The author recounts his life and how it led to a career as an activist community psychology practitioner with a focus on issues of social justice. He tells of his upbringing, family and education as the background to a series of positions in various systems. The story shows an evolution from working with individuals to working with whole communities; and from working on issues of remediation an...

This paper mobilises interactionist sociology to explore the biographies and moral careers of two former zhiqing who emerged, circa 2007, as well-known mother figures in a dynamic tongzhi blogosphere. Their encounter with young inaugurated parental advocacy for their sexually nonconforming children China. By anchoring activism contemporary Chinese history reconstructing parallel processes activ...

Research on work-family conflict has focused on individuals, and little is known as to how spouses perceive each other’s work-family conflict and how inaccuracies of such perceptions relate to relationship quality. Using a national sample of dual-earner married and cohabiting couples (N = 545), we found that over half of spouses overestimate or underestimate each other’s work-family conflict. H...

Abstract This article examines the dress of female civic rights activist Théroigne de Méricourt and its political significance in Revolutionary Paris. The first section discusses symbolism her iconic scarlet riding habit. second explores role equestrian fashions Théroigne's strategy self‐fashioning as a actor. third considers change habit into tricolour ensemble, traditionally interpreted parod...

This article offers an overview of academic work that focuses on queer sexualities in Africa and argues that binary categories, particularly those imported from outside Africa, are not adequate for addressing African sexualities.

Zdziechowski Jerzy (1880–1975) was a politician, economist and economic activist. In the years 1917–1918 he member of Polish Council Inter-Party Union in Russia co-organizer Corps Russia. 1919, one main participants failed coup d’etat attempting to overthrow government Jędrzej Moraczewski. 1922–1927, Sejm from Popular National Union. 1925–1926, Minister Treasury A. Skrzyński. He developed finan...

can sustain activist involvement over time. Do the reduced costs of e-activism help cultivate decentralized social movement leadership? This is a well-researched and important study that draws from a nuanced understanding of the social movement literature, and it raises some important questions about how technological change affects our basic assumptions and concepts. For instance, the authors ...

This article explores the way archival material has the potential to become a core component of activism, through an evaluation of an AHRC-funded collaborative research project on the histories and futures of local food in Liverpool. "Memories of Mr Seel's Garden: exploring past and future food systems in Liverpool" is a collaboration between four academics, two arts/heritage professionals and ...