Amy Sanders

Biographic Data

ID3590768
NAMEAmy Sanders
GIVEN NAMESAmy
FAMILY NAMESanders
SIGNATURESANDERS A
AFFILIATIONSAberystwyth University
ORCID0000-0002-4583-7563
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS2
AUTHOR COUNT7
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1997
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX1

  • Face value: Recruitment lessons for research interviews

    Open AccessAmy SandersARTICLEQualitative Research2025References: 52

    Advances in online data collection spurred on by a pandemic springboard have been well recognised, but less attention has been given to corresponding approaches in recruitment. This article addresses this gap by examining whether recruitment challenges can be overcome by utilising personalised recordings to recruit interviewees. Developed to engage elite interviewees in challenging circumstances, this innovation opens up methodological considerat…

  • The royal Welsh agricultural society: Patronage and the reproduction of elites in rural Wales

    Open AccessJesse Heley, Amy Sanders et al.ARTICLEJournal of Rural Studies2024Cited by: 1References: 17

  • Privilege, place, and patronage: ‘Giving something back’ to Wales

    Open AccessSally Power, Flossie Caerwynt et al.ARTICLEInternational Sociology2024References: 31

    This article explores the complex relationship between civil society, social inequality, and nationhood through examining the motivations of elite members of Welsh civil society as they volunteer to serve on the boards of a wide range of Welsh charities. We interviewed nearly 60 trustees and patrons, all of whom enjoyed successful and influential careers in business, politics, or public service. Their narratives reveal diverse vocabularies of mot…

  • A Welsh Innovation in Inclusive Governance. Examining the Efficacy of the Statutory Third Sector-Government Partnership for Engaging the Third Sector in Policymaking

    Open AccessAmy SandersARTICLERevue française de civilisation…2023

    This paper employs a discursive institutionalist lens to examine the efficacy of the Welsh statutory partnership between the government and the third sector (that is, the voluntary sector, the economic sector consisting of non-governmental organisations and other non-profit organisations). This is a governance innovation associated with devolution, designed to foster inclusive governance. It is set out in legislation and corresponds to a signific…

  • Examining How Equalities Nonprofit Organizations Approach Policy Influencing to Achieve Substantive Representation in Sub-State Government Policymaking

    Open AccessAmy SandersARTICLESocieties2023Cited by: 1References: 56

    This article is concerned with equalities nonprofit organizations’ activities to achieve substantive representation in policy-making through a sub-state government. It draws on three strands of the interest representation literature from equalities theory, nonprofit sector studies, and social movements theory. The analytical framework synthesizes these to provide a new approach for examining equalities nonprofit organizations’ policy influencing.…

  • Analysing user-reported data for enhancement of SmokefreeTXT: A national text message smoking cessation intervention

    Heather Cole-Lewis, Erik Augustson et al.ARTICLETobacco Control2016

    Findings from this study illuminate the need to more deeply understand reasons for subscriber non-response and opt out and, in turn, improve program engagement and our ability to increase the likelihood for participants to stop smoking and measure long-term outcomes. Patterns of opt out for the program mirror the relapse curve generally observed for smoking cessation, thus highlighting time points at which to increase efforts to retain participan…

  • Inside Mexico

    Johnnie Eng, Paula Heusinkveld et al.ARTICLEHispania1997