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Kirstein Rummery (University of Stirling)   The 18th September 2014 was possibly one of the most exciting days to be a social [...]

David McCrone (University of Edinburgh)   ‘Big things do not happen for small reasons.” (Janan Ganesh, Financial Times, 8th Sept 2014) How might [...]

Nicola McEwen (University of Edinburgh)   When the UK government gave its consent to the Scottish government’s plan to hold a referendum, [...]

Nasar Meer (Strathclyde University)   Despite the referendum result, the ‘Scottish question’ is not going away and will soon be joined by [...]

Charlie Jeffery (University of Edinburgh)   What a twist in the tale. On 18th September 2014 the question was whether or not [...]

Tina Haux (University of Kent) and Adam Whitworth (University of Sheffield)   There are just under two million single parents caring for [...]

Arlene Stein (Rutgers University)   In Australia in 2008, on “Sorry Day,” Prime Minister Kevin Rudd apologized for the centuries-long mistreatment of [...]

Ralf Wetzel, (Vlerick Business School, Belgium)   The enormous sums earned by the stars of modern commercialized football, like Messi, Götze, or [...]

Fred Powell and Margaret Scanlon (University College, Cork)   The media has played a key role in the construction of child abuse [...]

Emmanuelle Tulle (Glasgow Caledonian University)   Jo Pavey won the 10k at the European Championships in Zurich in August 2014. She was [...]