Civilizing Offensives: special issue of Human Figurations

Posted on February 20, 2015 by Stephen Mennell

The special issue of Human Figurations on Civilising Offensives is now published online at:

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/h/humfig/11217607.0004.1*?rgn=full+text

Contents:

Introduction to the Special Issue of Human Figurations on Civilising Offensives Flint, John; Kruithof, Bernard; Powell, Ryan
The Dutch bourgeois civilising offensive in the nineteenth century Kruithof, Bernard
Beschavingsoffensief (civilising offensive): from sociological concept to moral appeal de Regt, Ali
Home from Home: UK civilising offensives in residential childcare Vertigans, Stephen
Balances between civilising processes and offensives: Adult-child relations in Irish primary schools from the mid-nineteenth century Dolan, Paddy
Thatcher’s civilising offensive: The Ridley Plan to decivilise the working class Clement, Matt
Containing the Urban Poor – Coercion or Consent? Disciplining Missions and Civilising Offensives in the Netherlands van Ginkel, Rob
‘We are not long-haired hippies …’ Civilising offensives, suffering, doping and professional cycling Connolly, John
Civilising offensives and decivilising processes: between the emic and the etic Mennell, Stephen
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