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Holiday hedonism in Ibiza; White working class voters

Laurie Taylor explores the risk-taking experiences of young British tourists in Ibiza. Also, political disaffection amongst white, working class voters.

Holiday hedonism - Laurie Taylor talks to the criminologist, Daniel Briggs, about his study into young British tourists' risk taking behaviour in Ibiza. From drug taking to prostitution, violence and injury. What leads these holidaymakers to engage in deviant, even dangerous behaviour when abroad?
Also, Nathan Manning discusses his research into the meaning and causes of white, working class political disaffection. He interviewed low wage workers in Yorkshire and the NorthWest, areas where support for the far right British National Party and low voter turnout indicate alienation from mainstream politics. He's joined by Professor of Politics, Michael Kenny.

Producer: Jayne Egerton.

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Daniel Briggs

Professor in Criminology, Escuela de Derecho, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad Europea

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ContactÌýDaniel Briggs: daniel.briggs@uem.es

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Deviance and Risk on Holiday: An Ethnography of British Tourists in Ibiza
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN-10: 1137022396
ISBN-13: 978-1137022394

Nathan Manning

Research Fellow at Centre for Applied Social Research, University of Bradford

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Abstract:

Mary Holmes, Nathan Manning
DOI: 10.1111/1467-954X.12033
The Sociological Review
Volume 61, Issue 3, pages 479–498, August 2013

Michael Kenny

Professor of Politics at Queen Mary University of London

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The Politics of English Nationhood
Publisher: OUP Oxford (Mar 2014)
ISBN-10: 019960861X
ISBN-13: 978-0199608614

Ethnography Award

Thinking Allowed in association with the British Sociological Association announces a new annual award for a study that has made a significant contribution to ethnography: the in-depth analysis of the everyday life of a culture or sub-culture.

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Are you involved in social science research and completing or will have completed an ethnography this year? The Award is open to any UK resident currently employed as a teacher or researcher or studying as a postgraduate in a UK institution of higher education.

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An entry should be a completed ethnography, a qualitative research project which provides a detailed description of the practices of a group or culture. Any sole authored book or peer reviewed research article published during the calendar year of the award will be eligible.

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The judges for the Award are Professor Dick Hobbs, Professor Henrietta Moore, Dr Louise Westmarland, Professor Bev Skeggs. The Chair is Professor Laurie Taylor. (Please do not contact any judges directly).

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