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

The 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

Individuals' Experience of Violence in Adolescence and Firearm Violence Victimization in Early Adulthood. [PDF]

J Interpers Violence
Roberts LE, Bushover B, Rajan S, Aiello A, Dodington J, Morrison CN.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Preparing to Fight the ‘Wrong War’? Why the UK Defence Budget Must Focus More on ‘National Resilience’

The Political Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract This article argues that the current debate over defence spending in the United Kingdom is fundamentally flawed. Too much emphasis is being placed on preparing for a form of warfare with Russia that is unlikely to occur. As this article points out, the Russians actually want to avoid a traditional battlefield confrontation with NATO.
Rod Thornton
wiley   +1 more source

Signed in bone: Toolmark identification of a machete and multidisciplinary 3D reconstruction in a homicide investigation. [PDF]

Forensic Sci Int Synerg
Kirbach M, Holzer A, Frey L, Tegou A, Helmrich S, Rothschild MA, Weber M.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Markets at War: the Procurement of Ukrainian Drones

The Political Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract The 1990s and early 2000s saw a set of public service reforms in the UK and elsewhere under the label of ‘the new public management’. A key element of this was the introduction of so‐called quasi‐markets into social services such as education and health care, where users were given the power to use government funds to purchase the service ...
Arsen Zhumadilov, Julian Le Grand
wiley   +1 more source

Aggression in specialized Wushu Taolu training among university students and its transfer to everyday life contexts: a qualitative study. [PDF]

Front Psychol
Pang Y, Chu M, Chen Z, Feng Y, Qiu Y, Dong Q.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Worldwide weapons [PDF]

Nature, 2012
openaire   +2 more sources

How Democratic Professionals Can Contribute to Democracy: Reflections on John Boswell, How Citizens Encounter the Democratic State

The Political Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract This article applies a democratic professional lens to John Boswell's How Citizens Encounter the Democratic State: Weapons of the Meek at the Frontlines of Public Services (OUP, 2026). Democratic professionalism is defined as an approach that enables public services professionals to work more democratically with clients and other public ...
Jane Lethbridge
wiley   +1 more source

Police Reporting After Sexual Assault: Victim and Assault Characteristics That Predict Reporting Among Victims Who Seek Medical Forensic Care. [PDF]

J Interpers Violence
Goodman-Williams R, Smith S, Volz J, Hanna A.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

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

The 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, Dillon Wamsley, Joseph Ward   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source