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City-regional futures in context: insights from the Retrofit 2050 project (2017)
Book Chapter
De Laurentis, C., Eames, M., Hunt, M., & Dixon, T. (2017). City-regional futures in context: insights from the Retrofit 2050 project. In M. Eames, T. Dixon, M. Hunt, & S. Lannon (Eds.), Retrofitting Cities for Tomorrow's World (207--226). Wiley-Blackwell. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119007241.ch13

Research findings from the EPSRC funded Retrofit 2050 project, aim to advance and explore the theoretical and practical understandings that underpin a shift to sustainability of UK's core city regions in 2050. Utilising a participatory back-casting a... Read More about City-regional futures in context: insights from the Retrofit 2050 project.

Innovations in qualitative methods (2017)
Book Chapter
Braun, V., Clarke, V., & Gray, D. (2017). Innovations in qualitative methods. In B. Gough (Ed.), The Palgrave Handbook of Critical Social Psychology (243-266). Palgrave Macmillan

The concept of anxiety and Kant (2017)
Book Chapter
Assiter, A. (2017). The concept of anxiety and Kant. In B. E. Benson, & B. K. Putt (Eds.), Evil, Fallenness, and Finitude (13-24). Palgrave Macmillan

'It’s our property and our passion’: Managing creativity in a successful company – Aardman Animations (2017)
Book Chapter
Spicer, A. (2017). 'It’s our property and our passion’: Managing creativity in a successful company – Aardman Animations. In E. Bakoy, R. Puijk, & A. H. Spicer (Eds.), Building Successful and Sustainable Film and Television Businesses. Bristol: Intellect

This chapter explores how creativity is managed by Aardman Animations, one of the most successful independent UK film and television companies, whose vision is to forge an artists’ ‘studio’ rather than simply a business. This chapter argues that this... Read More about 'It’s our property and our passion’: Managing creativity in a successful company – Aardman Animations.

Communicating corporate social responsibilities (CSR) in the digital media: Interactivity is key (2017)
Book Chapter
Chen, Z., & Hang, H. (2017). Communicating corporate social responsibilities (CSR) in the digital media: Interactivity is key. In A. Lindgreen, J. Vanhamme, R. Watkins, & F. Maon (Eds.), Communicating Corporate Social Responsibility in the Digital Era (116-130). London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315577234

This chapter reviews existing conceptualisations of interactivity in marketing, information system and media studies, proposing it is a multidimensional construct. It provides a thematic review of corporate social responsibility (CSR) communication i... Read More about Communicating corporate social responsibilities (CSR) in the digital media: Interactivity is key.

Counter-terrorism Cooperation (2017)
Book Chapter
Lavallee, C., Leonard, S., & Kaunert, C. (2017). Counter-terrorism Cooperation. In T. Schumacher, A. Marchetti, & T. Demmelhuber (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook on the European Neighbourhood Policy. London: Routledge

This chapter examines how the EU has attempted to develop counter-terrorism cooperation with its Eastern and Southern partners and which results it has achieved in practice. It starts by locating counter-terrorism in the broader context of the EU’s s... Read More about Counter-terrorism Cooperation.

Sexual harm, public education and risk management (2017)
Book Chapter
Tabachnick, J., & McCartan, K. (2017). Sexual harm, public education and risk management. In K. McCartan, & H. Kemshall (Eds.), Contemporary Sex Offender Risk Management, Volume I (61-87). London: Palgrave Macmillian. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63567-5_3

This chapter will highlight research and practice internationally on ways to educate the public regarding sex abuse and how successful they have been. The chapter will cover issues including the relationship between experts and the public, public cri... Read More about Sexual harm, public education and risk management.

The financial crisis and mortgage fraud: The unforeseen circumstances of the war on terrorism and the financial war on terrorism, a critical reflection (2017)
Book Chapter
Ryder, N. (2018). The financial crisis and mortgage fraud: The unforeseen circumstances of the war on terrorism and the financial war on terrorism, a critical reflection. In N. Ryder (Ed.), White Collar Crime and Risk: Financial Crime, Corruption and the Financial Crisis (317-348). London: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-47384-4_12

The article illustrates how the instigation of the ‘War on Terrorism’ and the ‘Financial War on Terrorism’ had a catastrophic impact on the ability of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to tackle mortgage fraud that was associated with the 2007/2008... Read More about The financial crisis and mortgage fraud: The unforeseen circumstances of the war on terrorism and the financial war on terrorism, a critical reflection.

Competition law and LIBOR in three jurisdictions: The United States of America, the United Kingdom and the European Union (2017)
Book Chapter
Ball, R. (2018). Competition law and LIBOR in three jurisdictions: The United States of America, the United Kingdom and the European Union. In N. Ryder (Ed.), White Collar Crime and Risk: Financial Crime, Corruption and the Financial Crisis (163-200). London: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-47384-4_7

The London Interbank Offered Rate, better known as LIBOR, has ridden turbulent times over the last decade. Major banks, either through the collusion of individual traders operating on a discrete basis or on the instructions from more senior personnel... Read More about Competition law and LIBOR in three jurisdictions: The United States of America, the United Kingdom and the European Union.

Ethnography and Education (2017)
Book Chapter
Maisuria, A., & Beach, D. (2017). Ethnography and Education. In Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Education. Oxford University Press (OUP). https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190264093.013.100

As described in Beach and Dovemark?s 2007 book, Education and the Commodity Problem , critical researchers have identified two fundamental roles for modern-day schools within capitalist states. These are the ideological and material roles and functio... Read More about Ethnography and Education.

Private security companies and other private security providers (PSCs) and environmental protection in jus post bellum: Policy and regulatory challenges (2017)
Book Chapter
Das, O., & Kellay, A. (2017). Private security companies and other private security providers (PSCs) and environmental protection in jus post bellum: Policy and regulatory challenges. In C. Stahn, J. Iverson, & J. Easterday (Eds.), Environmental Protection and Transitions from Conflict to Peace. Oxford: Oxford University Press

A challenge to environmental protection and the jus post bellum framework is the rise in Private Security Companies and other Private Security Service Providers (PSCs). The marked increase in the outsourcing of vast amount of operational and logistic... Read More about Private security companies and other private security providers (PSCs) and environmental protection in jus post bellum: Policy and regulatory challenges.

‘We’re not fully Welsh’: Hierarchies of belonging and ‘new’ speakers of Welsh (2017)
Book Chapter
Selleck, C. L. (2018). ‘We’re not fully Welsh’: Hierarchies of belonging and ‘new’ speakers of Welsh. In C. Smith-Christmas, N. O Murchada, M. Hornsby, & M. Moriaty (Eds.), New Speakers of Minority Languages: Linguistic Ideologies and Practices (45-65). (1). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-57558-6

This chapter seeks to problematise the concept of the ‘new’ and ‘learner’ speaker from the standpoint of a situated, ethnographic analysis and in doing so, draws on research conducted in two contrasting secondary schools in south-west Wales: an Engli... Read More about ‘We’re not fully Welsh’: Hierarchies of belonging and ‘new’ speakers of Welsh.

Drawing in business and management research (2017)
Book Chapter
Ward, J., & Shortt, H. (2017). Drawing in business and management research. In C. Cassell, A. Cunliffe, & G. Grandy (Eds.), The SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Business and Management Research Methods. UK: SAGE

Visual methodologies are slowly gaining acceptance in business and management research. However, the term visual methodology is largely perceived to reflect the production and or analysis of photographs, films, video and corporate visual artefacts (R... Read More about Drawing in business and management research.

The finance and production of independent film and television in the United Kingdom: A critical introduction (2017)
Book Chapter
Presence, S. (2017). The finance and production of independent film and television in the United Kingdom: A critical introduction. In E. Bakoy, R. Puijk, & A. H. Spicer (Eds.), Building Successful and Sustainable Film and Television Businesses: A Cross-National Perspective (247-269). Bristol: Intellect

This chapter provides a critical introduction to the finance and production of independent film and television production in the UK. Film, long considered entertainment rather than art, continues to suffer from low levels of public funding, and the m... Read More about The finance and production of independent film and television in the United Kingdom: A critical introduction.

Reframing the sex offender register and disclosure: From monitoring and control to desistence and prevention (2017)
Book Chapter
McCartan, K., Kemshall, H., & Hoggett, J. (2017). Reframing the sex offender register and disclosure: From monitoring and control to desistence and prevention. In H. Kemshall, & K. McCartan (Eds.), Contemporary Sex Offender Risk Management, Volume II (205-230). London: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63573-6_8

Sexual harm is a high profile issue, both nationally and internationally, with the number of perpetrators entering and being managed by the Criminal Justice System continually increasing. These increases in the sexual offender population are the resu... Read More about Reframing the sex offender register and disclosure: From monitoring and control to desistence and prevention.

Police and Judicial Cooperation Policy (2017)
Book Chapter
Rozee, S., Kaunert, C., & Leonard, S. (2017). Police and Judicial Cooperation Policy. In N. Zahariadis, & L. Buonanno (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of European Public Policy. London: Routledge

Several major European Union (EU) treaty revisions, as well as the increased political prioritisation of counter-terrorism and combating organised crime in Europe, have led to the development of the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice (AFSJ) into o... Read More about Police and Judicial Cooperation Policy.

United Kingdom: Post-Leveson, media accountability is all over the place (2017)
Book Chapter
Jempson, M., Powell, W., & Reardon, S. (2017). United Kingdom: Post-Leveson, media accountability is all over the place. In T. Eberwein, S. Fengler, & M. Karmasin (Eds.), The European Handbook of Media Accountability. Routledge

In recent years, the media in the UK have been under greater scrutiny than ever before, across all platforms. Journalists have been the subject of protracted criminal investigations and trials. The Leveson Inquiry into the culture, practices and ethi... Read More about United Kingdom: Post-Leveson, media accountability is all over the place.

Biodiversity of flora and fauna (2017)
Book Chapter
Bretzel, F., Vannucchi, F., Benvenuti, S., & Rumble, H. (2017). Biodiversity of flora and fauna. In F. Orsini, M. Dubbeling, H. de Zeeuw, & G. Gianquinto (Eds.), Rooftop Urban Agriculture (235-252). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57720-3_14

Rooftop farming can contribute to urban biodiversity in terms of providing habitats and creating an urban green network. In addition, the cultivation of plants on roofs can provide places where wild animals and plants can survive and reproduce. Chose... Read More about Biodiversity of flora and fauna.

Elements of rooftop agriculture design (2017)
Book Chapter
Caputo, S., Iglesias, P., & Rumble, H. (2017). Elements of rooftop agriculture design. In F. Orsini, M. Dubbeling, H. de Zeeuw, & G. Gianquinto (Eds.), Rooftop Urban Agriculture (39-59). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57720-3_4

This chapter focuses on the elements that must be considered when designing rooftop gardens and integrating them within buildings. Different types of rooftop gardens and how they can be integrated within existing and new buildings in order to enhance... Read More about Elements of rooftop agriculture design.