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Solidarity today: A problem-based approach (2021)
Book Chapter
Tava, F. (2021). Solidarity today: A problem-based approach. In M. Cojocaru, D. Finkelde, J. Wallacher, A. Filipovic, & M. Reder (Eds.), Jahrbuch Praktische Philosophie in globaler Perspektive: Schwerpunkt: Solidarität am Scheideweg (65-85). Freiburg, München: Verlag Karl Alber

This chapter aims at establishing a problem-based approach to solidarity by describing its main characteristics and by testing its effectiveness in light of three pivotal issues today: immigration, the future of work, and the COVID-19 pandemic. The c... Read More about Solidarity today: A problem-based approach.

Exploring the complexities of pain: Why it isn't “all in your head” (2021)
Book Chapter
McKay, C., & Tabor, A. (2021). Exploring the complexities of pain: Why it isn't “all in your head”. In C. McKay (Ed.), The Mental Impact of Sports Injury (16). (1). Taylor & Francis (Routledge)

Much is known about the physical strain that athletes’ bodies are subjected to and the dangerous aspects of competition immediately spring to mind. But why do athletes train the way they do, and why do they push the limits? Why do some recover well... Read More about Exploring the complexities of pain: Why it isn't “all in your head”.

Queer tango - Bent history? The late-modern uses and abuses of historical imagery showing men dancing tango with other men (2021)
Book Chapter
Batchelor, R., & Mulholland, J. (2021). Queer tango - Bent history? The late-modern uses and abuses of historical imagery showing men dancing tango with other men. In C. Parfitt (Ed.), Cultural Memory and Popular Dance: Dancing to Remember, Dancing to Forget (101-119). Basingstoke UK: Palgrave. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-71083-5_6

Ascend the winding stair to LugarGay, an LGBT Community Centre in Buenos Aires and queer tango venue, and you pass a reproduction of an old photograph of men, wearing aprons, in a market, posing in tango couples. Elsewhere in Buenos Aires, a cropped... Read More about Queer tango - Bent history? The late-modern uses and abuses of historical imagery showing men dancing tango with other men.

Covert aspects of surveillance and the ethical issues they raise (2021)
Book Chapter
Harper, D. J., Ellis, D., & Tucker, I. (2021). Covert aspects of surveillance and the ethical issues they raise. In R. Iphofen, & D. O'Mathúna (Eds.), Ethical Issues in Covert, Security and Surveillance Research, Volume 8 (177-197). Emerald. https://doi.org/10.1108/s2398-601820210000008013

This chapter focusses on the ethical issues raised by different types of surveillance and the varied ways in which surveillance can be covert. Three case studies are presented which highlight different types of surveillance and different ethical conc... Read More about Covert aspects of surveillance and the ethical issues they raise.

Praxis in progress: On the transformations of Kosík’s thought (2021)
Book Chapter
Tava, F. (2021). Praxis in progress: On the transformations of Kosík’s thought. In Karl Kosík and the Dialectics of the Concrete (57-74). Leiden: Brill Academic Publishers. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004503243_005

One of the pivotal issues in the thought of Karel Kosík is that of praxis. Although various interpreters have recognised the centrality of this notion and identified its affinity with other theories of praxis drawn from the traditions of Marxism and... Read More about Praxis in progress: On the transformations of Kosík’s thought.

Lives in cages: A media analysis of incarceration experiences across generations on the US-Mexico border (2021)
Book Chapter
Mills, J., Velez Oliveira, R., & Gomes, S. (2021). Lives in cages: A media analysis of incarceration experiences across generations on the US-Mexico border. In S. Gomes, M. João Leote de Carvalho, & V. Duarte (Eds.), Incarceration and Generation. Palgrave. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-82276-7

This chapter examines media narratives on the incarceration experiences of migrant families in detention centers on the US–Mexico border. Past literature analyses perceptions of migrants as a whole or focuses on adult detainees, being there is a la... Read More about Lives in cages: A media analysis of incarceration experiences across generations on the US-Mexico border.

Locked-Down, log-in and slog-on: A technocratic dystopia? (2021)
Book Chapter
Ellis, D. (2021). Locked-Down, log-in and slog-on: A technocratic dystopia?. In D. Ellis, & A. Voela (Eds.), After Lockdown, Opening Up: Psychosocial Transformation in the Wake of COVID-19 (111-127). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-80278-3_6

This chapter discusses how some relationships with technology throughout the pandemic were radically enhanced because of social (physical) distancing. It has been said that several years of technological evolution were condensed into a few months. To... Read More about Locked-Down, log-in and slog-on: A technocratic dystopia?.

Intimacies and relationships (2021)
Book Chapter
Twamley, K., & Carter, J. (2021). Intimacies and relationships. In K. Murji, S. Neal, & J. Solomos (Eds.), An Introduction to Sociology. SAGE Publications

This innovative textbook introduces you to the key theories, themes, and concepts in the discipline of sociology and helps you to develop as a sociologist by providing comprehensive coverage of all the main areas of study. Presenting you with the his... Read More about Intimacies and relationships.

Psychological Assessment (2021)
Book Chapter
Paraskeva, N., & Rumsey, N. (2021). Psychological Assessment. In S. Kay, D. McCombe, & D. Wilks (Eds.), Oxford Textbook of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Oxford University Press

Although research relating to the psychology of the cosmetic surgery patient is still in its infancy, there is a consensus amongst researchers that various combinations of psychological factors play a key role in the recent increase in demand for cos... Read More about Psychological Assessment.