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View article: Defending the Integrity Principle: Necessity, Remorse and Moral Consistency in the Protest Trial
Defending the Integrity Principle: Necessity, Remorse and Moral Consistency in the Protest Trial Open
The protest trial has distinctive features and should be governed by what we term the ‘integrity principle’: it should respect the moral consistency of the defendant; justifications, not excuses, should be privileged; and the ‘remorse prin…
View article: Extinction Rebellion’s disobedient environmental citizenism
Extinction Rebellion’s disobedient environmental citizenism Open
We examine the public protest of Extinction Rebellion (XR) in the UK as a specific political practice. We do so through our observation of the plea hearings of activists charged with public order offences during the April 2019 London ‘Rebe…
View article: Necessity, Non‐Violent Direct Activism, and the Stansted 15: Reasserting ‘Hoffmann's Bargain’
Necessity, Non‐Violent Direct Activism, and the Stansted 15: Reasserting ‘Hoffmann's Bargain’ Open
In Thacker and ors the Court of Appeal overturned the convictions of the ‘Stansted 15’ due to a misdirection on the substantive offence. However, the court rejected their necessity defence, following Jones , as their actions were political…
View article: The Influence of Hospital Site on Emergency Physician Press Ganey Scores
The Influence of Hospital Site on Emergency Physician Press Ganey Scores Open
Physician satisfaction scores demonstrated a significant variance depending on where they practiced. The highest patient satisfaction scores were received at the newest of the 3 facilities with individual rooms. The findings suggest that P…
View article: Disciplinary Power and Impression Management in the Trials of the Stansted 15
Disciplinary Power and Impression Management in the Trials of the Stansted 15 Open
We bring Foucauldian and Goffmanian frameworks into dialogue to show how repressive and disciplinary power operate in the criminal trials of social movement activists. We do so through an ethnographic account of the trials on terrorism-rel…
View article: A New Climate Movement?:Extinction Rebellion’s Activists in Profile
A New Climate Movement?:Extinction Rebellion’s Activists in Profile Open
Extinction Rebellion set out to mobilise a new generation of activists. As our data shows, they have in part succeeded: participants in Extinction Rebellion's two major actions in London in 2019 had notably little prior experience of prote…
View article: What hampers ‘political’ action in environmental alternative action organizations? Exploring the scope for strategic agency under post-political conditions
What hampers ‘political’ action in environmental alternative action organizations? Exploring the scope for strategic agency under post-political conditions Open
The proliferation of environmental alternative action organization (EAAOs) is a defining feature of present-day environmentalism. The literature on sustainable materialism has celebrated this as an appropriate, effective, and above all, po…
View article: Surveys of participants in Fridays For Future climate protests on 15 March, 2019, in 13 European cities
Surveys of participants in Fridays For Future climate protests on 15 March, 2019, in 13 European cities Open
The #FridaysForFuture climate protests mobilized more than 1.6 million people around the globe in March 2019. Through a school strike, a new generation has been galvanized, representing a historical turn in climate activism. A team of soci…
View article: Northern Ireland and Brexit: the European Economic Area option. EPC Discussion Paper, 7 April 2017
Northern Ireland and Brexit: the European Economic Area option. EPC Discussion Paper, 7 April 2017 Open
On 23 June 2016 voters in the United Kingdom (UK) voted on whether to remain in or leave the European\nUnion (EU). The overall UK vote was 51.9% in favour of leaving. As a consequence, the UK government\nhas recently triggered Article 50 T…
View article: Understanding sustainable prosperity — Towards a transdisciplinary research agenda
Understanding sustainable prosperity — Towards a transdisciplinary research agenda Open
Understanding sustainable prosperity is an essential but complex task. It implies an ongoing multidisciplinary and transdisciplinary research agenda. This working paper sets out the dimensions of this task. In doing so it also establishes …
View article: Where the action isn't, that's where it is
Where the action isn't, that's where it is Open
Contribution to ARI Remix. ARI remix is a three-year digital humanities, artist interviews and oral history project collecting and presenting memories of Australian Artist-run culture in Queensland, New South Wales and the Australian Capit…
View article: The Courts:Criminal Trials as Strategic Arenas
The Courts:Criminal Trials as Strategic Arenas Open
In this chapter we analyze cases where social movement activists are prosecuted in the courts for protest actions. The courthouse is a significant arena for social movement strategy, a symbolic site for the arbitration of collective disput…