Public Sociology

‘A postcolonial conservative defence of multicultural equality’, Reset Dialogues, July 2020. Available open access here.

(with Helen Monks and Matt Woodhead) ‘Writing Justice/ Performing Injustice: Reflections on Research, Publicity and the Birmingham Trojan Horse Affair’, Civic Sociology 1(1), 2020. Available open access here.

‘The university, democracy and the public sphere’, British Journal of the Sociology of Education. 38(7), 2016. Pdf available here.

‘Introduction’ and ‘The idea of a public university’ in John Holmwood (ed) A Manifesto for the Public University. Bloomsbury Academic, 2011. Available open access here.

‘The challenge of global social inquiry’. Contribution to Debate: Global Social Inquiry in Sociological Research Online, 14(4), 2009. Available open access here.

‘”Only connect”: the challenge of globalization for the social sciences’ 21st Century Society 2(1), 2007. Pp. 79-93. Pdf available here.

‘Sociology as professional practice and public discourse’ Sociological Theory 25(1), 2007. Pp. 46-66. Pdf available here.

‘Sociology and its audience(s): changing perceptions of sociological argument’ in J. Eldridge et al (eds) For Sociology: Legacies and Prospects (Sociologypress, 2000) Pp 33-55. Pdf available here.

‘Radical sociology: what’s left?’ in P. Bagguley, J. Hearn (eds) Transforming Politics: Power and Resistance (Macmillan, 1999) Pp. 277-93. Pdf available here.

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