Browsing School of Applied Social Sciences by Author "Baker, Sally"
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Conflicting philosophies of inclusion: the contestation of knowledge in widening participation
Sheeran, Yanina; Brown, Brian J.; Baker, Sally (Article)This paper explores the conflicting philosophies within the widening participation debate. Two categories of inclusive educators are identified, \'meritocrats\' and \'democrats\'. Among the democratic educators, a subgroup, ... -
Habitus and homeland: Educational aspirations, family life and culture in autobiographical narratives of educational experience in rural Wales
Baker, Sally; Brown, Brian J. (Article)We use the concept of habitus to illuminate the autobiographical narratives of participants from disadvantaged backgrounds in mid-twentieth century rural Wales who were successful at university. The participants' constructions ... -
Harbingers of feminism?: Gender, cultural capital and education in mid-20th century rural Wales
Brown, Brian J.; Baker, Sally (Article)This paper reports the results of a small scale narrative study of men and women who grew up in mid-20th rural Wales and their reminiscences regarding women and education. Although the dominant image of Wales during that ... -
Individualization in the widening participation debate
Baker, Sally; Brown, Brian J.; Fazey, John (Article)We provide an analysis of some recent widening participation literature concerning the barriers preventing non-traditional students accessing higher education. This literature criticizes higher education institutions and ... -
Lives beyond suspicion: Gender and the Construction of Respectability in Mid Twentieth Century Rural North Wales
Brown, Brian J.; Baker, Sally; Day, Graham (Article)This paper explores and extends the field of historical rural sociology using the idea of respectability via a biographical study of twenty older adults from north Wales (UK) for whom the performance of respectability ... -
Mental health and higher education: mapping field, consciousness and legitimation
Brown, Brian J.; Baker, Sally; Fazey, John (Article)Some UK academics have declared that they do not want higher education to become part of the social welfare system. In this article we review aspects of policy and practice that suggest that this has already happened. ... -
Mothers, wives and changing lives.
Brown, Brian J.; Baker, Sally (Book)Women have made a major contribution to Wales as it is today, but so far there have been few authors who have brought the story of their struggle to light. This book fills that gap in our knowledge. With historical examples ... -
Responsible citizens: Individuals, health and policy under neoliberalism
Brown, Brian J.; Baker, Sally (Book)At the time of writing that the individual has never been more important. In politics, education, the workplace, health and social care, leisure and almost every other sphere of public and private life the individual is ... -
The rise of the service user: Are some service users more equal than others?
Baker, Sally; Gwilym, Hefin; Brown, Brian J. (Article)Our authorship of this article reflects our standpoints as a long term service user with bipolar disorder (SB), her carer (BB) and a social work practitioner turned educator (HG). During the course of SB's struggle with ... -
The social capitals of recovery in mental health
Brown, Brian J.; Baker, Sally (Article)In this paper we examine the process of recovery in people who have undertaken treatment for mental health problems, based on interviews with 34 participants. We describe their experiences through the lens of social capital, ... -
Struggling for subversion: Service user movements and limits to the impact of client led accountability
Brown, Brian J.; Baker, Sally; Baker, Charley (Article)Since the invention of the service user as a medico-political category, service user involvement has been advocated by policymakers and researchers as a way of empowering clients and ensuring service responsiveness and ... -
‘We Always Invite Residents to Come Along...’ Discourses of Citizenship Among Local Government Stakeholders
Baker, Sally; Brown, Brian J.; Davies, H. (Article)This paper explores the ways in which managers of organizations delivering services to the public in Wales talk about and conceptualize the publics using these services. Topics covered in interviews with these stakeholders ...