick Brown A biomedical scientist sits at a desk writing a grant application for money which would further her research into [...]
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“I wouldn’t join the force again”: British Police officers’ experiences of bias, prejudice and ‘hate’
Irene Zempi Since the Macpherson Report (1999), there has been pressure on the police to increase representation from minority ethnic, female, [...]
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Never Too Early to Think about Mental Health: Never Too Late to Do Something about It
Amanda Sacker and Christine Garrington Just over a year ago the Prime Minister and the NHS promised the biggest transformation of [...]
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Studying or Seeking Wisdom
Ricca Edmondson Every so often we encounter media reports of a ‘resentment of experts’. People feel that they have ‘had enough’ [...]
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Seriousness in Women’s Roller Derby
Maddie Breeze ‘Seriousness’ is a commonplace word. Many people are used to hearing appeals to ‘be serious’, to take a particular [...]
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The Unbearable Whiteness of the Holberg Prize
Alf Gunvald Nilsen Every year, the Holberg Prize – an award established by the Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research and [...]
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Is my feminism intersectional or anti-capitalist? Reflecting on International Women’s Day
Srila Roy Let me begin with some of my frustrations with feminist politics today. These largely stem from how far feminism [...]
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