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Thematic Analysis (2020)
Book Chapter

This chapter provides an introduction to thematic analysis (TA) as a method for developing and interpreting patterns in qualitative data. We distinguish between different ‘schools’ of TA, focusing on: (1) approaches with a foothold in quantitative re... Read More about Thematic Analysis.

Resuscitating the subcultural corpse: A reflection on subculture as lived experience and the importance of class and ethnicity! (2020)
Book Chapter

The chapter addresses the deficiencies of Hebdige's analysis in terms of class and race/ethnicity when looking at Punk subculture in his 1979 book 'Subculture: The meaning of style'. Hebdige focused on Punk as a mainly working class movement but many... Read More about Resuscitating the subcultural corpse: A reflection on subculture as lived experience and the importance of class and ethnicity!.

Regulating ‘untrustworthy patients’: Constructions of ‘trust’ and ‘distrust’ in accounts of inpatient treatment for anorexia (2021)
Journal Article

Abstract Trust has been seen as a lynchpin of therapeutic relationships. Yet due to perceptions that anorexia is one of the most difficult illnesses to treat and that patients are ‘treatment resistant’, achieving trust between patient and treatment... Read More about Regulating ‘untrustworthy patients’: Constructions of ‘trust’ and ‘distrust’ in accounts of inpatient treatment for anorexia.

Extending the boundaries of political communication: How ideology can be examined in super-rich television documentaries using Discursive Psychology (2020)
Book Chapter

Political communication is not static and takes a range of forms due to technological change requiring researchers to diversify their interests. When examining talk about wealth inequality, focusing on the overtly political is problematic as issues s... Read More about Extending the boundaries of political communication: How ideology can be examined in super-rich television documentaries using Discursive Psychology.

‘They need us more than we need them’: British exceptionalism, Brexit, and justice and home affairs (2020)
Journal Article

This article analyses the EU-UK Future Relationship negotiations on Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) through the lenses of ‘exceptionalism’. This concept refers to a given state’s self-understanding as being not only fundamentally different from other... Read More about ‘They need us more than we need them’: British exceptionalism, Brexit, and justice and home affairs.

The policing of cuckooing in 'County Lines' drug dealing: An ethnographic study of an amplification spiral (2021)
Journal Article

Responding to cases of 'cuckooing', where drug dealers take over other people's homes, has become a significant policing activity in the United Kingdom. Drawing on ethnographic data and the deviancy amplification spiral model, this article theorizes... Read More about The policing of cuckooing in 'County Lines' drug dealing: An ethnographic study of an amplification spiral.