Semi-structured interviewing as a tool for understanding informal civil society

A Belina - Voluntary Sector Review, 2023 - bristoluniversitypressdigital.com
This article aims to present semi-structured interviewing as a pivotal tool used in research on
the expressions of informal civil society, including the narratives of activists outside the third …

The politics and practices of intersectional prefiguration in social movements: The case of Sisters Uncut

A Ishkanian, A Peña Saavedra - The Sociological Review, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Considering contemporary movements as sites of struggle between attempts at
inclusiveness and enduring tendencies to exclude and reproduce power hierarchies, this …

The penal voluntary sector: A hybrid sociology

P Tomczak, G Buck - The British Journal of Criminology, 2019 - academic.oup.com
The penal voluntary sector (PVS) is an important, complex, under-theorized area. Its non-
profit, non-statutory organizations are highly significant in the operation of punishment …

Reconceptualizing multisectoral prison regulation: Voluntary organizations and bereaved families as regulators

P Tomczak - Theoretical Criminology, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Prison health, prisoner safety and imprisonment rates matter: intrinsically and for health and
safety outside. Existing prison regulation apparatuses (eg OPCAT) are extensive and hold …

Who needs the experts? The politics and practices of alternative humanitarianism and its relationship to NGOs

A Ishkanian, I Shutes - Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and …, 2022 - Springer
Drawing on fieldwork in Greece, we examine the politics and practices of autonomous
volunteering in the context of the migration crisis. This involves individuals engaging in …

From compassion to critical resilience: Volunteering in the context of austerity

P Monforte - The Sociological Review, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
This article analyses the political dimension of volunteering in the context of austerity. It
explores how the economic recession and the austerity measures taken by governments in …

Biting back: A green-cultural criminology of animal liberation struggle as constructed through online communiques

N Stephens-Griffin - Crime, Media, Culture, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
This article conceptualises animal liberation direct action in green-cultural criminological
terms. To do this, it draws on Johnston and Johnston's methodological approach and …

[图书][B] The Politics of Intersectional Practice: Representation, Coalition and Solidarity in UK NGOs

A Christoffersen - 2024 - books.google.com
It is increasingly recognized that, to achieve social justice, policies and organizations need
to apply an intersectional approach, rather than addressing inequalities separately …

Resisting neoliberalism? Movements against austerity and for democracy in Cairo, Athens and London

A Ishkanian, M Glasius - Critical Social Policy, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Drawing on interviews conducted with activists from Athens, Cairo and London in 2013, we
examine activists' understandings of, critiques of and concerns around neoliberal policies …

The criminal justice voluntary sector: Concepts and an agenda for an emerging field

P Tomczak, G Buck - The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Volunteers and voluntary organisations play significant roles pervading criminal justice.
They are key actors, with unrecognised potential to shore up criminal justice and/or …