Sociology’s contribution to an understanding of pentecostalism (2010)
Book Chapter
The crisis of "social democratic" unionism: The "opening up" of civil society and the prospects for union renewal in the United Kingdom, France, and Germany (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
This article defines and explores the crisis of social democratic trade unionism in three countries in western Europe. The authors contend that a particularized form of postwar trade union orientation was socially constructed in Britain, Germany, and... Read More about The crisis of "social democratic" unionism: The "opening up" of civil society and the prospects for union renewal in the United Kingdom, France, and Germany.
Contemporary christianity and LGBT sexualities (2009)
Book
This edited collection explores these themes from a sociological perspective, addressing not only gay and lesbian sexualities, but also bi- and transgendered sexualities. With rich empirical material being presented by a team of experts, this book co... Read More about Contemporary christianity and LGBT sexualities.
Exploring the politics of women's in/visible 'large' bodies (2008)
Journal Article
But we're men aren't we!: Living history as a site of masculine identity construction (2008)
Journal Article
Living history-the presentation of a historical period using live actors-remains an under-researched area despite the range of disciplines that might be brought to focus. While living history became popular in North America from the mid-twentieth cen... Read More about But we're men aren't we!: Living history as a site of masculine identity construction.
Policing football crowds in england and wales: a model of ‘good practice’? (2008)
Journal Article
There have been important developments in psychological theory of crowd dynamics (Reicher 2001). When this body of knowledge has been combined with operational policing it has been associated with conflict reduction in the context of high risk footba... Read More about Policing football crowds in england and wales: a model of ‘good practice’?.
Contemporary struggle in Europe: Anti-power or counter-power? (2005)
Journal Article
Religion and everyday life (2005)
Book
The alpha enterprise (2004)
Book
Social partner or social movement? European integration and trade union renewal in Europe (2002)
Journal Article
'Neither here nor there': The construction of identities and boundary maintenance of West African Pentecostals (2002)
Journal Article
The often taken-for-granted 'decline of religion' thesis has frequently led to the failure to recognize the significance of religion in both forging and articulating aspects of identity in the contemporary western context. In addressing such an issue... Read More about 'Neither here nor there': The construction of identities and boundary maintenance of West African Pentecostals.
Once upon a time...: Qualitative story completion methods
Book Chapter
This chapter introduces the story completion (SC) method of collecting qualitative data, a novel technique that offers intriguing potential to the qualitative researcher. Since the method is new to qualitative research, it has fewer published researc... Read More about Once upon a time...: Qualitative story completion methods.
Editors's introduction
Book Chapter
Editors's Introduction to Thinking After Europe: Jan Patočka and Politics
Working Paper 10. Organsing unions, organising communities? Trades unions councils and community union politics in England and Wales
Preprint / Working Paper
The division of labour between labour economists and organisation theorists results in there being little or no (epistemic) connection between the disciplines of labour economics and organization theory, and little or no recognition of the (ontic) co... Read More about Working Paper 10. Organsing unions, organising communities? Trades unions councils and community union politics in England and Wales.
The troubled families programme: A process, impact and social return on investment analysis
Report
This project was developed by a research team at the University of the West of England (UWE) under the direction of the Principal Investigator (PI) Dr. James Hoggett to evaluate aspects of a troubled families programme in the South West of England.... Read More about The troubled families programme: A process, impact and social return on investment analysis.