Imogen Tyler is professor of sociology at Lancaster University, and is the author of Revolting Subjects: Social Abjection and Resistance (Zed, 2013). She tweets: @DrImogenTyler
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Published in: Shine A LightConnor Sparrowhawk: the erosion of accountability in the NHSJeremy Hunt's apologies for the failures at Southern Health ring hollow, given that he believes markets and not...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?In a world of commonplace horrors, how do we talk about the refugee crisis?All summer, the news has broadcast images of overloaded boats, discarded life-jackets, and dead children on...
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Published in: openSecurityFrom Tottenham to Baltimore, policing crisis starts race to the bottom for justiceWhat is it about the police and urban black populations in the US and the UK? The explanation starts with two of the...
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Published in: Shine A LightWasted lives in UK immigration detentionYarl’s Wood, the UK Border Agency’s notorious Bedfordshire detention centre, is once again mired in scandal. How to...
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Published in: Shine A LightThe kids are revolting. But why?Reflections on the Summer 2011 English Riots one year on: the 'Underclass', welfare retrenchment and workfare regimes.