Martin Henry Platform capitalism has emerged from the mist as a spectre on the horizon of late capitalism. There is growing [...]
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Thinking Critically and Realistically About the Platform University
Peter Francis and Carly Foster The concept of the ‘Platform University’ is gaining prominence as academics and social commentators writing from [...]
Read moreVictims, saviours or villains? Children in popular climate imaginaries
Catherine Walker Fifteen-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg pulls no punches in calling out the world’s leaders on their inaction on climate [...]
Read moreThe Legitimation of Racial Resentment
James Hampshire In his book, Whiteshift – which he will be promoting at the seminar formerly known as ‘Is ethnic diversity [...]
Read more‘It needn’t be true as long as it’s believable: manipulating data to strategize propaganda in the era of ‘alternative facts’
Christian Garland The title of this article takes the words of Alexander Nix, co-founder and CEO of ‘political consultancy’ Cambridge [...]
Read moreRefugee and Asylum Support: Is Civil Society Filling the Gaps?
Lucy Mayblin and Poppy James Successive UK governments since 2002 have argued that restrictions on asylum seekers economic rights and entitlements [...]
Read morePolicy Briefing: Sustainable and healthy eating patterns?
Tara Garnett ‘The food system is broken’ says Oxfam. Government scientific advisors warn of a ‘perfect storm’ of global events influenced [...]
Read morePOLICY BRIEFING: How politics and power create poor health – ‘I think they’re trying to kill folk aff’
Mhairi Mackenzie, Chik Collins, John Connolly, Mick Doyle and Gerry McCartney The Policy Briefing section of Discover Society is provided in [...]
Read moreThe missing third that skews sociology
Priscilla Alderson The common myth that ‘women are half the world’ excludes the third of the world aged under-18 years, [...]
Read moreON THE FRONTLINE: Good Communications
Steve Connor Over the course of the last decade the world of marketing, design and public relations has seen a [...]
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