Journals, Literature

Reading and Changing Social Attitudes to Disability: The 50th Issue of JLCDS

To celebrate the 50th issue of the Journal of Literary and Cultural Disability Studies, Professor David Bolt discusses some of the recent work undertaken by the Centre for Culture and Disability Studies alongside the journal published by Liverpool University Press, playing testament to their wider reach engagement across the Higher Education sector and beyond.

Journals

International Development Planning Review 41.2 Featured Article

The editors of International Development Planning Review have selected ‘Negotiating the order: the politics and policing of street vending in Tehran’ by Mojgan Taheri Tafti as the Featured Article for IDPR 41.2. The paper will be free to access for a limited time here. When asked to describe the paper and highlight its importance, the … Continue reading

History

Tara Martin López – Author Insights

This month, The Winter of Discontent by Tara Martin López is our chosen #FreeReadFriday title. Learn more about the book below through our chat with the author, before it's available to download free this Friday (7th of October).  Tara Martin López is Professor of Sociology at Peninsula College.* 1. What prompted you to write this book? I first heard of … Continue reading

News

TPR authors nominated for top national planning research award

Delivering growth? Evaluating economic governance in England’s South East sub-regions research project by Dave Valler (Oxford Brookes) and Nick Phelps (UCL) has been nominated for top national planning research award and will be free to access for three months. Dave Valler and Nick Phelps are finalists in the Academic Award category at the 2016 Royal Town Planning Institute’s … Continue reading