The Great Transformation, History for a Techno-Human Future
Judith Bessant writes about her new book: Judith Bessant (1918) The Great Transformation, History...
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Consumerism and student politics: strange bedfellows?
Students’ Unions and Consumerist Policy Discourses in England: An Exploration of Discursive...
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Using Bourdieu to analyse journalist-source relations
It’s easy to think of journalism as a product. The news is what we read, watch, or hear. A thing....
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Analysing knowledge and power in classrooms
By Anna Danielsson and Heather Mendick How can we explore how power operates in classrooms,...
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FWSA Biennial Conference 2017 – Call for papers
FWSA and the University of Strathclyde invite researchers from all areas and disciplines (Arts...
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Call for proposals: Social Theory and Methodology in Education Research (Flyer attached – Bloomsbury Press)
Dear all, There is now a flyer for the new book series which you can download here:...
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Foucault, hybridization and social research: reflections on the Foucault @90 Conference
I was fortunate enough to attend the recent Foucault @90 conference, held at the University of...
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How do you analyse qualitative data? A supervisor speaks
How do people – research students in particular – make sense of large amounts of qualitative data?...
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Social theory and the problem of power, pt. 4: the 3rd dimension
It was Steven Lukes’ book Power: a radical view, which added a third dimension onto those...
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Education researchers! Let’s get out more
As usual I went to the annual Social Policy Association Conference, this time held at the...
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‘Committing’ or ‘maintaining’ sociology? Angry Sociologist speaks out
Yesterday, a blog post came to my attention on Twitter. Written by ‘Angry...
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What I’m Reading Now … Paul Ricoeur
Lately I’ve been reading Paul Ricoeur’s book The course of recognition, as I have a strong...
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