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UK politicians don’t want to talk about sportswashing
There are plenty of British politicians who love talking about sport. It makes them appear normal, grounded and relatable to voters. But it seems that not many enjoy talking about the political side of it – especially the concept of “sportswashing”, when sport is allegedly used by a country to deflect attention away from concerns over issues such as human rights violations it might be involved in. My recently… Read complete article © The Conversation -
UK politicians don’t want to talk about sportswashing Original
There are plenty of British politicians who love talking about sport. It makes them appear normal, grounded and relatable to voters. But it seems that not many enjoy talking about the political side of it – especially the concept of “sportswashing”, when sport is allegedly used by a country to deflect attention away from concerns over issues such as human rights violations it might be involved in.
Sports Cages as Social Infrastructure: Sociality, Context, and Contest in Hackney's Cages
Introduction The concept of social infrastructure has swiftly risen to prominence in academia and in policy over the past decade (Middleton and Samanani 2022). This growing prominence is evident in academic journals such as Antipode and Urban Geography, and in reports produced by the UK Government (HM Government 2022), the European Union (Fransen et al. 2018), and the United Nations (UN 2023).
“They Tarred Me with the Same Brush”: Navigating Stigma in the Context of Child Removal
Open AccessArticle by Joanne McGrath 1,*, Monique Lhussier 1, Stephen Crossley 2 and Natalie Forster 1 1 Department of Social Work, Education and Community Wellbeing, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ST, UK 2 Department of Sociology, Durham University, Durham DH1 3HN, UK * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed. Int. J. Environ. Res.
“We want to be included in the final say” participatory research on poverty — UK Poverty
By Amanda Button In October 2019, ATD Fourth World launched their participatory research project that looks at how we can develop an understanding of poverty in all its forms. I have been a part of this project from the beginning and involved with ATD for much longer. More than ten years ago, I met ATD Fourth World. It's where we can come out the other side of poverty. We come together with others in a way that makes each person feel honoured in their soul.
The UK Government’s Troubled Families Programme: Delivering Social Justice?
This article examines and reviews the evidence surrounding the UK Government’s Troubled Families Programme (TFP), a flagship social policy launched in 2011, following riots in towns and cities across England. The programme aims to work with over 500,000 ‘troubled families’ by 2020, using a ‘whole family’ intervention. It has been beset by controversy and criticism since its inception, but it has been described by the government as ‘promoting social justice’.
Consumption of energy drinks by children and young people: a rapid review examining evidence of physical effects and consumer attitudes
Energy drinks are non-alcoholic beverages that typically contain high levels of caffeine (>150 mg/L) and sugar in combination with other ingredients known to have stimulant properties. They are marketed explicitly as a way to relieve fatigue and improve mental alertness, in contrast with sports or isotonic drinks which are intended to help athletes rehydrate after exercise.
Fabian Society " The blame game
Politicians, and those with political aspirations, have often sought to demonstrate their concern about poor neighbourhoods by visiting them. The historian Seth Koven notes that when William Beveridge first arrived at Toynbee Hall, one of the university settlements in the East End of London, ‘he felt like ‘an American tourist doing Whitechapel in two days’.
The Troubled Families Programme: the perfect social policy
Coverage of the recent announcement regarding the ‘success’ of the Troubled Families Programme (TFP) in turning round over 105,000 families appears to have missed a very interesting finding from the release of the local authority figures. The government press release accompanying the news states that There are 117,910 families targeted under the government’s Troubled Families programme.
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