A ‘new institutional fix’? The ‘community turn’ and the changing role of the voluntary sector
in Landscapes of voluntarism
June 2006; published online March 2012.
Chapter. Subjects: organizations. 7984 words.
This chapter explores how policies for regenerating deprived areas and tackling different aspects of social exclusion in the UK have taken a ‘community turn’ which embraces an enhanced role for the...
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A ‘pivotal moment’? Education policy in England, 2005
in Social Policy Review 18
June 2006; published online March 2012.
Chapter. Subjects: social research and statistics. 5880 words.
This chapter argues that the Labour government reached a pivotal point in its third term, in relation to its two long-standing objectives of raising educational performance, while also reducing...
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A 15-Year Longitudinal Study of Halstead-Reitan Neuropsychological Test Performance
in The Journals of Gerontology: Series B
November 1996.
Journal Article. Subjects: psychology; gerontology and ageing; geriatric medicine. 0 words.
Using a two-stage growth curve analysis, change over time in performance on tests in the Halstead-Reitan Battery and Average Impairment Rating (AIR) was assessed for 53 individuals who varied in age...
A 5-Year Retrospective Examination of Cognitive Screening Test Stages in Normal Older Adults and Patients With Alzheimer's Disease
in The Journals of Gerontology: Series B
September 2001; published online September 2001.
Journal Article. Subjects: psychology; gerontology and ageing; geriatric medicine. 3968 words.
One conception of aging and cognitive deterioration is that cognitive decline becomes common with age, and dementia may be regarded as one extreme of the continuum. An alternative conception...
A. and R. v Federal Republic of Germany
in International Journal of Refugee Law
December 2011; published online December 2011.
Journal Article. Subjects: human rights and immigration; refugee studies. 5125 words.
“A Bastion of Sanity in a Crazy World”: A Local Feminist Movement and the Reconstitution of Scale, Space, and Place in an Eastern German City
in Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State & Society
January 2006; published online November 2006.
Journal Article. Subjects: gender and sexuality; politics. 9926 words.
This article examines the development of the local women’s movement in one city in eastern Germany since German unification in 1990. Utilizing a framework that attends to issues of scale, space, and...
“A Collective of Individuals”: Between Self and Solidarity in a Rainbow Gathering*
in Sociology of Religion
January 2009; published online August 2009.
Journal Article. Subjects: sociology of religion; religion. 9955 words.
Using ethnographic fieldwork, this paper examines the relation between practices of individuality and solidarity in an alternative spiritual gathering called “The Rainbow” in Israel. Following the...
A. Convergence and specificity of the mandates
in Refugee Survey Quarterly
January 1999; published online January 1999.
Journal Article. Subjects: refugee studies; economics. 0 words.
A. Convergence and specificity of the mandates
in Refugee Survey Quarterly
January 1999; published online January 1999.
Journal Article. Subjects: refugee studies; economics. 0 words.
A. Convergence and specificity of the mandates
in Refugee Survey Quarterly
January 1999; published online January 1999.
Journal Article. Subjects: refugee studies; economics. 0 words.