Jackie Turton, Essex University History reveals that moral panics (Cohen, 2011) about hooligans, gangs and uncontrolled youth, focussed attention on young [...]
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Poverty fifty years on — but what IS poverty?
John Veit-Wilson, Newcastle University. Listening to government politicians talking about poverty is like hearing 18th century doctors discuss medicine — they [...]
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SOCIAL MOBILITY: LIFT GOING UP, DOORS CLOSING. GOING DOWN, DOORS WIDE OPEN; ANY VOLUNTEERS?
Ken Roberts, University of Liverpool It is rare for Guardian columnist Polly [...]
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Fight them on the beaches: Engaging the Populus
All image credits © Melanie Friend, courtesy of Impressions Gallery, from The Home Front. www.melaniefriend.com. Peter Nias, University of Bradford [...]
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‘Bookshelfie’: book ownership, class and families
Photo copyright Barnes and Noble Anna Ludvigsen, Independent Researcher New words enter the [...]
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Autism, Algorithms, Google and the Rise of the Savant Garde
Image: Sculpture by Paul Bonomini 'WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronics Equipment) Man' David Collis, University of Melbourne [...]
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Borders of the mind: The profound paradox of Female Genital Mutilation
Dexter Dias, Harvard University The last two months have [...]
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Getting the nation to talk about sex
Soazig Clifton, NatCen Social Research The end of November 2013 saw the [...]
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Moral Panics, Jimmy Savile and Social Work: a 21st century morality tale
Viviene Cree, Gary Clapton, and Mark Smith, University of Edinburgh We [...]
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‘I’m not some cock-hungry groupie’: women negotiating the rock groupie stereotype
Rosemary Lucy Hill, University of York I went to see [...]
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