Image: British Library, Royal MS 12 C. xix, Folio 6r Daniel Neep (Georgetown University) ‘Do Iraq and Syria no longer really exist?’ [...]
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FOCUS: Social change in the 21st century: the new sociology of ‘wealth elites’
Image: Antilia Residence, Mumbai Mike Savage (LSE) This issue of Discover Society – edited by Mike Savage and John Holmwood - celebrates [...]
Read moreFOCUS: Complexity and the failure of quantitative social science
Photo: Walter Baxter - licensed for reuse CC BY-SA 2.0 Brian Castellani (Kent State University) When I attended university in 1984 as [...]
Read moreFocus: What Does ‘No’ Mean?
Michael Rosie (University of Edinburgh) On 18th September Scotland said ‘No’ in its independence referendum. Yet therein lies a tale, for [...]
Read moreFocus: Budge up Nudge – Policy fashions and the demise of an intervention
Alan Warde (University of Manchester) There are few more important political issues of the 21st century than the making of arrangements [...]
Read moreFocus: Blaming the Victim – Torture and the New Politics of Exclusion
Image from ‘Torture survivors failed by unfair detention and fast track processes’ Neil Serougi, Freedom from Torture For most of us, torture [...]
Read moreFOCUS: When Britain Loved RasTafari
Ras Cos Tafari, Sister Stella Headley, Ras Shango Baku, Dr Robbie Shilliam, Ras Rai I, Sister Addishiwot Asfawosen What does the [...]
Read moreFOCUS: On the Truth in Sex – The Times They Are A-Changin’, Or Not
Sue Scott, University of York Discover Society is modeled on the magazine New Society (1962-88) and one of its aims is [...]
Read moreFOCUS: RIGHTING HISTORICAL WRONGS, THE CASE FOR REPARATIONS
Cecily Jones, Independent Researcher Fourteen heads of Caribbean governments recently gathered at a summit in St. Vincent and the Grenadines to [...]
Read moreFOCUS: Scottish Independence: The Terms of the Debate
Charlie Jeffery, University of Edinburgh Scotland votes Yes or No to the question ‘should Scotland be an independent country?’ on 18 [...]
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