Exploring the borderlands of solidarity: Europe and the refugee question (2021)
Book Chapter
Cole, P. (2021). Exploring the borderlands of solidarity: Europe and the refugee question. In D. Meacham, & N. de Warren (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy in Europe. Routledge

This paper examines the concept of solidarity employed by activists in Greece working with asylum seekers and other migrants, and asks whether the ideas of solidarity that have emerged from this activism can tell us something about the theoretical co... Read More about Exploring the borderlands of solidarity: Europe and the refugee question.

European solidarity: Definitions, challenges, and perspectives (2021)
Book Chapter
Tava, F. (2021). European solidarity: Definitions, challenges, and perspectives. In D. Meacham, & N. de Warren (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy and Europe (211-221). London: Taylor & Francis (Routledge). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315686233-18

Since the end of the Second World War, European construction has developed side by side with reiterated attempts to envision and implement European solidarity. This chapter addresses the complex scenario in which European political actors ostensibly... Read More about European solidarity: Definitions, challenges, and perspectives.

“I was just fed up of not being myself”: Coming out experiences of white British divorced and separated gay fathers (2021)
Journal Article
Clarke, V., & Earley, E. (2021). “I was just fed up of not being myself”: Coming out experiences of white British divorced and separated gay fathers. Journal of GLBT Family Studies, 17(3), 251-272. https://doi.org/10.1080/1550428X.2021.1902448

Before the so-called “gayby boom” in the 1990s the most common pathway to parenthood for gay men was heterosexual marriage. Since the 1990s most research on gay parenting has focused on intentional gay fathers–those parenting after coming out as gay–... Read More about “I was just fed up of not being myself”: Coming out experiences of white British divorced and separated gay fathers.

Renters rising! Extending the analysis of housing activism in Europe to the UK (2021)
Journal Article
Mathers, A. (2021). Renters rising! Extending the analysis of housing activism in Europe to the UK. Araucaria, 23(46), 147-171. https://doi.org/10.12795/araucaria.2021.i46.08

The material effects of austerity in the United Kingdom (UK) have generated a resurgence of activist initiatives in the field of housing central to which is ACORN that has developed into a federated organisation contesting housing practices and polic... Read More about Renters rising! Extending the analysis of housing activism in Europe to the UK.

Global fertility chains: An integrative political economy approach to understanding the reproductive bioeconomy (2021)
Journal Article
Vertommen, S., Pavone, V., & Nahman, M. (2022). Global fertility chains: An integrative political economy approach to understanding the reproductive bioeconomy. Science, Technology, and Human Values, 47(1), 112-145. https://doi.org/10.1177/0162243921996460

Over the last two decades, social scientists across disciplines have been researching how value is extracted and governed in the reproductive bioeconomy, which broadly refers to the various ways reproductive tissues, bodies, services, customers, work... Read More about Global fertility chains: An integrative political economy approach to understanding the reproductive bioeconomy.

The impact of COVID-19 on circles of support and accountability (2021)
Journal Article
Kitson-Boyce, R., Wilson, R. J., McCartan, K., Höing, M., Taylor, R., & Rossoni, I. (2021). The impact of COVID-19 on circles of support and accountability. Early Career Academics Network Bulletin, 46, 29-38

2020 has seen significant challenges to social engagement broadly due to the COVID19 pandemic, including social distancing, stay-at-home orders and lockdowns. These precautions have challenged the ability of CoSA (Circles of Support and Accountabilit... Read More about The impact of COVID-19 on circles of support and accountability.

Justice, emotions, and solidarity (2021)
Journal Article
Tava, F. (2023). Justice, emotions, and solidarity. Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, 26(1), 39-55. https://doi.org/10.1080/13698230.2021.1893251

This paper discusses Habermas’s argument that justice requires solidarity as its ‘reverse side’, whereby the former provides the necessary global framework for establishing intersubjective solidarity whilst the latter constitutes an important precond... Read More about Justice, emotions, and solidarity.

Subsidiarity: A principle for global trade governance? (2021)
Book Chapter
Walzenbach, G. (2021). Subsidiarity: A principle for global trade governance?. In Varieties of European subsidiarity: A multidisciplinary approach (171-184). Bristol: E-International Relations

One day, evolution in governance might lead to a world state with an ability to develop globally binding norms and rules. Then a world government would stand above individual countries and make the most of an irrevocable transfer of sovereignty. Yet,... Read More about Subsidiarity: A principle for global trade governance?.

Raising awareness and improving responses to gender-based violence: The contribution of feminist thought and activism (2021)
Book Chapter
Mackay, F. (2021). Raising awareness and improving responses to gender-based violence: The contribution of feminist thought and activism. In Understanding Gender-Based Violence An Essential Textbook for Nurses, Healthcare Professionals and Social Workers (3-13). Springer Nature

Raising Awareness and Improving Responses to Gender-Based Violence: The Contribution of Feminist Thought and Activism

Drugs in the time of COVID : The UK drug market response to lockdown restrictions (2021)
Report
Aldridge, J., Garius, L., Spicer, J., Harris, M., Moore, K., & Eastwood, N. (2021). Drugs in the time of COVID : The UK drug market response to lockdown restrictions. London: Release

Traditional inequalities and inequalities of tradition: Gender, weddings and whiteness (2021)
Journal Article
Carter, J. (2022). Traditional inequalities and inequalities of tradition: Gender, weddings and whiteness. Sociological Research Online, 27(1), 60-76. https://doi.org/10.1177/1360780421990021

The (British) white wedding offers a unique lens for studying a number of social and cultural phenomena from practices of intimacy, consumption and romance to macro level studies of economics, value and exchange. The wedding also represents an ideal... Read More about Traditional inequalities and inequalities of tradition: Gender, weddings and whiteness.

Policing County Lines: Responses to Evolving Provincial Drug Markets (2021)
Book
Spicer, J. (2021). Policing County Lines: Responses to Evolving Provincial Drug Markets. London: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-54193-4

The County Lines phenomenon has become one of the most significant drug market developments in the UK over recent years. This book analyses how it is being responded to by the police in affected provincial areas. Drawing on unique ethnographic fieldw... Read More about Policing County Lines: Responses to Evolving Provincial Drug Markets.

A critical review of the interdisciplinary literature on voluntary childlessness (2021)
Book Chapter
Clarke, V., Hayfield, N., Moller, N., & Braun, V. (2021). A critical review of the interdisciplinary literature on voluntary childlessness. In The Truth about (M)otherhood: Choosing to be Childfree (29-54)

This chapter provides a critical review of the inter-disciplinary research on voluntary childlessness, examining some of the problematic assumptions that underpin the literature and the image of the childfree woman that emerges as a result. It is not... Read More about A critical review of the interdisciplinary literature on voluntary childlessness.

Regulating ‘untrustworthy patients’: Constructions of ‘trust’ and ‘distrust’ in accounts of inpatient treatment for anorexia (2021)
Journal Article
Holmes, S., Malson, H., & Semlyen, J. (2021). Regulating ‘untrustworthy patients’: Constructions of ‘trust’ and ‘distrust’ in accounts of inpatient treatment for anorexia. Feminism and Psychology, 31(1), 41-61

Abstract Trust has been seen as a lynchpin of therapeutic relationships. Yet due to perceptions that anorexia is one of the most difficult illnesses to treat and that patients are ‘treatment resistant’, achieving trust between patient and treatment... Read More about Regulating ‘untrustworthy patients’: Constructions of ‘trust’ and ‘distrust’ in accounts of inpatient treatment for anorexia.

Ecce Homo as Nietzsche's Honest Lie (2021)
Book Chapter
Mitcheson, K. (2021). Ecce Homo as Nietzsche's Honest Lie. In Nietzsche’s “Ecce Homo” (139-152). Berlin/ Munich/ Boston: De Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110246551-011

Once we recognize that for Nietzsche a new practice of truth aims to overcome ‘Truth’ as the ‘real world’, we can reconcile Nietzsche’s criticisms of ‘Truth’ with his praise of truth. If we are also to reconcile the importance of truthfulness, which... Read More about Ecce Homo as Nietzsche's Honest Lie.

Varieties of European subsidiarity: A multidisciplinary approach (2021)
Book
Walzenbach, G., & Alleweldt, R. (2021). Varieties of European subsidiarity: A multidisciplinary approach. Bristol: E-International Relations

Subsidiarity as a principle in favour of decentralised decision-making is a cornerstone of the very legal construction of the EU. Yet, the question of how decision-making powers should be distributed between the EU and the member states is not, or on... Read More about Varieties of European subsidiarity: A multidisciplinary approach.

‘Rarely discussed but always present’: Exploring therapists’ accounts of the relationship between social class, mental health and therapy (2021)
Journal Article
McEvoy, C., Clarke, V., & Thomas, Z. (2021). ‘Rarely discussed but always present’: Exploring therapists’ accounts of the relationship between social class, mental health and therapy. Counselling and Psychotherapy Research, 21(2), 324-334. https://doi.org/10.1002/capr.12382

With a few exceptions, the subject of social class has rarely been addressed in counselling and psychotherapy research. This study seeks to contribute to redressing this omission by exploring therapists’ accounts of how social class operates within t... Read More about ‘Rarely discussed but always present’: Exploring therapists’ accounts of the relationship between social class, mental health and therapy.

Symbolic regionalism and European governance: Why Africa is different (2020)
Book Chapter
Walzenbach, G. (2020). Symbolic regionalism and European governance: Why Africa is different. In O. Akiba (Ed.), Political Change and Constitutionalism in Africa (206-226). London: Taylor & Francis (Routledge)

"So act that your principle of action might safely be made a law for the whole world" (Immanuel Kant).

Extending the boundaries of political communication: How ideology can be examined in super-rich television documentaries using Discursive Psychology (2020)
Book Chapter
Carr, P. (2020). Extending the boundaries of political communication: How ideology can be examined in super-rich television documentaries using Discursive Psychology. In M. Demasi, S. Burke, & C. Tileagă (Eds.), Political Communication: Discursive Perspectives (89-114). London: Palgrave MacMillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-60223-9_4

Political communication is not static and takes a range of forms due to technological change requiring researchers to diversify their interests. When examining talk about wealth inequality, focusing on the overtly political is problematic as issues s... Read More about Extending the boundaries of political communication: How ideology can be examined in super-rich television documentaries using Discursive Psychology.

The securitisation of migration in the European Union: Frontex and its evolving security practices (2020)
Journal Article
Léonard, S., & Kaunert, C. (2022). The securitisation of migration in the European Union: Frontex and its evolving security practices. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 48(6), 1417-1429. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369183x.2020.1851469

This article investigates the evolving security practices of one of the key actors in the handling of asylum-seekers and migrants at the external borders of the European Union (EU) Member States, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, widely ref... Read More about The securitisation of migration in the European Union: Frontex and its evolving security practices.