Contemporary society
‘A cup of coffee and a needle’ (part 1)
Johanna Kinnock reports on an important initiative: how a harm reduction café in Copenhagen quietly provides an alternative to the war on drugs.
Contemporary society
‘A cup of coffee and a needle’ (part 2)
Johanna Kinnock continues her exploration of how a harm reduction café in Copenhagen quietly provides an alternative to the war on drugs.
Health and Medicine
Powering health promotion – how can sociologists support political action on health inequalities?
UK community health promotion has lost its power to bring about lasting change. Dr Katie Powell considers how sociology can help.
Health and Medicine
Capitalism is the elephant in the Covid isolation room
The media coverage of the Covid19 outbreak has addressed in detail the biological and epidemiological aspects of the virus. Less attention has been paid to the social, economic and political factors that have enabled the coronavirus to produce a pandemic contagion.