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Morality and biology in the Spanish Civil War: Psychiatrists, revolution and women prisoners in Málaga (2001)
Journal Article
Richards, M. (2001). Morality and biology in the Spanish Civil War: Psychiatrists, revolution and women prisoners in Málaga. Contemporary European History, 10(3), 395-421. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0960777301003046

The psychiatric study of women prisoners in the city of Málaga during the Spanish Civil War provides a starting point for a two-part analysis of the gendered tension between biology and morality. First, the relationship of organic psychiatry and bio-... Read More about Morality and biology in the Spanish Civil War: Psychiatrists, revolution and women prisoners in Málaga.

Speaking like a native: Vernacular languages and the state in Southern Rhodesia, 1890-1935 (2001)
Journal Article
Jeater, D. (2001). Speaking like a native: Vernacular languages and the state in Southern Rhodesia, 1890-1935. Journal of African History, 42(3), 449-468. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021853701007988

During the early years of white administration in Southern Rhodesia, few whites spoke the local vernaculars. The state used those few, largely traders and farmers, to translate and interpret. Members of the Native Affairs Department were expected to... Read More about Speaking like a native: Vernacular languages and the state in Southern Rhodesia, 1890-1935.

Constructed identities and Iberia (2001)
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Flynn, M. K. (2001). Constructed identities and Iberia. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 24(5), 703-718. https://doi.org/10.1080/01419870120063945

The category of Iberian identity includes national identities within Spain, Portugal and Latin America. The case of Spain and Spanish national identity has been particularly neglected in academic literature, although this situation has been changing... Read More about Constructed identities and Iberia.

The British black Pentecostal 'revival': Identity and belief in the 'new' Nigerian churches (2001)
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Lightly, N., Hunt, S., Lightly, N., & Hunt, S. (2001). The British black Pentecostal 'revival': Identity and belief in the 'new' Nigerian churches. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 24(1), 104-124. https://doi.org/10.1080/014198701750052523

Black Pentecostalism in Britain has proved itself to be a distinctive version of Christianity. Extant academic surveys have tended to interpret it as primarily the means by which black ethnic communities are able to adapt and respond to marginalizati... Read More about The British black Pentecostal 'revival': Identity and belief in the 'new' Nigerian churches.

India: Makings of little cultural/media imperialism? (2001)
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Sonwalkar, P. (2001). India: Makings of little cultural/media imperialism?. Gazette -Leiden then Deventer then Dordrecht then London-, 63(6), 505-519. https://doi.org/10.1177/0016549201063006003

An efflorescence of the media in India during the 1990s, mainly in television, has revolutionized the South Asian mediascape. After the novelty of foreign channels wore off in the early 1990s, Indian channels consolidated their position, recorded the... Read More about India: Makings of little cultural/media imperialism?.

Best Value and the politics of pragmatism (2001)
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Hoggett, P., Maile, S., Maile, S., & Hoggett, P. (2001). Best Value and the politics of pragmatism. Policy and Politics, 29(4), 509-519. https://doi.org/10.1332/0305573012501503

This article frames and highlights critical themes emerging from the contributions to this Best Value section: that Best Value possesses subtle, and not so subtle, political, organisational, strategic and governmental dimensions. Drawing on these the... Read More about Best Value and the politics of pragmatism.

Risk, identity and change: Becoming a mature student (2001)
Journal Article
Baxter, A., & Britton, C. (2001). Risk, identity and change: Becoming a mature student. International Studies in Sociology of Education, 11(1), 87-104. https://doi.org/10.1080/09620210100200066

This article looks at the stories mature students tell about the risks of higher education, in terms of its effects on identity and the implications for relationships with their families and former friends. Two sources of risk are highlighted in thei... Read More about Risk, identity and change: Becoming a mature student.