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Classification and Control: Purity and Danger in Britain’s Asylum Regime Open
This article engages Douglas caution against an ‘unsociological view of cognition’ that fails to recognise classification as an epistemological issue. In so doing, it offers a conceptual framework for addressing this linkage in relation to…
Pushing the borders of social policy analysis Open
In this conversation the joint winners of the 2023 British Academy Peter Townsend Book Prize discuss their books with Mary Daly. The prize is awarded biennially for outstanding work in social policy. Lydia Morris, author of The Moral Econo…
Citizen Rights, Migrant Rights and Civic Stratification Open
This book explores the concept of civic stratification and examines its contemporary relevance for analysis and understanding of the functioning of rights in society. David Lockwood's (1996) concept of civic stratification outlines the way…
Blocking dPerk in the intestine suppresses neurodegeneration in a Drosophila model of Parkinson’s disease Open
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is characterised by selective death of dopaminergic (DA) neurons in the midbrain and motor function impairment. Gastrointestinal issues often precede motor deficits in PD, indicating that the gut-brain axis is invo…