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Where to for the radical right in the European parliament? the rise and fall of transnational political cooperation (2010)
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Startin, N. (2010). Where to for the radical right in the European parliament? the rise and fall of transnational political cooperation. Perspectives on European Politics and Society, 11(4), 429-449. https://doi.org/10.1080/15705854.2010.524402

Amidst all the academic and media discussion in recent years of the causes and consequences of the rise in support for Radical Right parties (RRPs) in Europe, a related, but equally significant development, has generated less debate; namely the rise... Read More about Where to for the radical right in the European parliament? the rise and fall of transnational political cooperation.

The politics of humanitarian intervention: A critical analogy of the British response to end the slave trade and the civil war in Sierra Leone (2010)
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Shaw, I. S. (2010). The politics of humanitarian intervention: A critical analogy of the British response to end the slave trade and the civil war in Sierra Leone. Journal of Global Ethics, 6(3), 273-282. https://doi.org/10.1080/17449626.2010.524799

A leading scholar of humanitarian intervention, Brown (2002) refers to British internal politics to satisfy the influential church and other non-conformist libertarian community leaders, and above all 'undermining Britain's competitors, such as Spain... Read More about The politics of humanitarian intervention: A critical analogy of the British response to end the slave trade and the civil war in Sierra Leone.

Corporate meetings as genre: A study of the role of the chair in corporate meeting talk (2010)
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Angouri, J., & Marra, M. (2010). Corporate meetings as genre: A study of the role of the chair in corporate meeting talk. Text and Talk, 30(6), 615-636. https://doi.org/10.1515/TEXT.2010.030

Meetings are the backbone of organizational life and as such constitute an important component of workplace discourse. We expand here upon earlier work which suggests that a meeting constitutes a distinct genre, taking informal rather than formal mee... Read More about Corporate meetings as genre: A study of the role of the chair in corporate meeting talk.

Simulation, history and experience in Oshii’s Avalon and military-entertainment technoculture (2010)
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Crogan, P. (2010). Simulation, history and experience in Oshii’s Avalon and military-entertainment technoculture

This essay takes Mamoru Oshii’s Avalon (2001) as a starting point for consideration of the impact of simulational interactive media on contemporary technoculture. The connections made in the film between virtual reality games and military research an... Read More about Simulation, history and experience in Oshii’s Avalon and military-entertainment technoculture.

Semantic change: Evidence from false friends (2010)
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Beeching, K. (2010). Semantic change: Evidence from false friends. Languages in Contrast, 10(2), 139-165. https://doi.org/10.1075/lic.10.2.03bee

Functional linguists are in general agreement that semantic change may be triggered as part of the negotiation of meaning in interactional contexts: a 'one-off' contextual implicature generalises to become a new core meaning of a lexical item (Traugo... Read More about Semantic change: Evidence from false friends.

Keeping 'the Old Flag flying': The British community in Morocco and the British Morocco Merchants Association, 1914-24 (2010)
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Fisher, J. (2010). Keeping 'the Old Flag flying': The British community in Morocco and the British Morocco Merchants Association, 1914-24. Historical Research, 83(222), 719-746. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2281.2009.00527.x

This article examines the British expatriate community in Morocco and specifically in Tangier at a formative time in the country's history. Growing French ascendancy in Morocco and the strains imposed by war exposed weaknesses in British prospects in... Read More about Keeping 'the Old Flag flying': The British community in Morocco and the British Morocco Merchants Association, 1914-24.

‘We do not come here...to inquire into grievances; we come here to decide law’: Prosecuting Swing in Norfolk and Somerset 1829-1832 (2010)
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Wallis, R. (2010). ‘We do not come here...to inquire into grievances; we come here to decide law’: Prosecuting Swing in Norfolk and Somerset 1829-1832. Southern History, 32, 159-175

The repressive sentences handed down by the Special Commissions in the wake of the Swing disturbances, have somewhat eclipsed the prosecution of offenders at county quarter sessions and regular Assize courts. In neglecting this avenue of research, we... Read More about ‘We do not come here...to inquire into grievances; we come here to decide law’: Prosecuting Swing in Norfolk and Somerset 1829-1832.

'The victory of ideals must be organized': Labour Party women organizers in the inter-war years (2010)
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Hannam, J. (2010). 'The victory of ideals must be organized': Labour Party women organizers in the inter-war years. Management and Organizational History, 5(3), 331-348. https://doi.org/10.1177/1744935910368330

This article examines the work of Labour Party women organizers and their activities at a regional level in the inter-war years. It looks at their role in building up the women's sections, in providing education and training and in taking part in ele... Read More about 'The victory of ideals must be organized': Labour Party women organizers in the inter-war years.

Other people's children: Single women and residential childcare in mid-20th century England (2010)
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Holden, K. (2010). Other people's children: Single women and residential childcare in mid-20th century England. Management and Organizational History, 5(3), 314-330. https://doi.org/10.1177/1744935910370192

This article compares the conditions of service for unmarried women working as house mothers in institutions run by a local authority and a voluntary association (the National Children's Homes) in mid-20th-century England. It explores the different o... Read More about Other people's children: Single women and residential childcare in mid-20th century England.

Creativity and commerce: Michael Klinger and new film history (2010)
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Spicer, A. H. (2010). Creativity and commerce: Michael Klinger and new film history. New Review of Film and Television Studies, 8(3), 297-314. https://doi.org/10.1080/17400309.2010.499771

The crisis in film studies and history concerning their legitimacy and objectives has provoked a reinvigoration of scholarly energy in historical enquiry. 'New film history' attempts to address the concerns of historians and film scholars by working... Read More about Creativity and commerce: Michael Klinger and new film history.

Politics, populism, and professionalism: Reflections on the role of the academic historian in the production of public history (2010)
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Dresser, M. (2010). Politics, populism, and professionalism: Reflections on the role of the academic historian in the production of public history. Public Historian, 32(3), 39-63. https://doi.org/10.1525/tph.2010.32.3.39

This article explores some of the challenges and opportunities facing academic historians involved in large British public history projects and examines how government priorities and the particular ways in which public funds are deployed can affect t... Read More about Politics, populism, and professionalism: Reflections on the role of the academic historian in the production of public history.

Emin is screaming: Empathy as affirmative engagement in Tracey Emin's Homage to Edvard Munch and All My Dead Children (1998) (2010)
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Johnson, C. (2010). Emin is screaming: Empathy as affirmative engagement in Tracey Emin's Homage to Edvard Munch and All My Dead Children (1998). Parallax, 16(3), 96-104. https://doi.org/10.1080/13534645.2010.486676

This article explores the concept of empathy as an affirmative feminist engagement with Tracey Emin’s short film Homage to Edvard Munch and All My Dead Children (1998). I consider the ‘work’ that art does in terms of empathic possibility asking why t... Read More about Emin is screaming: Empathy as affirmative engagement in Tracey Emin's Homage to Edvard Munch and All My Dead Children (1998).

Knowledge, care and trans-individuation: An interview with Bernard Stiegler (2010)
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Crogan, P. (2010). Knowledge, care and trans-individuation: An interview with Bernard Stiegler. Cultural Politics, 6(2), 157-170. https://doi.org/10.2752/175174310X12672016548207

An Interview with French philosopher of technology and activist, Bernard Stiegler. The interview was conducted in November 2008 in Paris. It appears in the special issue on Stiegler in the journal Cultural Politics (6:2, July 2010), guest edited by P... Read More about Knowledge, care and trans-individuation: An interview with Bernard Stiegler.