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History of developments in understanding abnormal behavior (2018)
Book Chapter
Markova, I., & Berrios, G. (2018). History of developments in understanding abnormal behavior. In J. N. Butcher, & J. M. Hooley (Eds.), APA Handbook of Psychopathology Volume 1: Psychopathology: Understanding, Assessing, and Treating Adult Mental Disorders (13-39). American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/0000064-002

This chapter explores the history of developments in understanding abnormal behavior. It takes the view that, to be of any use to the understanding of human suffering, psychiatry, psychology, and psychopathology must be reconceptualized as hybrid dis... Read More about History of developments in understanding abnormal behavior.

Never-married women and credit in early modern England (2018)
Book Chapter
Spicksley, J. M. (2018). Never-married women and credit in early modern England. In Women and credit in pre-industrial Europe (227-252). Brepols Publishers. https://doi.org/10.1484/m.eer-eb.5.115755

This article begins with a discussion of the credit activities of women in early modern England in general, before moving to look more specifically at those of never-married women, through examination of a sample of 323 never-married women's probate... Read More about Never-married women and credit in early modern England.

Paternalism and contract law (2018)
Book Chapter
Cserne, P. (2018). Paternalism and contract law. In K. Grill, & J. Hanna (Eds.), The Routledge handbook of the philosophy of paternalism (293–310). Routledge

‘Things pressing to be said’: Harriet Martineau’s mission to inform (2018)
Book Chapter
Sanders, V. (2018). ‘Things pressing to be said’: Harriet Martineau’s mission to inform. In M. D. Hurley, & M. Waithe (Eds.), Thinking through style: Non-fiction prose of the long Nineteenth Century (118-134). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198737827.003.0008

Unlike many of the other authors discussed in this collection, Martineau has rarely been read for pleasure in the artistry of her wordplay. When she mentions her writing it is with a sense, declared in her Autobiography, that ‘Things were pressing to... Read More about ‘Things pressing to be said’: Harriet Martineau’s mission to inform.

Les nudges sont-ils des outils extra-juridiques? (2018)
Book Chapter
Cserne, P. (2018). Les nudges sont-ils des outils extra-juridiques?. In A. Brunon-Ernst, & M. Bozzo-Rey (Eds.), Nudges et normativités: Généalogies, Concepts et Applications (121–145)

Atomic "bomb testing": The Elitzur-Vaidman experiment violates the Leggett-Garg inequality (2018)
Book Chapter
Robens, C., Alt, W., Emary, C., Meschede, D., & Alberti, A. (2018). Atomic "bomb testing": The Elitzur-Vaidman experiment violates the Leggett-Garg inequality. In Exploring the World with the Laser: Dedicated to Theodor Hänsch on his 75th Birthday (141-157). Exploring the World with the Laser: Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64346-5_10

Elitzur and Vaidman have proposed a measurement scheme that, based on the quantum superposition principle, allows one to detect the presence of an object—in a dramatic scenario, a bomb—without interacting with it. It was pointed out by Ghirardi that... Read More about Atomic "bomb testing": The Elitzur-Vaidman experiment violates the Leggett-Garg inequality.

Disrupting education using smart mobile pedagogies (2018)
Book Chapter
Kearney, M., Burden, K., & Schuck, S. (2018). Disrupting education using smart mobile pedagogies. In L. Daniela (Ed.), Didactics of smart pedagogy: Smart pedagogy for technology enhanced learning (139-157). Springer Publishing Company. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01551-0_7

© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019. As mobile technologies become more multifaceted and ubiquitous in society, educational researchers are investigating the use of these technologies in education. A growing body of evidence shows that traditional... Read More about Disrupting education using smart mobile pedagogies.

Insanity Constructs (2017)
Book Chapter
Wondemaghen, M. (2017). Insanity Constructs. In M. D. White (Ed.), The Insanity Defense: Multidisciplinary Views on its History, Trends, and Controversies (133-152). Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO

Dialogue and Beyond: Communication and Interaction in Ensemble Performance (2017)
Book Chapter
King, E., & Gritten, A. (2017). Dialogue and Beyond: Communication and Interaction in Ensemble Performance. In J. Rink, H. Gaunt, & A. Williamon (Eds.), Musicians in the Making: Pathways to Creative Performance (306-321). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof%3Aoso/9780199346677.001.0001

This chapter explores the nature of dialogue in ensemble music performance, interrogating the ways in which ‘communication’ and ‘interaction’ occur in the context of rehearsal and live performance of western art music. An expanded conceptual model is... Read More about Dialogue and Beyond: Communication and Interaction in Ensemble Performance.

Neoliberalism, New Labour and the Welfare State (2017)
Book Chapter
Beech, M. (2017). Neoliberalism, New Labour and the Welfare State. In R. E. Backhouse, B. W. Bateman, T. Nishizawa, & D. Plehwe (Eds.), Liberalism and the Welfare State: Economists & arguments for the Welfare State (118-130). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof%3Aoso/9780190676681.003.0007

This chapter argues that the New Labour governments (1997–2010) were not a political project wholly based on neoliberal assumptions, as the “majority view” in the scholarship asserts. In the area of welfare policy New Labour adopted a modified social... Read More about Neoliberalism, New Labour and the Welfare State.

Researching difficult-to-reach and vulnerable groups using grounded theory methods (2017)
Book Chapter
Cartwright, L. (2017). Researching difficult-to-reach and vulnerable groups using grounded theory methods. In SAGE Research Methods: Cases. Part 2. SAGE Publications. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781473992160

This case study describes a research project that used grounded theory methods. The aim of this research was to develop new knowledge about how parents experience their offspring’s problematic drug use. Unstructured interviews were used during the da... Read More about Researching difficult-to-reach and vulnerable groups using grounded theory methods.

Putting some iron back in the Iron Age: a case study from the UK (2017)
Book Chapter
Halkon, P. (2017). Putting some iron back in the Iron Age: a case study from the UK. In I. Montero Ruiz, & A. Perea (Eds.), Archaeometallurgy in Europe IV (205-214). Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas

2015 marks the bi-centenary of the beginning of the excavations on the Iron Age cemetery at Arras near Market Weighton, East Yorkshire, which gave its name to the Arras Culture. Here the first chariot burials in the UK were discovered, containing iro... Read More about Putting some iron back in the Iron Age: a case study from the UK.

Sensationalising Hull: Mary Elizabeth Braddon’s Theatrical and Literary Connections (2017)
Book Chapter
Hatter, J. (2017). Sensationalising Hull: Mary Elizabeth Braddon’s Theatrical and Literary Connections. In D. J. Starkey, D. Atkinson, B. McDonagh, S. McKeon, & E. Salter (Eds.), Hull: Culture, History, Place (147-149). Liverpool University Press

Best-selling Victorian sensation fiction author Mary Elizabeth Braddon was (in)famous for novels depicting female bigamists, attempted murder, arson and bribery; anything and everything that shocked Victorian sensibilities. Before she gained internat... Read More about Sensationalising Hull: Mary Elizabeth Braddon’s Theatrical and Literary Connections.

Measuring Wellbeing in an Age of Austerity (2017)
Book Chapter
Lee, S. (2017). Measuring Wellbeing in an Age of Austerity. In C. Coron, & L. Dalingwater (Eds.), Wellbeing: Challenging the Anglo-Saxon Hegemony (81-93). Paris: Presses Sorbonne Nouvelle

The authors of this volume set out to find whether there are any specific cultural features of the Anglo-American notion of wellbeing or whether there is a specific model. Among the wealth of literature on wellbeing over the last few years, a number... Read More about Measuring Wellbeing in an Age of Austerity.

Nursing and surgery: Professionalisation, education and innovation (2017)
Book Chapter
Wall, R., & Hallett, C. E. (2017). Nursing and surgery: Professionalisation, education and innovation. In T. Schlich (Ed.), The Palgrave handbook of the history of surgery (153-174). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-95260-1_8

Nurses played an essential role in the major developments in surgery between the mid-nineteenth and the mid-twentieth centuries. This chapter focuses on the Anglo-American world, weaving in original research with a historiographical review. Three str... Read More about Nursing and surgery: Professionalisation, education and innovation.