Month: August 2019
Gangs of Russia: From the Streets to the Corridors of Power
Since their spectacular rise in the 1990s, Russian gangs have remained entrenched in many parts of the country.…
Contesting educational reform: Teacher unions and Academy schools
John Macklin discusses research relating to the experiences of union and community-based campaigns that have sought to challenge…
1917: War, Peace, and Revolution
1917 was a year of calamitous events, and one of pivotal importance in the development of the First…
Ethnic, gender and class intersections in British women’s leadership
Victoria Showunmi looks at how gender and ethnicity influenced leadership experiences of a mixed ethnic sample of British…
Crusoe, Friday and the Raced Market Frame of Orthodox Economics Textbooks
‘Crusoe’ and ‘Friday’ signifiers necessarily evoke a world of racialised hierarchies. Economics textbooks are perhaps the sole remaining…
The Market
We’ve become accustomed to economists and politicians talking about “market forces” as if they are immutable laws of…
Brexit, the left behind and the let down
UK voters’ decision to overturn the country’s European Union membership has left most parliamentarians looking rather distant from…
Lesbian Cinema after Queer Theory
Clara Bradbury-Rance works in the Department of Liberal Arts at King’s College London, where she specialises in queer…
Prefrontal cortical thinning and negative symptoms in schizophrenia
Our understanding of the complex relationship between schizophrenia symptomatology and etiological factors can be improved by studying brain-based…
Shared Genetic Architecture in Anorexia Nervosa
Characterized primarily by a low body-mass index, anorexia nervosa is a complex and serious illness, affecting 0.9-4% of…
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