Duties to Care
University of Birmingham
The world of dementia care can be a difficult one for carers to navigate, posing new challenges at every stage […]
Culture and Society
The Religious Lives of Older Laywomen: The Last Active Anglican Generation
Goldsmiths, University of London
Abby Day draws on ethnographic fieldwork, cross-cultural comparisons, and relevant theories exploring the beliefs, identities, and practices of ‘Generation A’—Anglican laywomen […]
A History of the Sociology of Childhood
UCL Institute of Education
Berry Mayall gives a history of how the sociology of childhood has developed, contextualised in the history of sociology. It […]
The limits of higher education institutions as sites of work skill development
City, University of London
Where do workers with Higher Education (HE) degrees develop their work skills? Although few would expect these to be developed […]
Constructions of the ‘migration crisis’ in Europe
London Metropolitan University
Norman Ginsburg discusses the many different constructions put on the phenomenon of immigration in Europe. Contrasting welcoming perspectives with exclusionary […]
In-house or outsourced public services?
UCL Institute of Education
Nicola Pensiero analyses the relationship between government spending and the distribution of private income between capital and labour. Nicola Pensiero is a quantitative […]
Flip-flop: A Journey Through Globalisation’s Backroads
Goldsmiths, University of London
Caroline Knowles follows the global trail of one of the world’s most unremarkable and ubiquitous objects – flip-flops, providing new […]
Islam moves West: religious change in the first and second generations
University College London
What happens to the religious identity, belief, and practice of Muslims who settle in Western countries? Do they, or their […]
Modernization and the Gender Gap in Religiosity
University College London
The tendency of women to be more religious than men has been widely observed. Many theories have been offered to […]
Is the United States a Counterexample to the Secularization Thesis?
University College London
Virtually every discussion of secularization asserts that high levels of religiosity in the United States make it a decisive counterexample […]
