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Here are our most-read articles from 2022:
Documentary analysis: the research method that can level the playing field
Aimee Grant, author of Doing Your Research Project with Documents, explains how she came to documentary analysis in her career, and why it can be a fantastic leveler for students and researchers with a wide variety of needs.
White but not quite: Race and illiberalism in Central Europe
Ivan Kalmar, author of White But Not Quite, argues that dismissive attitudes towards Eastern Europeans are a form of racism and explores the close relation between racism towards Central Europeans and racism by Central European.
Using the strengths approach when welfare systems fail
Avril Bellinger, author of The Strengths Approach in Practice, promotes the strengths approach as a long-term solution for helping under-served communities such as refugees.
Against school
Stephen J. Ball, author of The Education Debate, argues against school – an obstacle to freedom and to learning. Schools need not stand for education; we should explore an alternative path.
Why is the United Kingdom so obsessed with ‘bespoke’ refugee schemes?
Colin Yeo, author of Refugee Law, considers the UK government’s ‘bespoke’ scheme for those fleeing Ukraine in the context of previous responses to refugee crises.
Illustrating the lockdown diaries of the working class
Lisa McKenzie of Working Class Collective reflects on how The Lockdown Diaries of the Working Class brought people together, through the solidarity it created virtually.
The international failure of child support
Kay Cook, author of The Failure of Child Support, identifies to what extent the gender order is entrenched through the failure of child support to deliver upon children’s right to receive a share of both parents’ resources.
Community development is a long-used term that’s as relevant as ever
Alison Gilchrist and Marilyn Taylor, authors of new edition of The Short Guide to Community Development, outline the ongoing issues in the field, and the critical need for investment, dialogue and cross-sectoral cooperation in the community development arena if we are to level up our society.
#MahsaAmini: Gender-based violence against women in Iran and beyond
Özlem Altiok, author of the chapter ‘From the Streets to Social Policy: How to end gender-based violence against women’ in the Global Agenda for Social Justice 2, discusses the ubiquitous nature of gender-based violence in Iran and throughout the world.
Robbery in the illegal drugs trade
James Densley and Robert McLean, authors of Robbery in the Illegal Drugs Trade, reveal what they have learned from interviewing robbery victims and offenders in Scotland in the context of illegal drug markets.
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