C Allen
Biographic Data
| ID | 11763 |
|---|---|
| NAME | C Allen |
| GIVEN NAMES | C |
| FAMILY NAME | Allen |
| SIGNATURE | ALLEN C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Birmingham |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4897-5777 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 19 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1979 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Little Amal: A Symbolic Puppet, The Problematisation of Immigration and the Rhetoric of Islamophobia
The Walk featured a 3.5m tall puppet named Little Amal walking across Europe to raise awareness of the plight of refugees and displaced children. While warmly welcomed in more than 60 villages, towns and cities, this article centres on the handful of locations where instead of celebration Little Amal was met with hostility. In doing so, this article begins with a detailed overview of the rationale behind The Walk and Little Amal. From here, it co…
Seven-year retrospective study understanding the latent TB infection treatment cascade of care among adults in a low incidence country
LTBI treatment completion was significantly decreased among patients who were referred back to primary care from the TB clinic. The 4R regimen resulted in more people completing LTBI treatment compared to 9H in keeping with a recently published RCT. Improved education, communication, and collaboration between tertiary care TB clinics and primary care teams may improve treatment completion rates and address the TB burden in low incidence communiti…
Problematising the Official Athens Mosque: Between Mere Place of Worship and 21st Century 'Trojan Horse
This article investigates the 'problematisation' of the recently inaugurated mosque in the city of Athens, the capital's first 'official' mosque since the country was liberated from the Ottoman Empire almost two centuries ago. Building on and developing the existing scholarly literature on the problematisation of mosques in the contemporary European setting, this article generates new knowledge by focusing on the Greco-specific context of that sa…
The neoliberalisation of formal governmental relations with Britain’s Muslim communities
The Football Lads Alliance and Democratic Football Lad’s Alliance: An insight into the dynamism and diversification of Britain’s counter-jihad movement
In response to 2017’s terror attacks in Britain, the Football Lads Alliance (FLA) and latterly, the Democratic Football Lads Alliance (DFLA) were formed. Self-described as street-protest movements that encourage rival ‘football firms’ to reject acrimonious hostilities to unite against the Islamist extremism and extremists it believes are threatening Britain, its culture, values and way of life. As new incarnations of the British counter-jihad mov…
Cameron, Conservatives and a Christian Britain: A Critical Exploration of Political Discourses about Religion in the Contemporary United Kingdom
In the British setting, the deployment of the phrase ‘doing god’ has become increasingly common to refer to an emerging trend whereby religion has acquired an increasingly prominent role in political spaces and discourses. This was particularly prominent while David Cameron was Prime Minister and leader of the Conservative Party. While historically, religion has not had a prominent place in either the former Prime Minister David Cameron. Here, th…
Political Approaches to Tackling Islamophobia: An ‘Insider/Outsider’ Analysis of the British Coalition Government’s Approach between 2010–15
Soon after the Conservative-led Coalition government came to power in 2010, Baroness Sayeeda Warsi announced that Islamophobia had passed the ‘dinner-table test’ in contemporary Britain. Resultantly, the need to address Islamophobia was identified as a priority for the Coalition. This article critically analyses how the Coalition sought to achieve this and the extent to which it was successful. Focusing on the period 2010–15, this article initial…
Social Science versus Christian Theology, Reconsidered: The Case of British Social Policy Studies
This paper reconsiders the ‘versus’ relationship between Christian Theology ( ct ) and social sciences with reference to Social Policy Studies ( sps ) in Britain. I argue that the organised scepticism of sps towards ct , on the grounds that it is a conservative episteme, is unwarranted. It misrecognises Church Theology as ct writ large and thus demonstrates an oversight towards radical forms of ct with which it might make common cause. I also que…
Exploring the Impact of Islamophobia on Visible Muslim Women Victims: A British Case Study
This article presents the empirical findings from a British-based project that sought to explore the nature and impact of ‘street-level’ Islamophobia on women who are visibly recognisable as Muslim—hereafter referred to as visible Muslim women in this article. Drawing on the findings from in-depth interviews with twenty visible Muslim women, this article highlights how despite the fact that such Islamophobia is largely manifested in low-level way…
A Critical Analysis of Britain’s Living, Dead and Zombie Multiculturalism: From 7/7 to the London 2012 Olympic Games
A day after the London 2012 Bid Committee succeeded in bringing the Olympic Games to Britain using the slogan “the world in one city”, a series of coordinated suicide bomb attacks occurred across London (7/7). In one day, Britain’s somewhat beleaguered multiculturalism went from prompting national celebrations to being decried as “dead” by politicians and commentators alike. Against a backdrop of the Committee’s success in July 2005 through to th…
Between Critical and Uncritical Understandings: A Case Study Analyzing the Claims of Islamophobia Made in the Context of the Proposed ‘Super-Mosque’ in Dudley, England
Research highlights how usage and claims of Islamophobia tend to be simplistic and without nuance. Using a case study approach, this article considers the claims of Islamophobia made in relation to the proposed Dudley ‘super-mosque’. Setting out a narrative of the ‘super-mosque’, this article draws upon primary and secondary research to consider the claims and discourses of the major actors in the Dudley setting: the Dudley Muslim Association, Du…
Against dialogue: Why being critical means taking sides rather than learning how to play the ‘policy research’ game
This is a response to Woods and Gardner’s (2011) article which argues that geographers’ views on ‘policy research’ have been erroneously reduced to a ‘good’ / ‘bad’ dualism and that this has allowed ‘critical’ geographers to disengage from a dialogue about the potential that it offers for dialogue with policy makers. In this article I suggest that Woods and Gardner have put forward an argument that is based on a hermeneutics of trust which sugges…
I don't know what you're trying to establish’: The Housing and Urban ‘Problems’ of Visually Impaired Children
This paper uses the social model of disability to examine visually impaired children's experiences of their housing and neighbourhoods and finds that they did not experience any significant problems with the design of them. The source of their problems was within these environments, and was caused by factors such as the intensity of movement, for example, from flows of traffic. We conclude by discussing the social policy implications of these fin…
Current Africana No.19
Paris 2
Exploring the Impact of Islamophobia on Visible Muslim Women Victims: A British Case Study
This article presents the empirical findings from a British-based project that sought to explore the nature and impact of ‘street-level’ Islamophobia on women who are visibly recognisable as Muslim—hereafter referred to as visible Muslim women in this article. Drawing on the findings from in-depth interviews with twenty visible Muslim women, this article highlights how despite the fact that such Islamophobia is largely manifested in low-level way…
Between Critical and Uncritical Understandings: A Case Study Analyzing the Claims of Islamophobia Made in the Context of the Proposed ‘Super-Mosque’ in Dudley, England
Research highlights how usage and claims of Islamophobia tend to be simplistic and without nuance. Using a case study approach, this article considers the claims of Islamophobia made in relation to the proposed Dudley ‘super-mosque’. Setting out a narrative of the ‘super-mosque’, this article draws upon primary and secondary research to consider the claims and discourses of the major actors in the Dudley setting: the Dudley Muslim Association, Du…
Problematising the Official Athens Mosque: Between Mere Place of Worship and 21st Century 'Trojan Horse
This article investigates the 'problematisation' of the recently inaugurated mosque in the city of Athens, the capital's first 'official' mosque since the country was liberated from the Ottoman Empire almost two centuries ago. Building on and developing the existing scholarly literature on the problematisation of mosques in the contemporary European setting, this article generates new knowledge by focusing on the Greco-specific context of that sa…
I don't know what you're trying to establish’: The Housing and Urban ‘Problems’ of Visually Impaired Children
This paper uses the social model of disability to examine visually impaired children's experiences of their housing and neighbourhoods and finds that they did not experience any significant problems with the design of them. The source of their problems was within these environments, and was caused by factors such as the intensity of movement, for example, from flows of traffic. We conclude by discussing the social policy implications of these fin…
The Football Lads Alliance and Democratic Football Lad’s Alliance: An insight into the dynamism and diversification of Britain’s counter-jihad movement
In response to 2017’s terror attacks in Britain, the Football Lads Alliance (FLA) and latterly, the Democratic Football Lads Alliance (DFLA) were formed. Self-described as street-protest movements that encourage rival ‘football firms’ to reject acrimonious hostilities to unite against the Islamist extremism and extremists it believes are threatening Britain, its culture, values and way of life. As new incarnations of the British counter-jihad mov…
A Critical Analysis of Britain’s Living, Dead and Zombie Multiculturalism: From 7/7 to the London 2012 Olympic Games
A day after the London 2012 Bid Committee succeeded in bringing the Olympic Games to Britain using the slogan “the world in one city”, a series of coordinated suicide bomb attacks occurred across London (7/7). In one day, Britain’s somewhat beleaguered multiculturalism went from prompting national celebrations to being decried as “dead” by politicians and commentators alike. Against a backdrop of the Committee’s success in July 2005 through to th…
Current Africana No.19
Paris 2
I don't know what you're trying to establish’: The Housing and Urban ‘Problems’ of Visually Impaired Children
This paper uses the social model of disability to examine visually impaired children's experiences of their housing and neighbourhoods and finds that they did not experience any significant problems with the design of them. The source of their problems was within these environments, and was caused by factors such as the intensity of movement, for example, from flows of traffic. We conclude by discussing the social policy implications of these fin…
Against dialogue: Why being critical means taking sides rather than learning how to play the ‘policy research’ game
This is a response to Woods and Gardner’s (2011) article which argues that geographers’ views on ‘policy research’ have been erroneously reduced to a ‘good’ / ‘bad’ dualism and that this has allowed ‘critical’ geographers to disengage from a dialogue about the potential that it offers for dialogue with policy makers. In this article I suggest that Woods and Gardner have put forward an argument that is based on a hermeneutics of trust which sugges…
Between Critical and Uncritical Understandings: A Case Study Analyzing the Claims of Islamophobia Made in the Context of the Proposed ‘Super-Mosque’ in Dudley, England
Research highlights how usage and claims of Islamophobia tend to be simplistic and without nuance. Using a case study approach, this article considers the claims of Islamophobia made in relation to the proposed Dudley ‘super-mosque’. Setting out a narrative of the ‘super-mosque’, this article draws upon primary and secondary research to consider the claims and discourses of the major actors in the Dudley setting: the Dudley Muslim Association, Du…
Exploring the Impact of Islamophobia on Visible Muslim Women Victims: A British Case Study
This article presents the empirical findings from a British-based project that sought to explore the nature and impact of ‘street-level’ Islamophobia on women who are visibly recognisable as Muslim—hereafter referred to as visible Muslim women in this article. Drawing on the findings from in-depth interviews with twenty visible Muslim women, this article highlights how despite the fact that such Islamophobia is largely manifested in low-level way…
A Critical Analysis of Britain’s Living, Dead and Zombie Multiculturalism: From 7/7 to the London 2012 Olympic Games
A day after the London 2012 Bid Committee succeeded in bringing the Olympic Games to Britain using the slogan “the world in one city”, a series of coordinated suicide bomb attacks occurred across London (7/7). In one day, Britain’s somewhat beleaguered multiculturalism went from prompting national celebrations to being decried as “dead” by politicians and commentators alike. Against a backdrop of the Committee’s success in July 2005 through to th…
Political Approaches to Tackling Islamophobia: An ‘Insider/Outsider’ Analysis of the British Coalition Government’s Approach between 2010–15
Soon after the Conservative-led Coalition government came to power in 2010, Baroness Sayeeda Warsi announced that Islamophobia had passed the ‘dinner-table test’ in contemporary Britain. Resultantly, the need to address Islamophobia was identified as a priority for the Coalition. This article critically analyses how the Coalition sought to achieve this and the extent to which it was successful. Focusing on the period 2010–15, this article initial…
Social Science versus Christian Theology, Reconsidered: The Case of British Social Policy Studies
This paper reconsiders the ‘versus’ relationship between Christian Theology ( ct ) and social sciences with reference to Social Policy Studies ( sps ) in Britain. I argue that the organised scepticism of sps towards ct , on the grounds that it is a conservative episteme, is unwarranted. It misrecognises Church Theology as ct writ large and thus demonstrates an oversight towards radical forms of ct with which it might make common cause. I also que…
Cameron, Conservatives and a Christian Britain: A Critical Exploration of Political Discourses about Religion in the Contemporary United Kingdom
In the British setting, the deployment of the phrase ‘doing god’ has become increasingly common to refer to an emerging trend whereby religion has acquired an increasingly prominent role in political spaces and discourses. This was particularly prominent while David Cameron was Prime Minister and leader of the Conservative Party. While historically, religion has not had a prominent place in either the former Prime Minister David Cameron. Here, th…
The Football Lads Alliance and Democratic Football Lad’s Alliance: An insight into the dynamism and diversification of Britain’s counter-jihad movement
In response to 2017’s terror attacks in Britain, the Football Lads Alliance (FLA) and latterly, the Democratic Football Lads Alliance (DFLA) were formed. Self-described as street-protest movements that encourage rival ‘football firms’ to reject acrimonious hostilities to unite against the Islamist extremism and extremists it believes are threatening Britain, its culture, values and way of life. As new incarnations of the British counter-jihad mov…
The neoliberalisation of formal governmental relations with Britain’s Muslim communities
Seven-year retrospective study understanding the latent TB infection treatment cascade of care among adults in a low incidence country
LTBI treatment completion was significantly decreased among patients who were referred back to primary care from the TB clinic. The 4R regimen resulted in more people completing LTBI treatment compared to 9H in keeping with a recently published RCT. Improved education, communication, and collaboration between tertiary care TB clinics and primary care teams may improve treatment completion rates and address the TB burden in low incidence communiti…
Problematising the Official Athens Mosque: Between Mere Place of Worship and 21st Century 'Trojan Horse
This article investigates the 'problematisation' of the recently inaugurated mosque in the city of Athens, the capital's first 'official' mosque since the country was liberated from the Ottoman Empire almost two centuries ago. Building on and developing the existing scholarly literature on the problematisation of mosques in the contemporary European setting, this article generates new knowledge by focusing on the Greco-specific context of that sa…
Little Amal: A Symbolic Puppet, The Problematisation of Immigration and the Rhetoric of Islamophobia
The Walk featured a 3.5m tall puppet named Little Amal walking across Europe to raise awareness of the plight of refugees and displaced children. While warmly welcomed in more than 60 villages, towns and cities, this article centres on the handful of locations where instead of celebration Little Amal was met with hostility. In doing so, this article begins with a detailed overview of the rationale behind The Walk and Little Amal. From here, it co…
Political science (12 works) · Sociology (12 works) · Law (11 works) · Law (10 works) · Politics (10 works) · Islamophobia (5 works) · Media studies (5 works) · Migration, Refugees, and Integration (5 works) · Epistemology (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works)