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Republicanizing the city: Radical republicans in Toulouse, 1880-90 (2004)
Journal Article
Simpson, M. (2004). Republicanizing the city: Radical republicans in Toulouse, 1880-90. European History Quarterly, 34(2), 157-190. https://doi.org/10.1177/0265691404042506

Using research on Toulouse, this article explores the limits of 'statuomania' in a major French city that was dominated by a strongly republican municipality, keen to testify to its principles. It looks at the alternative strategies that were adopted... Read More about Republicanizing the city: Radical republicans in Toulouse, 1880-90.

Fifty years of British housing policy: Leaving or leading the welfare state? (2004)
Journal Article
Malpas, P. (2004). Fifty years of British housing policy: Leaving or leading the welfare state?. European Journal of Housing Policy, 4(2), 209-227. https://doi.org/10.1080/1461671042000269038

This article seeks to develop a new perspective on the housing - welfare state relationship in Britain. Housing is conventionally seen as part of the post-war welfare state, but as different from other core services because of the persistence of a la... Read More about Fifty years of British housing policy: Leaving or leading the welfare state?.

The production line: Reflections on the role of the producer in British cinema (2004)
Journal Article
Spicer, A. H. (2004). The production line: Reflections on the role of the producer in British cinema. Journal of British Cinema and Television, 1(1), 33-50. https://doi.org/10.3366/JBCTV.2004.1.1.33

A film producer has two responsibilities: to the public and to his backers. If he is an imaginative and courageous producer, the two may coincide. The ideal producer, it seems to me, must always look ahead and try not merely to acquiesce in box-offic... Read More about The production line: Reflections on the role of the producer in British cinema.

The game thing: Ludology and other theory games (2004)
Journal Article
Crogan, P. (2004). The game thing: Ludology and other theory games. Media International Australia, 110(1), 10-18. https://doi.org/10.1177/1329878X0411000104

The current state of computer games studies as it was in the early 2000s is critically examined in this paper by means of an analysis of the recently released computer game, The Thing. Game studies is an emerging area of humanities scholarship, an em... Read More about The game thing: Ludology and other theory games.