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Encountering ‘Broken’ Public Services: Defiance and Disaffection at the Frontlines of the Democratic State

open access: yesThe Political Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract The apparently parlous state of public services in advanced liberal democracies has become a hot topic, nowhere more so than in ‘broken Britain’. Indeed, there is much debate in both politics scholarship and political rhetoric about the nature and causes of this decline, and its potential remedies. All perspectives are at pains to characterise
John Boswell
wiley   +1 more source

From Protest to Pluralist? The Green Party of England and Wales after a Decade of Political Upheaval

open access: yesThe Political Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract The 2026 English local elections marked the strongest ever performance of the Green Party of England and Wales (GPEW). This article places that success in the context of a decade of political upheaval and research into the party. It argues that the GPEW has grown by layering successive issue publics—anti‐austerity, Brexit and Gaza—onto an ...
James Dennison
wiley   +1 more source

Body maps of counter-hegemonic midwifery practices in Chile: a collective case study. [PDF]

open access: yesFront Glob Womens Health
Rodríguez-Garrido P   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Urban activities and critical stocks

open access: yes, 2009
Assessing contemporary society ́s burden on the planet has been an ongoing project of many research teams in many disciplines. The recent emergence and proliferation of efforts to understand the role that cities play has led to the near-simultaneous development of various frameworks, methodologies and working models that capture urban resource flows ...
openaire   +1 more source

Closeness and disappointment in Jordanian friendships Proximité et déception en amitié en Jordanie

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Western folk models of friendship assume that friends like one another, implying mutually positive feelings. However, accounts of friendship from across times and places suggest that disappointment goes along with friendship as often as mutual affection.
Susan MacDougall
wiley   +1 more source

‘Why didn't you bring us a pumpkin?’ Relational recognition of caste, class, and tribe in rural Andhra Pradesh, India « Pourquoi ne nous as‐tu pas apporté de citrouille ? » Reconnaissance relationnelle de la caste, de la classe et de la tribu dans les zones rurales de l'Andhra Pradesh (Inde)

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
This article analyses the ways characteristics associated with the ‘Schedule Tribe’ (‘ST’) category in India shape situated acts of relating to others with either deference or assumed superiority. Ethnography shows how within an indigenous Adivasi community the traits that determine identification within the group generate feelings of entitlement and ...
Thomas Herzmark
wiley   +1 more source

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