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Generational conflict, consumption and the ageing welfare state in the United Kingdom [PDF]

, 2010
The British welfare state is over 60 years old. Those who were born, grew up and who are now growing old within its ambit are a distinctive generation.
Gilleard, C, Higgs, P
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Is there space for dyslexia in high‐attainment educational environments? Evidence from the Millennium Cohort Study into attainment grouping in English primary schools

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Attainment grouping is an important policy issue and is increasingly practiced in UK primary schools, with researchers presenting contrasting stances on the impact to pupils' attainment and academic self‐concept. This original research statistically analyses the Millennium Cohort Study (MCS) data (N = 3510) and explores: (i) whether dyslexic ...
Esther Alice Outram
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School readiness and the good level of development: Policy constructions in English early childhood education

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper critically analysed how school readiness has been historically and discursively constructed in Early Childhood Education (ECE) policy in England over the past four decades. Using Bacchi's ‘What's the Problem Represented to be?’ framework and Foucauldian concepts of governmentality, the paper explored how school readiness has shifted
Louise Kay
wiley   +1 more source

Scarsità e sovranità. Riflessioni sulla sostenibilità alla luce delle idee di Dumouchel e Bataille

Culture e Studi del Sociale, 2020
The article proposes a reflection on two concepts, related to the theme of sustainability. The first is scarcity, the latter is sovereignty. The article considers the institution of the scarcity on a social level.
Uliano Conti
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Considering adoption: Towards a consumption-oriented approach to innovation [PDF]

What are the forces that shape the adoption of innovations? This question has been sidelined in a largely production-centric literature on the economic geography of innovation. Inspired by Weber’s dual concern with procurement and distribution activities
Rekers, Josephine V.
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Unmet goals of tracking: within-track heterogeneity of students' expectations for [PDF]

, 2015
Educational systems are often characterized by some form(s) of ability grouping, like tracking. Although substantial variation in the implementation of these practices exists, it is always the aim to improve teaching efficiency by creating homogeneous ...
Demanet, Jannick, Van den Broeck, Laura, Van Houtte, Mieke   +2 more
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Time, role of the past and varieties of fictional expectations: comments on Jens Beckert’s Imagined Futures [PDF]

, 2018
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Guseva, Alya, Mooney, Heather
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Young people's occupational aspirations beyond the aspiration discourse: A sociocultural perspective

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Young people's aspirations have been the focus of many educational, sociological and psychological studies. This paper argues, firstly, that the concept of aspirations holds greater generative potential than suggested by the policy‐oriented ‘aspiration discourse’.
Jelena Popov
wiley   +1 more source

Analysis of the Music of Prestij Meselesi in the Context of Adorno’s Critical Sociology of Music

Filmvisio
In his article titled “Introduction to the Sociology of Music,” Theodor W. Adorno discusses critical music sociology, which involves gathering information about the social structures that leave an imprint on music and what is generally referred to as the
İbrahim Öksüz
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'The Greek Fall: Simulacral Thanatotourism in Europe' [PDF]

, 2012
The paper explores the socio-cultural dynamics of Greek demonstrations in 2011, suggesting that their function exceeds that of social movements as we know them.
Tzanelli, R
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