Contemporary Social Science

2013 - 2024

Current editor(s): Professor David Canter

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Volume 9, issue 4, 2014

Critical issues in social science climate change research pp. 359-373

Catherine Leyshon

Values, identity and pro-environmental behaviour pp. 374-392

Birgitta Gatersleben, Niamh Murtagh and Wokje Abrahamse

Urban experiments and climate change: securing zero carbon development in Bangalore pp. 393-414

Harriet Bulkeley and Vanesa Castán Broto

Putting practice into policy: reconfiguring questions of consumption and climate change pp. 415-429

Elizabeth Shove

Input-output analyses of the pollution content of intra- and inter-national trade flows pp. 430-455

Karen Turner, Cathy Xin Cui, Soo Jung Ha and Geoffrey Hewings

Decentralising energy: comparing the drivers and influencers of projects led by public, private, community and third sector actors pp. 456-470

Bouke Wiersma and Patrick Devine-Wright

Volume 9, issue 3, 2014

Asylum-seeking migration, identity-building and social cohesion: policy-making vs. social action for cultural recognition pp. 285-297

Amadu Wurie Khan

Identities in diaspora: social, national and political identities of the Irish and Northern Irish in England pp. 298-310

Eve Binks and Neil Ferguson

Understanding human trafficking: perspectives from social science, security matters, business and human rights pp. 311-321

Michael Chibba

Motivations to remit: evidence from Chitwan, Nepal pp. 322-337

Pratikshya Bohra-Mishra

The crisis in economics: What can it tell us about social science? pp. 338-344

Martyn Hammersley

The perils of 'impact' for academic social science pp. 345-355

Martyn Hammersley

A Map of the Social Sciences pp. 356-357

David Canter

Volume 9, issue 2, 2014

Olympic legacies: recurrent rhetoric and harsh realities pp. 137-158

Alan Tomlinson

The Beijing Olympics: complicit consumerism and the re-invention of citizenship pp. 159-172

Steven Miles

The legacies of the Athens 2004 Olympic Games: a bitter-sweet burden pp. 173-195

Roy Panagiotopoulou

Making the Olympics work: interpreting diversity and inclusivity in employment and skills development pre-London 2012 pp. 196-209

Lynn Minnaert

Training of Vancouver 2010 volunteers: a legacy opportunity? pp. 210-226

Angela M. Benson, Tracey J. Dickson, F. Anne Terwiel and Deborah A. Blackman

Landscapes of London 2012: 'adiZones' and the production of (corporate) Olympic space pp. 227-241

Francesca Weber-Newth

Legacies of 2012: putting women's boxing into discourse pp. 242-252

Kath Woodward

London's shadow legacies: security and activism at the 2012 Olympics pp. 253-270

Jules Boykoff and Pete Fussey

The 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games and Brazil's soft power pp. 271-283

Bárbara Schausteck de Almeida, Wanderley Marchi Júnior and Elizabeth Pike

Crime and society pp. 284-284

Donna Youngs

Volume 9, issue 1, 2014

Social sciences and social movements: the theoretical context pp. 1-14

Giovanni A. Travaglino

Unity within diversity: a social psychological analysis of the internal diversity of the Indignados movement pp. 15-30

Tiina Likki

The political economy of Israel's 'social justice' protests: a class and generational analysis pp. 31-48

Zeev Rosenhek and Michael Shalev

Hashtags, ruling relations and the everyday: institutional ethnography insights on social movements pp. 49-62

Bram Meuleman and Corra Boushel

A matter of law and order: reporting the Salford riots in local news webpages pp. 63-78

Sharon Coen and Caroline Jones

The moral economy of the UK student protest movement 2010-2011 pp. 79-91

Joseph Ibrahim

Networks, counter-networks and political socialisation - paths and barriers to high-cost/risk activism in the 2010/11 student protests against fees and cuts pp. 92-105

Alexander Hensby

Something's wrong here: transnational dissent and the unimagined community pp. 106-120

Brian Callan

Why the psychology of collective action requires qualitative transformation as well as quantitative change pp. 121-134

Andrew G. Livingstone

Special Issue of Contemporary Social Science The self in contemporary social science pp. 135-135

Charalambos Tsekeris

Volume 8, issue 3, 2013

Knowledge mobilisation and the social sciences: dancing with new partners in an age of austerity pp. 167-175

Jon Bannister and Irene Hardill

Impact and knowledge mobilisation: what I have learnt as Chair of the Economic and Social Research Council Evaluation Committee pp. 176-190

Ann Buchanan

A model for knowledge mobilisation and implications for the education of social researchers pp. 191-206

Paul Ellwood, Richard Thorpe and Charlotte Coleman

Why social scientists should engage with natural scientists pp. 207-222

Philip Lowe, Jeremy Phillipson and Katy Wilkinson

Researching with impact in the Global South? Impact-evaluation practices and the reproduction of 'development knowledge' pp. 223-236

Glyn Williams

Research, policy and knowledge flows in education: what counts in knowledge mobilisation? pp. 237-248

Gemma Moss

Knowledge mobilisation and the civic academy: the nature of evidence, the roles of narrative and the potential of contribution analysis pp. 249-262

Jon Bannister and Anthony O'Sullivan

Everyday ethics in community-based participatory research pp. 263-277

Sarah Banks, Andrea Armstrong, Kathleen Carter, Helen Graham, Peter Hayward, Alex Henry, Tessa Holland, Claire Holmes, Amelia Lee, Ann McNulty, Niamh Moore, Nigel Nayling, Ann Stokoe and Aileen Strachan

Mobilising knowledge in community - university partnerships: what does a community of practice approach contribute? pp. 278-291

Angie Hart, Ceri Davies, Kim Aumann, Etienne Wenger, Kay Aranda, Becky Heaver and David Wolff

'It's what gets through people's radars isn't it': relationships in social work practice and knowledge exchange pp. 292-306

Mark Smith, Heather Wilkinson and Michael Gallagher

Mobilising the experiential knowledge of clinicians, patients and carers for applied health-care research pp. 307-320

Pam Carter, Roger Beech, Domenica Coxon, Martin J. Thomas and Clare Jinks

Enlivening evidence-based policy through embodiment and emotions pp. 321-332

Irene Hardill and Sarah Mills

Rethinking policy-related research: charting a path using qualitative comparative analysis and complexity theory pp. 333-345

Tim Blackman

Intangible assets, absorbing knowledge and its impact on firm performance: theory, measurement and policy implications pp. 346-361

Richard Harris and John Moffat

Volume 8, issue 2, 2013

Punishing children for their behaviour pp. 83-91

Raymond Arthur

Competence and authority: adolescent treatment refusals for physical and mental health conditions pp. 92-103

Emma Cave

Education in custody: young males' perspectives pp. 104-119

Anne Kennedy

Teaching policy and practice: early years, neoliberalism and communities of practice pp. 120-129

Ewan Ingleby

Sentencing mothers: the rights of the child and the duties of the criminal courts pp. 130-140

Rona Epstein

Providers to enablers: reflections on the provision of positive activities targeting criminal and anti-social behaviour of young people pp. 141-155

Stuart Agnew

Child labour: parameters, developmental implications, causes and consequences pp. 156-165

Mervyn Martin

Volume 8, issue 1, 2013

Alcohol and public policy pp. 1-7

Thom Brooks

Alcohol and the family pp. 8-17

Woody Caan

Two decades and a Category 5 hurricane later... tracking homeless substance abusers in New Orleans pp. 18-30

Rachel L. Rayburn

Storytelling: Walter Benjamin and recovery from alcoholism pp. 31-35

Joel C. Beaupre

The borders of booze Britain: alcohol controls and nationality pp. 36-45

Tom Henri

Respectable drinkers, sensible drinking, serious leisure: single-malt whisky enthusiasts and the moral panic of irresponsible Others pp. 46-57

Karl Spracklen

Socially Responsible Investment in the alcohol industry: an assessment of investor attitudes and ethical arguments pp. 58-70

Boudewijn de Bruin

Minimum pricing for alcohol: a Millian perspective pp. 71-82

Ben Saunders