PURPOSE Paid work is seen as a key outcome in rehabilitation. However, research demonstrates that because of normative expectations in the job market and workplace, experiences of disability can be intensified in a work context. We sought to explore this issue in more depth by analysing the effects of societal constructions of worker 'value' within individual case studies of people with acquire...

The Open University's repository of research publications and other research outputs Transitions and shifting understandings of writing: Building rich pictures of how moving from school to university is experienced through exploration of students' discourses of writing Journal Article How to cite: Baker, Sally (2013). Transitions and shifting understandings of writing: Building rich pictures of...

A common motif of ‘new’ forms of masculinity in recent years has been the adoption of what have been termed ‘new sexism’ discourses. This involves the legitimation of male power in new and creative ways, often by the strategic accommodation or negotiation of liberal, progressive or feminist discourses. In this paper, I examine one particular ‘new sexism’ device – irony. Irony is a versatile dev...

Abstract This paper applies a new approach to the identification of discourses, based on Multiple Correspondence Analysis (MCA), study discourse variation over time. The MCA keywords deals with major issue use identify discourses: allocation individual multiple discourses. Yet, as this demonstrates, also allows us observe in prevalence discourses texts patterns keyword co-occurrence. Metadata c...

HowNew Is the “New” Social Study of Childhood? The Myth of a Paradigm Shift John Locke, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Sigmund Freud, John Dewey, Erik Erikson, Margaret Mead, and countless lesser-known philosophers, social scientists, and political theorists have not only discussed children at length but also centered their view of humanity and society on the possibilities of childhood. One of modernit...