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The New Mass Unenfranchised? Mapping Unenfranchised Adults and the Case for Residence‐Based Voting in the UK

open access: yesThe Political Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract Universal suffrage is a defining feature of democracy. The UK electoral franchises, however, prohibit voting on the basis of some, but not all, nationalities. Residence‐based voting involves allowing all adults who are legally resident in a country to vote. It has been introduced in Scotland and Wales for some elections.
Toby S. James, Jamie Underwood
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Claiming kinship through ‘filial heart’: migrant care workers in ageing Shanghai Revendiquer la parenté par le « cœur filial » : travailleurs migrants du care dans Shanghai vieillissante

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Drawing on the ethnography of migrant care workers in eldercare in Shanghai, this article reveals the evolving landscape of caregiving and kinship practices in contemporary China. The ethnography presents the emic perspective of care workers, who actively develop symbolic trajectories for claiming kinship through ‘filial heart’ in caregiving.
Xinyuan Wang
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Ghosting at the border: the racialization of extraterritoriality at the US Supreme Court Les limbes de la frontière : racialisation de l'extraterritorialité par la Cour suprême des États‐Unis

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
The theoretical association of an inclusive public sphere with liberal democratic governing begs a closer examination. This article pursues forms of disqualification implicit in the idea of political community as a national project, ultimately finding that the exclusion of foreigners does not begin on the far side of the US border, but well within it ...
Carol J. Greenhouse
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Transatlantic Anti‐Catholicism and Sexual Scandal: The Case of Mgr. Thomas John Capel

open access: yesJournal of Religious History, EarlyView.
This article investigates the public scandal that enveloped a famous English priest who was living in the United States. Monsignor Thomas John Capel (1836–1911) was one of the stars of the English Church in the Victorian era. Following a disciplinary process for breaking his vow of chastity, the Vatican dispatched him to America, where in 1886 he was ...
Timothy Verhoeven
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Germ Panic and Chalice Hygiene in the Church of England, c.1895–1930

open access: yesJournal of Religious History, EarlyView.
The late‐Victorian medical revolution in bacteriology, and growing public awareness of hygienic standards and the danger of disease infection from germs, created alarm about the traditional Christian practice of drinking from a common cup at Holy Communion.
Andrew Atherstone
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