Post written by Nicki Taylor This Special Issue of Children Australia focuses on international child and family law topics. It includes nine high-quality articles from authors spanning three different countries – Australia, New Zealand and England.…
Post written by H.J.M. Fenger European welfare states have a tradition in compensating for social risks. But across Europe, remarkable transformations may be observed that shift the focus from a needs/rights based compensatory approach towards a more individualistic ‘social risk management’ approach to welfare.…
2014 marks 50 years of the Law and Society Association, the largest society for socio-legal scholarship. Attendance of the Association’s annual conference has grown from less than 100 scholars in the 1960s to more than 2000 in recent years, demonstrating the massive growth in this subject area.…
What is the most influential historical journal published in English? The answer, according to Google Scholar, is The Journal of Economic History.…
Post written by Wendy Dyer and Paul Biddle Improvements in offender healthcare are key to the current UK Government’s reform of the criminal justice system and the aims of reducing reoffending and protecting the public.…
Journal of Institutional Economics – Elinor Ostrom memorial issue Extract from the Editorial of issue 9/4 of Journal of Institutional Economics written by Geoffrey M.…
We are pleased to announce the publication of the “Un-America” Special issue of of Journal of American Studies. As an introduction to the topic of Un-Americanism, Dr George Lewis, Guest Editor of the Special Issue examines the topic and asks what un-Americanism is and whether it is still a relevant term today.…
Many politicians and policy makers in several countries have embraced the concept of ‘nudging’ in shaping policy and influencing citizens’ behaviour. …
Health Professionals Who Participate in Force-feeding Prisoners on Hunger Strike at Guantanamo Bay Should Lose Professional Licenses Force-feeding Violates Medical Ethics and Amounts to Torture Physicians and other licensed health professionals are force-feeding hunger strikers held prisoner at the US Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay (GTMO), Cuba.…
The June issue of The China Quarterly features a fascinating selection of articles entitled ‘Dying for Development’. Expert in Human Geography in China at Oxford University, Anna Lora-Wainwright looks at the issues surrounding development that have arisen from China’s rapid growth in recent years.…
Posted on behalf of Xavier Gutiérrez Xavier Gutiérrez is an assistant professor of Applied Linguistics and Spanish at the University of Alberta in Canada.…
Since its launch in 1993, the Financial History Review Bibliography has been an authoritative guide to works published in the field of Financial History.…
Congratulations, your paper has been accepted into a journal! What happens next? Peter Moorby, Production Editor for Cambridge Journals, helps demystify the article production process and explain what happens from submission to final publication.…
Written by John Edwards Based on an article in the July 2013 issue of Language Teaching. In the popular mind, constructing a language has always been seen as an odd activity, one that seems to fly in the face of ‘natural’ language dynamics.…
In ‘Influence of the EU Chemicals Regulation on the US Policy Reform Debate: Is a ‘California Effect’ Within REACH?’, published in Transnational Environmental Law (TEL) in April 2013, I investigated whether the demanding EU chemicals regulation (REACH) had led the exporting US chemicals sector to lobby its government to follow suit. …
Posted on behalf of Aline Godfroid, Paula Winke and Susan Gass Understanding how languages are learned involves investigating the cognitive processes that underlie acquisition.…
Post written by Jennifer Windsor, University of Minnesota, USA based on an article from the latest issue of Journal of Child Language Many young children live in institutional and orphanage care across the world.…
The new Editor of English Today, Emeritus Professor Clive Upton of Leeds University, answers a few questions about the future direction of the journal as it takes on a new editorial team and introduces new features.…
The China Quarterly is pleased to announce that the 2012 Gordon White Prize was awarded to Yan Xiaojun for his article entitled “To Get Rich Is Not Only Glorious”: Economic Reform and the New Entrepreneurial Party Secretaries, published in the June 2012 issue.…
This post has been adapted from Dr Liz Gloyn’s post ‘Getting the most out of the CA conference’ posted on The Classical Association Blog in February 2012.…
You’ve got an idea for a paper, but aren’t sure about how to get your scholarship to the right audience. Melissa Good, Commissioning Editor for Cambridge Journals, completes her overview.…
You’ve got an idea for a paper, but aren’t sure about how to get your scholarship to the right audience. Melissa Good, Commissioning Editor for Cambridge Journals, gives an overview. …
In today’s New York Times, columnist Paul Krugman cites political science research from a recently published article in Perspectives on Politics.…
Following China’s announcement of its annual defence budget at the National People’s Congress last month, The China Quarterly has published a new article that will help analysts, journalists and scholars better interpret China’s defence spending.…
In September 2010 the French Senate approved a ban on the wearing of face-covering headgear and in April 2011 it became illegal to wear a face-covering veil or other mask in public places.…
If you promise not to tell anyone, then I will let you in on something that only select people know. Promise?…
Cambridge University Press Social Science Publisher John Haslam offers a few final notes on getting your first book ready for publication. …
In his second post, Cambridge University Press Social Science Publisher John Haslam offers a few more notes on getting your first book ready for publication. …
In the first of three posts, Cambridge University Press Social Science Publisher John Haslam offers a few notes on getting your first book ready for publication.…
It is widely accepted that the manner in which a party campaigns at an election will shape its overall performance. Yet Matthew Goodwin observes that this has failed to translate into detailed research on party campaigning by parties on the radical and extremist fringe.…
The latest Special issue of Africa, guest Edited by Professors Christian Lund and Catherine Boone, examines how institutions and actors attempt to create and assert authority to determine access to land, and to exercise land control.…
Teenage pregnancy rates in the UK are high compared with many other countries but there is marked variation across local areas, including those with high deprivation.…
The current UK government’s policies include headlong spending cuts and a far-reaching restructuring of public provision. These policies have failed in their stated objectives of reducing the deficit and kick-starting growth.…
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