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Political Islam in South Asia
No full textThis reference book provides an in-depth library of information on the countries and territories of the region. Exhaustively researched by Europa's experienced editorial team, this title includes a vast range of up-to-date economic, political and statistical data. Combining impartial analysis with facts and figures, it provides a unique overall perspective on this increasingly important region
Macroplastic pollution in freshwater environments: focusing public and policy action
Get PDFUnderstanding and managing plastic pollution is an increasingly important environmental priority for policy makers, businesses and scientists. Awareness of the potential damage to the world’s oceans has grown but there is less attention given to freshwater ecosystems. Yet, rivers are the dominant source of plastic pollution to the marine environment, as well as a potential sink, accumulating plastic from multiple sources. Actions to reduce the presence of macroplastics in rivers is fundamental to conserving both freshwater and marine environments, but there is limited understanding of potential pollution sources, vectors and storage. Importantly, there are only a handful of studies examining the typologies of freshwater macroplastic pollution, often using different categories and collection methods. This impedes setting priorities for scientific investigation and mitigation measures. The present study identifies the most prevalent macroplastic items in freshwater environments in Europe, with a focus on consumer plastic items, i.e. those that could potentially be reduced by targeted actions by the public, as well as industrial and government intervention. Our analysis addresses the differences between reported macroplastics in freshwater and marine environments as well as those estimated from litter rates. Our results identify a macroplastic “top ten”, i.e. those dominant plastic typologies that require a more focused effort to reformulate their use and management, as well as setting a common baseline for a more consistent data gathering and reporting approach
Rise in the use of section 136 of the Mental Health Act 1983 in England and Wales: a viewpoint on Loughran (2018)
Get PDFThis article provides a critical viewpoint on Loughran’s recent work in 'Medicine, Science and the Law' on the causes of the rise in the police’s use of section 136 (s136) of the Mental Health Act 1983 (Loughran M. Detention under section 136: why is it increasing? 'Med Sci Law' 2018; 58: 268–274). The rate of this rise seems significant: by 2014, it was five times more likely that a person in England would be detained in a hospital under s136 than it was in 2000, and the trend has continued to the present day. This viewpoint considers the significance of the s136 rise from the theoretical perspective of causal analysis
Neurodiversity studies: a new critical paradigm
No full textBuilding on work in feminist studies, queer studies and critical race theory, this volume challenges the universality of propositions about human nature, by questioning the boundaries between predominant neurotypes and ‘others’, including dyslexics, autistics and ADHDers
Three pronged attack: the pincer movement of gender allies, tempered radicals and pioneers
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Sharon LeFevre (1953-1999): self-harm and the ethics of testimony
No full textThis article remembers the activism of Sharon LeFevre, a ‘psychiatric survivor’ activist of the late 1990s. LeFevre focused mainly on the issue of self-harm. The article contextualizes her activism within British social movement politics and then discusses it in terms of three contributions: first to the theory of self-harm; second to the ethics of the professional-service user relationship; and third to the politics of ‘testimony’. Testimony refers to the use of the personal experience of suffering as a form of political intervention. Although LeFevre’s activism was provocative, controversial, and even paradoxical, the article argues that it was significant in its time and remains relevant today for the resources it provides to critique contemporary psychiatry, particularly the treatment of self-harm
A high status, research-informed profession: the foundation for successful teacher recruitment and retention?
No full textThis chapter examines the basis of the current crisis in recruitment and retention of teachers. Arguing that many of the underlying factors are the result of its relatively low status, the chapter moves to a consideration, supported by international comparators, of how this might be addressed. Countries in which teaching is held in high regard are, not without coincidence, also countries that enjoy high achievement against such benchmarks as PISA. We propose a model of teacher education, supported by the UK’s Universities’ Council for the Education of Teachers that exemplifies the nexus between teaching and research in terms of the content and design of teacher education programmes and also the role of teacher educator as both consumers and producers of research. This model demonstrates that intellectual, research-informed, career-long teacher education can be the foundation for enhancing the status of the teaching profession. We argue that in turn this can ultimately lead to successful and sufficient recruitment to and retention in the teaching profession
