Global Animal Law – an introduction to the symposium
In this post, Anne Peters gives us an overview of the Symposium on Global Animal Law: Animals Matter in International Law and International Law Matters for Animals that is now published open access by...
View ArticleBrexit and Devolution
Since the Brexit referendum the UK government has been criticised for failing to recognise the positions and concerns of the devolved governments.…
View ArticleDoing more with less in health care: a multi-method study of decommissioning...
Irrespective of moral and political arguments, current fiscal restraints in the English National Health Service (NHS) make decommissioning apparently unavoidable. Decommissioning – that is the removal,...
View ArticleGrandparent Care: A Key Factor in Mothers’ Labour Force Participation in the UK
The contribution of unpaid work, often performed by women, is and has been largely unrecognised, a situation feminist scholars have long drawn to our attention.…
View ArticleDoes sanctioning of benefit claimants drive them to need help from food banks?
In 2013, the proportion of benefit claimants being sanctioned reached record levels. Over 6% of jobseekers were having their out-of-work benefit payments stopped each month for a minimum of four weeks,...
View ArticleRace and Political News Coverage
My book, Framed: Media and the Coverage of Race in Canadian Politics, is wake-up call for those who think that race does not matter in Canada.…
View ArticleEU Social and Gender Policy beyond Brexit
In the United Kingdom and across the European Union, Brexit continues to be the key social, political and economic issue of the day.…
View Article“I may be getting my hair done but I don’t care too much how it looks”:...
Dr Rachel Heinrichsmeier from King’s College London reports on a practice used by older women in her research in a hair-salon.…
View ArticleWhither EU and UK Social Policy Post-Brexit?
In an article initially drafted a year ago and now published in a themed section of Social Policy and Society, we attempt to assess the past and future development of EU and UK social policy in the...
View ArticleReplication: Practical Advice for Authors and Journals
This post by R. Michael Alvarez originally appeared on PS:Now on April 10, 2018. Research transparency and replication are important issues today in the quantitative social sciences.…
View ArticleChanges to employment network providers’ contracts significantly changes how...
Since the early 2000s successive Australian governments have required single parents with school age children who are in receipt of income support payments to at a minimum engage in some form of...
View ArticleThe Feminist Origins of the Midlife Crisis
This article tells the history of the midlife crisis, for the first time. The term “midlife crisis” conjures up the image of an affluent, middle-aged man speeding off in a red sports car with a woman...
View ArticleIran and the nuclear deal: the politics of procrastination
Over a decade ago I attended a meeting in London with senior Iranian foreign ministry officials discussing prospects for a resolution of the burgeoning crisis over Iran’s nuclear programme.…
View ArticleMeet the New Owners of Corporate America
A seismic shift is going on in finance still largely unnoticed by the public. People and institutions are increasingly investing their money into index tracker funds instead of actively managed mutual...
View ArticleThe Evolution of Human Trafficking Policy and Its Effect on Human Trafficking...
Despite a near unanimous agreement that human trafficking is a morally reprehensible practice, there is confusion around what qualifies as human trafficking in the United States.…
View ArticleHow the Social Determinants of Indigenous Health became policy reality for...
Significant health inequities persist between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and non-Indigenous Australians, resulting from the past and continuing impacts of colonisation and...
View ArticleWhen less public participation may be better public participation
Currently, policymaking is torn between two demands. On the one hand, issues become increasingly complex, calling for the incorporation of expertise in the policymaking process and increasingly complex...
View ArticleThe Great Keyishian Case: lessons in academic freedom from the Cold War
When the History of Education Quarterly asked me to contribute to a symposium on academic freedom, I could hardly refuse. I had recently written a book about how anti-communist witch hunters in the...
View ArticleProtecting Academic Freedom: Using the Past to Chart a Path Toward the Future
This blog accompanies the Forum on Academic Freedom published in History of Education Quarterly. In the past decade or so, there has been an uptick in assaults on academic freedom across the globe....
View ArticleGender-Submission Gap and Women’s Underrepresentation in Political Science...
Women are running for U.S. public office in record numbers, offering hopes of seriously tackling the gender gap in political representation.…
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