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The value of participating in British exploring society expeditions: a three year multi-cohort study

Journal Article
Allison, P., Martindale, R., Stott, T., Gray, S., Nash, C., Fraser, K., & Wang, J. (2018)
The value of participating in British exploring society expeditions: a three year multi-cohort study. Acta Universitatis Carolinae: Kinanthropologica, 54(1), 5-15. https://doi.org/10.14712/23366052.2018.1
A primary aim of many expeditions is to facilitate personal development of young people and while there is much anecdotal evidence to support this aim, there is limited empiri...

Fulfilling promises of more substantive democracy? Post-neoliberalism and natural resource governance in South America

Journal Article
Siegel, K. M. (2016)
Fulfilling promises of more substantive democracy? Post-neoliberalism and natural resource governance in South America. Development and Change, 47(3), 495-516. https://doi.org/10.1111/dech.12234
Benefitting from the commodity boom progressive governments across South America have sought to move away from the neoliberal policies adopted previously by strengthening the ...

So many Glasgows: From ‘personality of place’ to ‘positionality in space and time’

Journal Article
McCleery, A. (2004)
So many Glasgows: From ‘personality of place’ to ‘positionality in space and time’. Scottish Geographical Journal, 120(1-2), 3-18. https://doi.org/10.1080/00369220418737189
This paper investigates place and positionality in the regional novel against a background of evolving trends in geographical scholarship of place and placelessness. In re-exa...

Problems and possibilities of delivering ‘footloose’ geography: the case for space.

Journal Article
McCleery, A. (2001)
Problems and possibilities of delivering ‘footloose’ geography: the case for space. Journal of Geography in Higher Education. 25, 225-232. doi:10.1080/03098260120067691. ISSN 0309-8265
Within the UK Higher Education system, geography is sometimes taught outside the framework of a conventional geography degree programme. Using a case study of the situation at...