Skip to main content

Research Repository

Advanced Search

Is there a European social work identity? (2008)
Journal Article
Frost, E. (2008). Is there a European social work identity?. European Journal of Social Work, 11(4), 341-354. https://doi.org/10.1080/13691450802075691

The aim of this paper is to examine whether at this point in time the notion of a 'European social work identity' can be sustained. The paper commences with some brief consideration of theories of identity, and particularly draws attention to social... Read More about Is there a European social work identity?.

Politics and prospects for health promotion in England: Mainstreamed or marginalised? (2008)
Journal Article
Samuel, A. S., Wills, J., Evans, D., & Scott-Samuel, A. (2008). Politics and prospects for health promotion in England: Mainstreamed or marginalised?. Critical Public Health, 18(4), 521-531. https://doi.org/10.1080/09581590802543775

This paper critically examines the public policy environment that underpins the politics of health promotion in England. English health policy from the late 1970s to the mid 1990s was not receptive to health promotion. The new Labour government elect... Read More about Politics and prospects for health promotion in England: Mainstreamed or marginalised?.

Reforming the children and young people's workforce: A Higher Education response (2008)
Journal Article
Oliver, B. (2008). Reforming the children and young people's workforce: A Higher Education response. Learning in Health and Social Care, 7(4), 209-218. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1473-6861.2008.00190.x

The Every Child Matters change agenda is leading to the creation of new services and new working practices across the children and young people’s sectors. These new configurations are leading to the development of new roles that do not necessarily fi... Read More about Reforming the children and young people's workforce: A Higher Education response.

Deconstructing body weight and weight management (2008)
Book Chapter
Malson, H. (2008). Deconstructing body weight and weight management. In S. Riley, M. Burns, H. Frith, S. Wiggins, & P. Markula (Eds.), Critical Bodies: Representation, Practices and Identities of Weight and Body Management. Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan

Professionals’ implicit theories of paedophilia (2008)
Presentation / Conference
McCartan, K. (2008, October). Professionals’ implicit theories of paedophilia. Paper presented at Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Human agency and social suffering (2008)
Journal Article
Frost, L., & Hoggett, P. (2008). Human agency and social suffering. Critical Social Policy, 28(4), 438-460. https://doi.org/10.1177/0261018308095279

In this paper the authors are primarily exploring the notion of social suffering within a psychosocial paradigm. A brief outline of Bourdieu's concept of social suffering, and a similarly concise explication of the psychosocial subject as contemporar... Read More about Human agency and social suffering.

Patient Advice and Liaison Services: Results of an audit survey in England (2008)
Journal Article
Evans, D., Powell, J., & Cross, T. (2008). Patient Advice and Liaison Services: Results of an audit survey in England. Health Expectations, 11(3), 304-316. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1369-7625.2008.00505.x

Objective: To assess the extent national standards for Patient Advice and Liaison Services (PALS) were achieved across England. Context: PALS are an important element of patient and public involvement strategy in England. Seven national standards for... Read More about Patient Advice and Liaison Services: Results of an audit survey in England.

Speaking of home truth: (Re)productions of dyadic-containment in non-monogamous relationships (2008)
Journal Article
Finn, M., & Malson, H. (2008). Speaking of home truth: (Re)productions of dyadic-containment in non-monogamous relationships. British Journal of Social Psychology, 47(3), 519-533. https://doi.org/10.1348/014466607X248921

This paper is a critical exploration of the discursive and socio-historical practice of 'dyadic-containment' as a principle index for how we know, experience, and authenticate romantic relationships. Making intelligible an 'authentic' relationship as... Read More about Speaking of home truth: (Re)productions of dyadic-containment in non-monogamous relationships.

'Who would take whose name?' Accounts of naming practices in same-sex relationships (2008)
Journal Article
Clarke, V., Burns, M., & Burgoyne, C. (2008). 'Who would take whose name?' Accounts of naming practices in same-sex relationships. Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology, 18(5), 420-439. https://doi.org/10.1002/casp.936

The practice of a woman assuming her husband's last name upon marriage is a deeply embedded norm in some countries. Whether or not individual heterosexual couples reproduce or resist this practice, it provides a context for making decisions about mar... Read More about 'Who would take whose name?' Accounts of naming practices in same-sex relationships.