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Views from the Inside: Reflections on the Modern Hospital

open access: yesThe Political Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract There's a constant refrain in the press, on social media and from populist politicians that the NHS is dying on its feet. How accurate is this picture? This article takes a behind‐the‐scenes look at daily life in a modern, big city hospital. The Queen Elizabeth is now the biggest workplace in Birmingham.
Jon Bloomfield
wiley   +1 more source

A Crisis of Representation: Reflections on John Boswell, How Citizens Encounter the Democratic State

open access: yesThe Political Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract In this symposium contribution, we subject John Boswell's How Citizens Encounter the Democratic State to the scrutiny warranted by its contribution. While the book offers a rich categorisation of the myriad forms of mundane agency one can observe in the underbelly of the democratic state, we seek to extend the argument by situating it in some ...
Liam Stanley   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Daryl Laninga Interview

open access: yes, 2005
Maj. Daryl Laninga joined the USMC in 1983. He served as an enlisted infantryman (mortar man) for 9.5 years, commissioned via the Marine Enlisted Commissioning Education Program in 1992. Military occupational specialty: field artillery officer.
Laninga, Daryl
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Islam at the monastery: on infinity as subtractive truth L'islam au monastère : de l'infini comme vérité soustractive

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Based on ethnographic research at Rūm Orthodox Christian monasteries in Lebanon, the article studies scenes of Islam at the monastery as they intersect with anxious public debates on, and anthropological theorizations of, sectarianism and ‘Muslim–Christian’ relations in the Mashriq.
Aaron F. Eldridge
wiley   +1 more source

William Rutherford Interview

open access: yes, 2008
Mr. Rutherford grew up in Cape May, New Jersey and joined the U. S. Marine Corps in 1953. After three years in the Marines, he transferred to the Navy and attended nuclear power school.
Rutherford, William B.
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When sharing becomes shameful: atmospheres of class formation in Namibia Quand le partage devient honteux : ambiances de formation de classes en Namibie

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Anthropologists have long shown that asking for food in times of need is morally valued in rural Namibia. Yet among the Damara pastoralists with whom I work, people now increasingly describe feeling shame (taob) when they ask for food. In this article, I trace this shift to the affective dynamics of social class formation.
Michael Schnegg
wiley   +1 more source

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