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Employability, Poverty and the Spheres of Sociability - Evidence from the British Household Panel Survey

Journal Article
Canduela, J., Raeside, R., Lindsay, C., & Graham, H. (2015)
Employability, Poverty and the Spheres of Sociability - Evidence from the British Household Panel Survey. Social Policy and Administration, 49(5), 571-592. https://doi.org/10.1111/spol.12101
Policymakers in the UK and beyond have sought to promote interventions to encourage social capital-building among disadvantaged groups. One specific concern is that those with...

Stand-up comedy for researchers

Book Chapter
Ridley-Ellis, D. (2014)
Stand-up comedy for researchers. In I. Daly, & A. Brophy Haney (Eds.), 53 interesting ways to communicate your research, 57-58. The Professional and Higher Partnership Ltd
Effective researchers need both to conduct high-quality research and to communicate it - to subject specialists, researchers in other fields, research participants, business, ...

A skipping game.

Book
Fraser, B. (2012)
A skipping game. In D. Chatterjee, & B. D'Arcy (Eds.), Lets' Play: Poems about Sports and Games from Around the WorldFrances Lincoln Children's Books

Active Ageing: extending good practice on age management policies and practices in small and medium sized companies and organisations.

Report
Fuertes, V., Egdell, V., McQuaid, R. W. & Guest, P. (2011)
Active Ageing: extending good practice on age management policies and practices in small and medium sized companies and organisations
The Social Experimentation for Active Ageing (hereafter referred to as Active Ageing) project involved the identification of good age management practice, supporting and encou...

Social network analysis to study social capital and development

Journal Article
Raeside, R., & Gayen, K. (2009)
Social network analysis to study social capital and development. International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences: Annual Review, 3, 75-88
It is widely recognised that individuals with high social capital are important in either promoting or acting as inhibitors to the diffusion of knowledge and information. It i...

The Gabler "Ulysses": commerce, copyright and composition.

Presentation / Conference
McCleery, A. (2009, November)
The Gabler "Ulysses": commerce, copyright and composition

Putting tartan in the mix: the strange case of "Gideon Mack".

Presentation / Conference
McCleery, A., & Copeland, C. (2009, June)
Putting tartan in the mix: the strange case of "Gideon Mack". Paper presented at Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing Conference, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Quotidian bus journeys: City life reflections on Lothian buses

Thesis
Noble, A. F. Quotidian bus journeys: City life reflections on Lothian buses. (Thesis)
Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/2396
The main objectives of this research are to investigate the interaction between the city of Edinburgh, Lothian Buses (Edinburgh’s principal public transport provider) and peop...

A remote marriage: The theory and practice of being apart and staying together.

Book
Wigan, M. (2007)
A remote marriage: The theory and practice of being apart and staying together. In S. Holland (Ed.), Remote relationships in a small world, 277-284. Peter Land
Small children, a time consuming job, and remote living are not conducive to a happy life. Why does one choose to do it? If one has to, how can one arrange one's life to make ...

Adolescent substance use in different social and peer contexts: a social network analysis.

Journal Article
Pearson, M., Sweeting, H., West, P., Young, R., Gordon, J., & Turner, K. (2006)
Adolescent substance use in different social and peer contexts: a social network analysis. Drugs: Education, Prevention, and Policy, 13, 519-536. https://doi.org/10.1080/09687630600828912
This exploratory study investigates whether associations between social network measures and substance use differ according to type of substance and social context. The analys...