A Guardian of Universal Interest or Increasingly Out of its Depth?

In contemporary debates on the authority of global institutions, there is an important yet often overlooked organisational curiosity: namely, the International Seabed Authority (‘ISA’). The ISA reflects a highpoint in international communitarian governance. Premised around traditional notions of access, control and allocation of deep seabed resources, its mandate is both invariably spatial-temporal, and yet also…Continue Reading A Guardian of Universal Interest or Increasingly Out of its Depth?

Community Health Trainers in the UK – identity, identity work and boundary work

This article contributes empirical findings and sociological theoretical perspectives to discussions of the role of community lay health workers, including in improving the health of individuals and communities. We focus on the role of the Health Trainer (HT), at its inception described as one of the most innovative developments in UK Public Health policy. University…Continue Reading Community Health Trainers in the UK – identity, identity work and boundary work

Predictors of Dropout in Disordered Gamblers in UK Residential Treatment Authors

Within the cohort of individuals who seek treatment for disordered gambling, over half fail to complete treatment. The current study sought to identify predictors of treatment dropout in a sample of gamblers attending a residential treatment facility for disordered gamblers in the UK and to report differences in voluntary and enforced dropout. Data on 658…Continue Reading Predictors of Dropout in Disordered Gamblers in UK Residential Treatment Authors

Making a Co-operative University: a new form of knowing – not public but social

        Calls to establish public education avoid the fact that public education is provided by the capitalist state whose real purpose is the market-based model of private gain. Public against private education is a false dichotomy; rather, public and private are complementary forms of capitalist regulation. Radical alternatives require a more foundational…Continue Reading Making a Co-operative University: a new form of knowing – not public but social