When I wrote ‘Healthy Societies: Policy, Practice and Obstacles’ (Policy Press 2024) for the British Sociological Association’s ‘21st Century Standpoints’ series, I had three main goals in mind. The first…

What can we learn from reflecting on the fate of racial justice in the UK and elsewhere in the Global North? To ask this question is to reckon with something…

This month we have five copies of What’s wrong with work? by Lynne Pettinger ready to giveaway. Why does work matter? As changes occur in how work is organised across the…

Snobbery, like gossip, is a matter of both public disapproval and private enjoyment.  In a society formally committed to values of equality, few would wish willingly to claim the title…