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The interaction of class and gender in illness narratives (2008)
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Seale, C., & Charteris-Black, J. (2008). The interaction of class and gender in illness narratives. Sociology, 42(3), 453-469. https://doi.org/10.1177/0038038508088835

Perspectives on gender and identity that emphasize variability of performance, local context and individual agency have displaced earlier paradigms.These are now perceived to have supported gender stereotypes and language ideologies by emphasizing ge... Read More about The interaction of class and gender in illness narratives.

The governance of networks: Heuristic or formal analysis? A reply to Rachel Parker (2008)
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Christopoulos, D. C. (2008). The governance of networks: Heuristic or formal analysis? A reply to Rachel Parker. Political Studies, 56(2), 475-481. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9248.2008.00733.x

Rachel Parker, in her article 'Networked Governance or Just Networks?' in this journal, has dealt with a very challenging question on the relevance of network interaction to governance outcomes. Her use of network concepts, however, appears to employ... Read More about The governance of networks: Heuristic or formal analysis? A reply to Rachel Parker.

The Outsider: Anthony Simmons (2008)
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Dolan, J., & Spicer, A. H. (2008). The Outsider: Anthony Simmons. Journal of British Cinema and Television, 5(1), 132-145. https://doi.org/10.3366/E1743452108000113

This interview with veteran British Film director Anthony Simmons gives an account of Simmons’ career in the context of a declining industry in the 1970s. It offers previously unknown production background to films such as Black Joy and The Optimists... Read More about The Outsider: Anthony Simmons.

The effect of joint interviewing on the performance of gender (2008)
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Seale, C., Charteris-Black, J., Dumelow, C., Locock, L., & Ziebland, S. (2008). The effect of joint interviewing on the performance of gender. Field Methods, 20(2), 107-128. https://doi.org/10.1177/1525822X07313837

The authors report a series of controlled comparisons of fifty-eight one-to-one qualitative interviews and thirty-seven mixed-sex joint interviews on the same health-related topics. Their analysis identifies comparative keyword frequencies and is sup... Read More about The effect of joint interviewing on the performance of gender.

Book review: Stories from home: English domestic interiors, 1750-1850. Margaret Ponsonby. Ashgate, 2007. 232pp.,12 b&w illus., cloth, £55.00. ISBN: 9780754652359 (2008)
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Ferry, E. (2008). Book review: Stories from home: English domestic interiors, 1750-1850. Margaret Ponsonby. Ashgate, 2007. 232pp.,12 b&w illus., cloth, £55.00. ISBN: 9780754652359. Journal of Design History, 21(2), 200-202. https://doi.org/10.1093/jdh/epn015

A review of Margaret Ponsonby’s Stories from Home: English Domestic Interiors, 1750–1850.

Madoc in Scotland: A transatlantic perspective on Stepping Westward (2008)
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Jarvis, R. (2008). Madoc in Scotland: A transatlantic perspective on Stepping Westward. European Romantic Review, 19(2), 149-156. https://doi.org/10.1080/10509580802030441

Wordsworth's Stepping Westward, one of the Poems Written During a Tour in Scotland included in Poems, in Two Volumes (1807), has received little critical attention compared with its companion tour poem, The Solitary Reaper. This essay offers a fresh... Read More about Madoc in Scotland: A transatlantic perspective on Stepping Westward.

Transformers (2008)
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Bould, M. (2008). Transformers. Science Fiction Film and Television, 1(1), 163-167

Review of named film

The Commonwealth Caribbean and the challenges of institutional exclusion (2008)
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Clegg, P. (2008). The Commonwealth Caribbean and the challenges of institutional exclusion. Round Table, 97(395), 227-241. https://doi.org/10.1080/00358530801962022

The paper evaluates the changes that have taken place in the political economy of global trade, particularly the growing influence of international organizations and their rules and norms, and the institutional exclusion of the Commonwealth Caribbean... Read More about The Commonwealth Caribbean and the challenges of institutional exclusion.

Arthur C. Clarke's Vision of Benevolent Empire (2008)
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Bould, M. (2008). Arthur C. Clarke's Vision of Benevolent Empire

An obituary of Arthur C. Clarke, with a critical focus on his treatment of imperialism/colonialism.

Local and national election agendas (2008)
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Harrison, L., & McSweeney, D. (2008). Local and national election agendas. Representation, 44(1), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1080/00344890701869041

In the saliency theory of elections parties are seen as monolithic. Each party emphasises the issues they own to gain electoral advantage. There are no rival agendas generated by different factions within the party or its territorial subdivisions. We... Read More about Local and national election agendas.

Alleviating the consequences of marginalisation? EU aid policy towards the Caribbean ACPs (2008)
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Clegg, P. (2008). Alleviating the consequences of marginalisation? EU aid policy towards the Caribbean ACPs. Journal of International Development, 20(2), 193-204. https://doi.org/10.1002/jid.1450

The article reviews the EU's development policy in relation to the Caribbean members of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) group. It considers the particular challenges faced by these small economies before assessing their trade and aid relatio... Read More about Alleviating the consequences of marginalisation? EU aid policy towards the Caribbean ACPs.

Ministers of state: The established church in Lancashire during the English revolution, 1642-1660 (2008)
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Craven, A. (2008). Ministers of state: The established church in Lancashire during the English revolution, 1642-1660. Northern History, 45(1), 51-69. https://doi.org/10.1179/174587008X256610

Between 1642 and 1660, the Church of England was directed and administered by centrally-appointed government committees, who oversaw the appointment of clerics, arranged generous salaries for many ministers, and undertook ambitious policies that woul... Read More about Ministers of state: The established church in Lancashire during the English revolution, 1642-1660.

'Everything is made of atoms': the reprogramming of space and time in post-war London (2008)
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Hornsey, R. (2008). 'Everything is made of atoms': the reprogramming of space and time in post-war London. Journal of Historical Geography, 34(1), 94-117. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhg.2006.12.003

From the middle of the Second World War until the early 1950s, architects, planners and designers in Britain made an unprecedented investment in reforming the built environment as a means to ensure a stable and secure post-war society. This essay con... Read More about 'Everything is made of atoms': the reprogramming of space and time in post-war London.

Ivanov: The perils of typicality (2008)
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Reid, J. (2008). Ivanov: The perils of typicality

The essay seeks to offer a fresh perspective upon Chekhov’s Ivanov as a political play that deploys a highly subtle rhetorical tool – a rhetoric of objectivity. While Chekhov deplored the use of fixed types and typologies, his attempt to undermine a... Read More about Ivanov: The perils of typicality.

National and local party election agendas (2008)
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McSweeney, D., & Harrison, L. (2008). National and local party election agendas. Representation, 44(1), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1080/00344890701869041

In the saliency theory of elections parties are seen as monolithic. Each party emphasises the issues they own to gain electoral advantage. There are no rival agendas generated by different factions within the party or its territorial subdivisions. We... Read More about National and local party election agendas.