Contemporary Social Science

2013 - 2024

Current editor(s): Professor David Canter

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Volume 13, issue 3-4, 2018

Introduction: identity, jeopardy and moral dilemmas in conducting research in ‘risky’ environments pp. 305-322

Monique Marks and Julten Abdelhalim

Field, ethics and self: negotiating methodology in a Hindu right wing camp pp. 323-336

Aastha Tyagi

‘Don’t say “research”’: reducing bidirectional risk in Kibera slum pp. 337-353

E. Ashley Wilson

Environmentalist protection: feminist methodology and participant risk for research with Chinese NGOs pp. 354-371

Angela Leggett

Ethical and methodological responses to risks in fieldwork with deaf Ugandans pp. 372-385

Goedele A. M. De Clerck and Sam Lutalo-Kiingi

‘We are your brothers, we will know where you are at all times’: risk, violence and positionality in Karachi pp. 386-396

Sarwat Viqar

Accommodating fieldwork to irreconcilable equations of citizenship, authoritarianism, poverty and fear in Egypt pp. 397-411

Julten Abdelhalim

Where the dust settles: fieldwork, subjectivity and materiality in Cairo pp. 412-428

Aya Nassar

Risky closeness and distance in two fieldwork sites in Brazil pp. 429-443

Andreza Aruska de Souza Santos

Rumours, fears and solidarity in fieldwork in times of political turmoil on the verge of war in Southern Yemen pp. 444-456

Anne-Linda Amira Augustin

Urban animals – shifting ecologies of proximities pp. 457-457

The Editors

Volume 13, issue 2, 2018

Twenty-first century grandparents: global perspectives on changing roles and consequences pp. 131-144

Ann Buchanan and Anna Rotkirch

Global demographic change and grandparenthood pp. 145-158

George W. Leeson

Interdisciplinary perspectives on grandparental investment: a journey towards causality pp. 159-174

David A. Coall, Sonja Hilbrand, Rebecca Sear and Ralph Hertwig

Grandparents as substitute parents in the UK pp. 175-186

Joan Hunt

Variations in grandfathering: characteristics of involved, passive, and disengaged grandfathers pp. 187-202

James S. Bates, Alan C. Taylor and M. Hunter Stanfield

Marital disruption and intergenerational relations among older Finns pp. 203-218

Mirkka Danielsbacka and Antti O. Tanskanen

Grandparenting and adolescent well-being: evidence from the UK and Israel pp. 219-231

Shalhevet Attar-Schwartz and Ann Buchanan

Grandparental involvement and South African adolescents’ emotional and behavioural health: a summary of research findings pp. 232-245

Lauren Gail Wild

Do grandparents matter? Intergenerational relationships between the closest grandparents and Malaysian adolescents pp. 246-260

Jo-Pei Tan

Outdated assumptions about maternal grandmothers? Gender and lineage in grandparent–grandchild relationships pp. 261-274

Lynn Jamieson, Eloi Ribe and Pamela Warner

Grandparents’ social identities in cultural context pp. 275-287

Ziarat Hossain, Giovanna Eisberg and David W. Shwalb

Assessing associations in substance use across three generations: from grandparents to sons and from sons to their children pp. 288-304

Deborah M. Capaldi, Stacey S. Tiberio and David C. R. Kerr

Volume 13, issue 1, 2018

Erratum pp. i-i

The Editors

Sustaining natural resources in a changing environment: evidence, policy and impact pp. 1-16

Ruth Kattumuri

International water targets and national realities in Sub-Saharan Africa: the case of Uganda pp. 17-29

Kevin Sansom, David Hirst and Sam Kayaga

Towards sustainable development: planning surface coal mine closures in India pp. 30-43

Raman Srikanth and Hippu Salk Kristle Nathan

The impact of urbanisation on land resources in Chongqing, China, 1997–2015 pp. 44-57

Huiming Zong and Bingjie Cai

Negotiating transparency: NGOs and contentious politics of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative in Ghana pp. 58-71

Nelson Oppong

Gendered participation in community forest governance in India pp. 72-84

Satyapriya Rout

Community empowerment in changing environments: creating value through food security pp. 85-99

Nicole Kenton and Sumita Singha

Environmental impact assessment: evidence-based policymaking in Brazil pp. 100-111

Kathryn Hochstetler

Low carbon energy and international development: from research impact to policymaking pp. 112-127

Ed Brown, Ben Campbell, Jon Cloke, Long Seng To, Britta Turner and Alistair Wray

Call for Papers: Female killers in contemporary society pp. 128-128

Helen Gavin

The changing world of work and employment pp. 129-129

Polly Lord

Volume 12, issue 3-4, 2017

Youngsters and adolescents in troubled contexts: worldwide perspectives pp. 165-174

Charalambos Tsekeris and Lily Stylianoudi

The contribution of guardian care and peer support for psychological resilience among orphaned adolescents in Ethiopia pp. 175-188

Daniel Sewasew, Orna Braun-Lewensohn and Ebabush Kassa

Ethnicity, politics and Zambian youth pp. 189-201

Derek Roberts and Simusa Silwamba

Youth identity in desegregated schools of Johannesburg pp. 202-214

Marie Jacobs

Violence and youth voter turnout in sub-saharan Africa pp. 215-226

Dabesaki Mac-Ikemenjima

Marginalised youth, violence and policing: a qualitative study in Recife, Brazil pp. 227-241

Roxana Pessoa Cavalcanti

Struggling for tomorrow: the future orientations of youth activism in a democratic crisis pp. 242-257

Tin-yuet Ting

Resistant identities: culture and politics among Kuwaiti youth pp. 258-271

Emanuela Buscemi

Between rap and jihad: spectacular subcutlures, terrorism and visuality pp. 272-284

Uliano Conti

‘Squashing the Beef’: Combatting Gang Violence and Reforming Masculinity in East London pp. 285-296

Gary Armstrong and James Rosbrook-Thompson

Disadvantaged students and art school: the outcasts on the inside between acquiescence and contestation pp. 297-315

Anna Uboldi

Aspiring workers or striving consumers? Rethinking social exclusion in the era of consumer capitalism pp. 316-332

Lara Monticelli and Simone Baglioni

Youth in the age of anxiety: the case of a southern European location pp. 333-346

Valerie Visanich

Imagining the future in a difficult present: storylines from Spanish youth pp. 347-360

María Luz Morán and Laura Fernández de Mosteyrín

Young individuals as microcosms of the Portuguese crisis pp. 361-375

Magda Nico

Investigating the roots of political disengagement of young Greek Cypriots pp. 376-392

Ioanna Christodoulou, Charis Pashias, Sotiris Theocharides and Bettina Davou

Volume 12, issue 1-2, 2017

Political activism across the life course pp. 1-12

Sevasti-Melissa Nolas, Christos Varvantakis and Vinnarasan Aruldoss

Embodying ‘the Next Generation’: children’s everyday environmental activism in India and England pp. 13-26

Catherine Walker

Teenage girls’ narratives of becoming activists pp. 27-39

Jessica K. Taft

Narrative resources and political violence: the life stories of former clandestine militants in Portugal pp. 40-51

Raquel da Silva

Politicisation in later life: experience and motivations of older people participating in a protest for the first time pp. 52-67

Jonathan R. Guillemot and Debora J. Price

Talking politics in everyday family lives pp. 68-83

Sevasti-Melissa Nolas, Christos Varvantakis and Vinnarasan Aruldoss

Digital citizens? Data traces and family life pp. 84-95

Veronica Barassi

Welfare mothers’ grassroots activism for economic justice pp. 96-109

Sheila Marie Katz

Play as activism? Early childhood and (inter)generational politics pp. 110-122

Rachel Rosen

Educational activism across the divide: empowering youths and their communities pp. 123-137

Thalia Dragonas and Anni Vassiliou

Housing choices in later life as unclaimed forms of housing activism pp. 138-152

Andrea Jones

Enduring ideals: revisiting Lifetimes of Commitment twenty-five years later pp. 153-163

Molly Andrews