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At Rio+20, the green economy won’t save the planet.But green democracy will (2012)
Report
Patel, R., & Crook, M. (2012). At Rio+20, the green economy won’t save the planet.But green democracy will. Commonwealth Advisory Bureau

Coverage of the upcoming Rio+20 Earth Summit has tended either to express exasperation at the futility of a single conference attempting to address multiple planetary crises or to bemoan the fact that, while laudable, the little that is being done co... Read More about At Rio+20, the green economy won’t save the planet.But green democracy will.

Adherence therapy for medication non-compliant patients with hypertension: A randomised controlled trial (2012)
Journal Article
Alhalaiqa, F., Deane, K. H. O., Nawafleh, A. H., Clark, A., & Gray, R. (2012). Adherence therapy for medication non-compliant patients with hypertension: A randomised controlled trial. Journal of Human Hypertension, 26(2), 117-126. https://doi.org/10.1038/jhh.2010.133

The objective of this study is to establish the efficacy of adherence therapy (AT) compared with treatment as usual (TAU) in reducing blood pressure (BP) in non-compliant hypertensive patients. This study was designed as a parallel-group single-blind... Read More about Adherence therapy for medication non-compliant patients with hypertension: A randomised controlled trial.

Theory and Practice in the Politics of Recognition and Misrecognition (2012)
Journal Article
Thompson, S., Meer, N., & Martineau, W. (2012). Theory and Practice in the Politics of Recognition and Misrecognition. Res Publica, 18(1), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11158-012-9181-7

Critical Exchange on Michael Saward's the representative claim (2012)
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Schaap, A., & Thompson, S. (2012). Critical Exchange on Michael Saward's the representative claim. Contemporary Political Theory, 11(1), 109-127. https://doi.org/10.1057/cpt.2011.42

Beyond 'political economism': New identities for unions in Western Europe? (2012)
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Taylor, G., Mathers, A., & Upchurch, M. (2012). Beyond 'political economism': New identities for unions in Western Europe?. Capital and Class, 36(1), 17-34. https://doi.org/10.1177/0309816811428664

This article engages critically with Richard Hyman's work on union identity and European integration. It includes a sympathetic review of Hyman's contribution to the debate on these topics over the past two decades, alongside a critique of Hyman's ap... Read More about Beyond 'political economism': New identities for unions in Western Europe?.

Reality check: An experimental investigation of the addition of warning labels to fashion magazine images on women's mood and body dissatisfaction (2012)
Journal Article
Tiggeman, M., Slater, A., Firth, B., & Hawkins, K. (2012). Reality check: An experimental investigation of the addition of warning labels to fashion magazine images on women's mood and body dissatisfaction. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 31(2), 105-122. https://doi.org/10.1521/jscp.2012.31.2.105

Policy makers across a number of Western countries have suggested that warning labels be placed on idealized media images to inform viewers that the images have been digitally altered or enhanced, as a means of ameliorating the negative psychological... Read More about Reality check: An experimental investigation of the addition of warning labels to fashion magazine images on women's mood and body dissatisfaction.

Building a client state: American arms policies towards Iran, 1950-1963 (2012)
Journal Article
McGlinchey, S. (2012). Building a client state: American arms policies towards Iran, 1950-1963

Precious little has been written in academic scholarship about the US arms relationship with Iran. Much of the scholarly focus has been drained into an orbital vortex caused by twin crises in Iranian history: the 1953 British and American sponsored c... Read More about Building a client state: American arms policies towards Iran, 1950-1963.

‘Happy Being Me’ in the UK: A controlled evaluation of a school-based body image intervention with pre-adolescent children (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Bird, E., Halliwell, E., & Diedrichs, P. C. (2012, February). ‘Happy Being Me’ in the UK: A controlled evaluation of a school-based body image intervention with pre-adolescent children. Paper presented at South West Public Health Scientific Conference, Weston-super-Mare, UK

Background Body image concerns among children are commonly associated with the onset of severe health-related implications including reduced physical activity, unhealthy eating behaviours, and low self-esteem, among others. Historically, attempts to... Read More about ‘Happy Being Me’ in the UK: A controlled evaluation of a school-based body image intervention with pre-adolescent children.

A systematic review of behaviour change techniques in walking and cycling interventions: the iConnect study (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Bird, E., Baker, G., Powell, J., & Mutrie, N. (2012, February). A systematic review of behaviour change techniques in walking and cycling interventions: the iConnect study. Paper presented at South West Public Health Scientific Conference, Weston-super-Mare

Background iConnect, funded by EPSRC, is an interdisciplinary research programme, aiming to measure and evaluate changes in travel, physical activity and carbon emissions associated with the Sustrans’ Connect2 programme. Until recently, the categori... Read More about A systematic review of behaviour change techniques in walking and cycling interventions: the iConnect study.

Prevalence of drug use among Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) communities in Bristol (2012)
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Williams, K., & Ismail, N. (2012). Prevalence of drug use among Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) communities in Bristol

Insights into the prevalence of drug misuse among BMEs in Bristol include prevalence estimates, factors influencing drug use among BMEs, real and perceived barriers to access treatment and intelligence data on Bristol residents.