Introduction: Interpreting British European Policy

Interpreting infertility: medical anthropological perspectives. Introduction.

Within the past two decades, medical anthropology has contributed significantly to the exploration of human reproduction. From menarche to menopause, few aspects of the normal, human reproductive life cycle, particularly as it pertains to women, have been left unexamined by medical anthropologists working in a wide variety of cultural settings. This interest in reproduction is evident in a numb...

EXPLAINING VARIATION IN THE USE OF EUROPEAN LITIGATION STRATEGIES European Community Law and British Gender Equality Policy

Through the examination of one of the most successful cases of a European Community (EC) law litigation strategy, this article develops a general framework for understanding when and how the EC legal system will be successfully used by domestic groups to challenge national policy. The authors show how the European legal system actually shifted the domestic balance of power in favor of equality ...

Introduction : Innovations in interpreting research methods

Promoting Sustainable Construction: European and British Networks at the Knowledge-Policy Interface

The responsibility of builders, developers, planners, architects and policy makers to promote more sustainable urban environments and buildings is consistently prioritised in nascent European, national and local planning strategies. Yet what counts as ‘sustainable construction’ varies by issue, sector and policy mandate. Proponents of sustainable construction might promote technological shifts ...

Terrorism and Policy: Introduction

This article sets the stage for the special issue by indicating the current focus in the literature on applying analytical tools to enlighten policy makers in the practice of counterterrorism in the post-9/11 era. In particular, the article briefly indicates the main areas of recent work. The article also introduces some key concepts. Next, the article highlights the methodology and main contri...