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Growing old in a transnational social field: belonging, mobility and identity among Italian migrants (2014)
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This article focuses on ageing in transnationalism. Drawing on the experiences of Italians in the UK as a paradigmatic example of settled European migrants, it explores the lived experiences of this group of older migrants. Using Levitt and Glick Sch... Read More about Growing old in a transnational social field: belonging, mobility and identity among Italian migrants.

The socialist blues? Citizenship, class and civil society (2014)
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This article seeks to explore the relationship between the British labour movement, the Left and the Labour party. It does so through the intellectual prism of debates around citizenship and civil society. In this respect, I seek to recover a critica... Read More about The socialist blues? Citizenship, class and civil society.

“It's just a likelihood”: uncertainty as topic and resource in conveying “positive” results in an antenatal screening clinic (2014)
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The recognition of uncertainty as a pivotal issue for the sociology of medicine is longstanding. More recently, the widespread integration of new medical technologies into healthcare has led to a renewed analytic focus on uncertainty. However, there... Read More about “It's just a likelihood”: uncertainty as topic and resource in conveying “positive” results in an antenatal screening clinic.

Beyond ‘predict and provide’: UK transport, the growth paradigm and climate change (2014)
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Politics of matter: justice and organisation in technoscience (2014)
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The technoscientific capacity to manipulate and remake the material substance of being is at the core of an expanding ontological imaginary that permeates culture in Global North societies. What are the political implications of this imaginary? What... Read More about Politics of matter: justice and organisation in technoscience.

Reflexivity as situated problem-solving: A pragmatist alternative to general theory (2014)
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Recent developments in sociological theory have addressed the linkage between structure and agency via a conception of reflexivity and the agent’s internal conversation as a means of understanding the (variable) contribution that the self and its pow... Read More about Reflexivity as situated problem-solving: A pragmatist alternative to general theory.

From social rights to the market: neo-liberalism and the knowledge economy (2014)
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Public higher education has a long history, with its growth associated with mass higher education and the extension of a social right to education from secondary schooling to university education. Following the rise in student numbers since the 1970s... Read More about From social rights to the market: neo-liberalism and the knowledge economy.

Fracking in the UK press: Threat dynamics in an unfolding debate (2014)
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Shale gas is a novel source of fossil fuel which is extracted by induced hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking”. This article examines the socio-political dimension of fracking as manifested in the UK press at three key temporal points in the debate on... Read More about Fracking in the UK press: Threat dynamics in an unfolding debate.

When climate science became climate politics: British media representations of climate change in 1988 (2014)
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Climate change has become a pressing environmental concern for scientists, social commentators and politicians. Previous social science research has explored media representations of climate change in various temporal and geographical contexts. Throu... Read More about When climate science became climate politics: British media representations of climate change in 1988.

Human responses to climate change: social representation, identity and socio-psychological action (2014)
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Climate change is one of the most important global challenges in the twenty-first century, given that a changing climate is likely to have negative and potentially irreversible consequences for the environment and human beings. Drawing upon Social Re... Read More about Human responses to climate change: social representation, identity and socio-psychological action.

The greenhouse metaphor and the footprint metaphor: climate change risk assessment and risk management seen through the lens of two prominent metaphors (2014)
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This article charts the emergence and framing of anthropogenic climate change as risk through the lens of two metaphors: greenhouse effect and carbon footprint. We argue that the greenhouse effect metaphor provided the scientific basis for framing cl... Read More about The greenhouse metaphor and the footprint metaphor: climate change risk assessment and risk management seen through the lens of two prominent metaphors.

A face in the crowd: imagining individual and collective disabled identities in contemporary China (2014)
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This essay explores the concept of a “disabled crowd” in the Chinese cultural and social imagination. It highlights key terms, analogies, and cultural locations of disability that are seen to relate to and inform group identity and collective behavio... Read More about A face in the crowd: imagining individual and collective disabled identities in contemporary China.

‘Victims’ versus ‘offenders’ in British political discourse: the construction of a false dichotomy (2013)
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This article evaluates the contemporary discursive status of victims and people convicted of criminal offences. The rhetoric used by British politicians to convey the meaning of ‘rights’ is explored within media output, parliamentary speech-making an... Read More about ‘Victims’ versus ‘offenders’ in British political discourse: the construction of a false dichotomy.

Approaches to “mental health” in low-income countries: a case study of Uganda (2013)
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the ways in which “mental health” difficulties are approached in low-income countries, using a case study of Uganda focus down upon the issues. Design/methodology/approach – The study involved two... Read More about Approaches to “mental health” in low-income countries: a case study of Uganda.

Second-hand emotion?: exploring the contagion and impact of trauma and distress in the asylum law context (2013)
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Applicants' accounts of experiences of fear, trauma, violence, and persecution are central to the process of claiming asylum. These narratives are, at a human level, primed to provoke emotional responses, not only in the narrator but also in those to... Read More about Second-hand emotion?: exploring the contagion and impact of trauma and distress in the asylum law context.

“I'm thrilled that you see that”: guiding parents to see success in interactions with children with deafness and autistic spectrum disorder (2013)
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Children with deafness who are also on the autistic spectrum are a group with complex support needs. Carers worry about their ability to communicate with them, and are often uncertain about what constitutes ‘good’ communication in this context. This... Read More about “I'm thrilled that you see that”: guiding parents to see success in interactions with children with deafness and autistic spectrum disorder.

Images of Extreme Weather: Symbolising Human Responses to Climate Change (2013)
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Extreme weather events have been increasingly in the news, accompanied by images. At the end of 2011, when such reports were ever present, the International Panel on Climate Change published a draft report on extreme weather and climate change adapta... Read More about Images of Extreme Weather: Symbolising Human Responses to Climate Change.

The penal voluntary sector in England and Wales: beyond neoliberalism? (2013)
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The scrutinized priest: Women in the Church of England Negotiating Professional and Sacred Clothing Choices (2013)
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This article examines the integration of women priests in the Church of England through the lens of dress. Clothing is a salient dynamic in occupational cultures, particularly in relation to the regulation of gendered bodies. Women's ordination to th... Read More about The scrutinized priest: Women in the Church of England Negotiating Professional and Sacred Clothing Choices.

Racial and Ethnic Differences in Parenting Stress: Evidence from a Statewide Sample of New Mothers (2013)
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Parenting stress can have long-term effects on parents and children, but little research has been done on racial and ethnic differences. We examine parenting stress among White, Black, American Indian, and Hispanic mothers with infants younger than 9... Read More about Racial and Ethnic Differences in Parenting Stress: Evidence from a Statewide Sample of New Mothers.