“Insider” and/or “outsider: Anthropologists’ constant status negotiation” Feray J. Baskin - PhD Candidate, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA “Insider” and/or “outsider: Anthropologists’ constant status negotiation” Anthropologists are constantly negotiating their social and professional status within a community in which they are working. They are sometimes labeled as insiders, at other times as outsiders. Who decides this [...]

On Welfare Reform with Baroness Molly Meacher Interview by Ozdemir Ahmet - On Thursday 4 April 2013 An interview was conducted with Baroness Molly Meacher at the House of Lords where questions were put out to her with regards to the welfare reforms introduced by the coalition. On Welfare Reform with Baroness Molly [...]

In the Name of the Nation: the burqa ban, French values and Islam Daniela Alaattinoğlu - PhD Candidate, European University Institute - Florence, Italy In the Name of the Nation: the burqa ban, French values and Islam In many European countries, few clothing practices are more politicised and more frequently object of discussion than Islamic [...]

Solidarity and the Welfare State Bernard Harris -- The relationship between solidarity and welfare provision has often been the subject of debate. A number of commentators, on both left and right, have accused the welfare state of undermining the voluntary solidarities which were associated with the growth of self-help and mutual-aid associations, such as trade [...]

After Beveridge: Current Questions in Welfare Reform Simon Griffiths and Henry Kippin -- The Observer journalist, Andrew Rawnsley, wrote that the ‘enduring question of British politics is about our public services’ – the things we collectively pay for and provide for each other: welfare, health, education and so on. In the UK, debates about welfare [...]