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Children, belonging and social capital: the PTA and middle class narratives of social involvement in the North-West of England (2003)
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Bagnall, G., Longhurst, B., & Savage, M. (2003). Children, belonging and social capital: the PTA and middle class narratives of social involvement in the North-West of England. Sociological Research Online, 8(4),

This paper uses data gathered from an ESRC funded research project on social networks, social capital and lifestyle to provide an account of narratives of belonging and social involvement. Drawing on data from 88 in-depth interviews carried out in th... Read More about Children, belonging and social capital: the PTA and middle class narratives of social involvement in the North-West of England.

The construction of corruption, or rules of separation and illusions of purity in bourgeois societies (2003)
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Bratsis, P. (2003). The construction of corruption, or rules of separation and illusions of purity in bourgeois societies. Social Text, 21(4 77), 9-33. https://doi.org/10.1215/01642472-21-4_77-9

George W. Bush and his "coalition of the willing" wage war on the corrupt regime of Saddam Hussein. Islamic fundamentalists deride their national governments as corrupt and, accordingly, have little love for the United States, a patron of many of the... Read More about The construction of corruption, or rules of separation and illusions of purity in bourgeois societies.

Art and public liaison: Salford Reds (2003)
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Haywood, P., Heeley, J., & Kennedy, M. (2003). Art and public liaison: Salford Reds. International Journal of the Arts in Society, 1(5), 153-160

An artist-led project exploring the potential for artistic intervention in Urban Regeneration through Innovation. Informing the design brief for a new Innovation Forum building.

Revising the ‘myth’ of a ‘clean wehrmacht’: generals’ trials, public opinion, and the dynamics of Vergangenheitsbewältigung in West Germany, 1948–60 (2003)
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Searle, D. (2003). Revising the ‘myth’ of a ‘clean wehrmacht’: generals’ trials, public opinion, and the dynamics of Vergangenheitsbewältigung in West Germany, 1948–60. German Historical Institute London Bulletin, 25(2), 17-48

Among one of the most consistent claims made by the organizers and supporters of the ‘Wehrmacht exhibition’ has been that the ‘myth’ of a ‘clean Wehrmacht’ took root in the Federal Republic of Germany in the early 1950s, lasting well into the 1980s,... Read More about Revising the ‘myth’ of a ‘clean wehrmacht’: generals’ trials, public opinion, and the dynamics of Vergangenheitsbewältigung in West Germany, 1948–60.

Communication and miscommunication of risk: understanding UK parents' attitudes to combined MMR vaccination (2003)
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Bellaby, P. (2003). Communication and miscommunication of risk: understanding UK parents' attitudes to combined MMR vaccination. British medical journal, 327(7417), 725-728. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.327.7417.725

In this article on the public perception of risks Paul Bellaby considers three examples of risks to children in the UK—an insignificant risk (autism caused by MMR vaccine), a real but probably small risk (vCJD from BSE), and a real and demonstrably l... Read More about Communication and miscommunication of risk: understanding UK parents' attitudes to combined MMR vaccination.

Managing design in the extended enterprise (2003)
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Wootton, A., Bruce, M., Cooper, R., Hands, D., & Daly, L. (2003). Managing design in the extended enterprise. Building Research and Information, 31(5), 367-378. https://doi.org/10.1080/0961321032000107555

Design is a key driver of the innovation process. It is the creative engine underpinning a new product or service. Quite often, however, design is treated as the Cinderella of the innovation process and as such can be neglected and not managed as int... Read More about Managing design in the extended enterprise.

These Englands: or where does devolution leave the English? (2003)
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Bryant, C. (2003). These Englands: or where does devolution leave the English?. Nations and Nationalism, 9(3), 393-412. https://doi.org/10.1111/1469-8219.00103

Devolution to Scotland and Wales has not yet led to popular demand for a new constitutional settlement for England, but it has led to renewed debate about who the English are. One reason why the English find this a difficult question is that there is... Read More about These Englands: or where does devolution leave the English?.

Skepticist philosophy as ethnomethodology (2003)
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Dennis, A. (2003). Skepticist philosophy as ethnomethodology. Philosophy of the Social Sciences, 33(2), 151-173. https://doi.org/10.1177/0048393103033002001

Ethnomethodology is in trouble, its conceptual apparatus prone to indifference or misunderstanding both from "conventional" sociologists and from its own practitioners. This article describes some of these loci of confusion and suggests that they hav... Read More about Skepticist philosophy as ethnomethodology.

'A conquerable yet resilient foe': British perceptions of the Imperial Japanese Army's tactics on the India-Burma front, September 1942 to Summer 1944 (2003)
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Ford, D. (2003). 'A conquerable yet resilient foe': British perceptions of the Imperial Japanese Army's tactics on the India-Burma front, September 1942 to Summer 1944. Intelligence and National Security, 18(1), 65-90. https://doi.org/10.1080/02684520308559247

Britain's ability to discard its image of the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) as an invincible enemy during the Burma campaign hinged upon two key factors. First, accurate assessments of the appropriate means to overcome the IJA not only hinged upon rel... Read More about 'A conquerable yet resilient foe': British perceptions of the Imperial Japanese Army's tactics on the India-Burma front, September 1942 to Summer 1944.

The future of the radical centre in Northern Ireland after the Good Friday Agreement (2003)
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Evans, J., & Tonge, J. (2003). The future of the radical centre in Northern Ireland after the Good Friday Agreement. Political Studies, 51(1), 26-50. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9248.00411

The 1998 Good Friday Agreement has provided a new political dispensation in Northern Ireland. Through the management of the competing aims of unionism and nationalism, the Agreement hopes to promote cross-community consensus and forge a new, moderate... Read More about The future of the radical centre in Northern Ireland after the Good Friday Agreement.

Values, cleavages and party choice in France, 1988-1995 (2003)
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Andersen, R., & Evans, J. (2003). Values, cleavages and party choice in France, 1988-1995. French Politics, 1(1), 83-114. https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.fp.8200019

This paper examines the relations between social cleavages, voters' values and party choice in France from 1988 to 1995. Its main goal is to assess Grunberg and Schweisguth's influential claim that 1995 was marked by a critical election whereby Frenc... Read More about Values, cleavages and party choice in France, 1988-1995.

CRM packaged software: a study of organisational experiences (2003)
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Light, B. (2003). CRM packaged software: a study of organisational experiences. Business Process Management Journal, 9(5), 603-616. https://doi.org/10.1108/14637150310496712

Customer Relationship Management (CRM) packaged software has become a key contributor to attempts at aligning business and IT strategies in recent years. Throughout the 1990s there was, in many organisations strategies, a shift from the need to mana... Read More about CRM packaged software: a study of organisational experiences.