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Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research

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Crime, Culture and Control

Constructive interventions in public debates on themes such as imprisonment, drugs, and surveillance.
The Civil Society

Investigating the socio-cultural dynamics of philanthropic behaviour and its effects on society.
Risk & Uncertainty: Critical Approaches

Working towards a better understanding of the new relationship between risk and society.
Health, Social Care and Embodiment

Looking into health care organisation and policy, risk assessment/managment and primary care.
Work, Employment and Economic Life

Understanding the changing nature of work, and how losing a type of work impacts society.
Migration, Ethnicity, Religion and Belonging

Current studies on race, ethnicity, religion and space – occurring within, and beyond, Kent University.

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Monitoring Parents: Science, evidence, experts and the new parenting culture
Organised by Parenting Culture Studies...

The utility and validity for public health of ethnicity categorisation
Peter Aspinall has just published a new article, 'The utility and validity for public health of ethnicity categorisation in the 1991, 2001 and 2011 British censuses', in Public Health 2011.

The Body and Social Theory

Violence and Society

The Migration History, Demography, & Socio-Economic Position of the Somali Community in Britain

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