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Footwear
Footwear: the 'magic' and the material reality.

Strongmen
Strongmen: what accounts for the global rise of authoritarian leaders?

The Underclass
The Underclass: its rise and fall.

SKILL
Laurie Taylor explores the social construction of the notion of skilled work.

Extremism
Extremism: going undercover with the far right, Islamists and anti feminists.

Why Sociology Matters
Why Sociology matters: an exploration of the meaning and purpose of Public Sociology.

Strangers
Strangers & Xenophobia: an exploration of a historically rooted phenomenon.

Food, Identity & Nation
Food, identity and nation - why food matters.

The Value of Things
The value of things: why do we hang on to objects?

Covid
Covid: Crisis or opportunity?