This reflective article was drafted in November 2020. Since this time, the authors have worked with counter-slavery sector to co-develop a refined public health framework address modern slavery (Such et al, 2021). Significant knowledge mobilisation has also occurred range of stakeholders, and Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner encouraged UK Home Office Secretary embed approach within UK’s re...

Delirium is known to be a predictor of adverse outcomes. In a prospective study Abelha and colleagues showed that postoperative delirium was an independent risk factor for deterioration in functional capacity following discharge. While evidence for causality remains elusive, there is no doubt that patients who develop delirium are left with new functional and cognitive impairment. Finding a pha...

Using data of Swiss referenda from 1981 to 1999, this paper presents new empirical results which allow us to discriminate better between the decision and mobilisation hypotheses of electoral participation. First, the theoretical considerations are presented which lead to these hypotheses are presented as well as the theory of expressive voting, and a survey of the available empirical evidence i...

This article examines Spain’s neutrality during the Great War, highlighting factors such as the lack of military resources; the division of public opinion and internal conflicts; and actors such as King Alfonso XIII (whose mediating role helped to determine Spain’s neutral position). It also analyses the impact of the war in Spain until the immediate post-war period – unequal economic growth, s...