Ordinary, ambivalent and defensive: class identities in the Northwest of England (2001)
Journal Article
Savage, M., Bagnall, G., & Longhurst, B. (2001). Ordinary, ambivalent and defensive: class identities in the Northwest of England. Sociology, 35(4), 875-892. https://doi.org/10.1177/0038038501035004005

This paper uses data gathered from an ESRC funded research project on social networks, social capital and lifestyle to provide an account of contemporary class identities derived from 178 in-depth interviews carried out in the Manchester area between... Read More about Ordinary, ambivalent and defensive: class identities in the Northwest of England.

Making decisions about people: the organisational contingencies of illness (2001)
Book
Dennis, A. (2001). Making decisions about people: the organisational contingencies of illness. Ashgate

Approaches to the risk of riding motorcycles: reflections on the problem of reconciling statistical risk assessment and motorcyclists' own reasons for riding (2001)
Journal Article
Lawrenson, D., & Bellaby, P. (2001). Approaches to the risk of riding motorcycles: reflections on the problem of reconciling statistical risk assessment and motorcyclists' own reasons for riding. Sociological Review, 49(3), 368-388. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-954X.00337

The manners in which motorcyclists and road safety experts assess motorcycling diverge widely. Experts view it as an extremely risky venture and imply that only the foolhardy would engage in it. Our own survey research appears to support this view. A... Read More about Approaches to the risk of riding motorcycles: reflections on the problem of reconciling statistical risk assessment and motorcyclists' own reasons for riding.

Evidence-based practice and risk: the sociology of health care grappling with knowledge and uncertainty (2001)
Book Chapter
Bellaby, P. (2001). Evidence-based practice and risk: the sociology of health care grappling with knowledge and uncertainty. In A. Edwards, & G. Elwyn (Eds.), Evidence-based patient choice: inevitable or impossible? (78-94). Oxford University Press

Feminist philosophy and information systems (2001)
Journal Article
Adam, A., & Richardson, H. (2001). Feminist philosophy and information systems. Information Systems Frontiers, 3(2), 143-154. https://doi.org/10.1023/A%3A1011487221497

This paper offers a new approach to the philosophical foundations of information systems (IS) through feminist philosophy and, in particular, feminist epistemology. This can be used to expose the universalizing tendency of many information systems an... Read More about Feminist philosophy and information systems.