Insecure lives, the focus theme in this issue, includes articles (edited by Peter Squires) by John Lea, Matt Clement, and James Treadwell.
In the topical section Michael Lavalette and Gerry Mooney consider the criminalisation of football fans, Clare E Griffiths explores public attitudes to immigration and Lucy Welsh discusses the government’s proposals on legal aid. Harry Blagg offers his personal tribute to Geoff Pearson.
In this edition
Peter Squires introduces this issue of cjm
By Peter Squires
John Lea explains the processes behind (re)creating precariousness and dispossession
By John Lea
Matt Clement considers social classes under strain at times of austerity
By Matt Clement
James Treadwell asks whether precariousness is a factor in extremist violence
By James Treadwell
Daniel Briggs examines how Gitanos have been aggressively marginalised
By Daniel Briggs
Fernando Lannes Fernandes outlines strategies of control in Rio de Janeiro
By Fernando Lannes Fernandes
Carlie Goldsmith and Roxana Pessoa Cavalcanti compare Brazil and Britain
By Carlie Goldsmith and Roxana Pessoa Cavalcanti
Teela Sanders and Kate Hardy assess sex work within wider processes of ‘flexibilisation’
By Teela Sanders and Kate Hardy
Wendy Fitzgibbon suggests that probation officers share some of the characteristics of those they supervise
By Wendy Fitzgibbon
Denise Martin reviews the evidence for an emerging educational apartheid
By Denise Martin
Michael Lavalette and Gerry Mooney consider football fandom and the ‘ultras’ phenomenon
By Michael Lavalette and Gerry Mooney
Clare E Griffiths explores public attitudes towards immigration
By Clare E Griffiths
Lucy Welsh discusses the government’s proposals on legal aid
By Lucy Welsh
Sarah Goodwin looks at the benefits for the people who attend and the organisations that run them
By Sarah Goodwin
