Rich Moth
Biographic Data
| ID | 4503067 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rich Moth |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rich |
| FAMILY NAME | Moth |
| SIGNATURE | MOTH R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Liverpool Hope University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6027-8480 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Contesting Neoliberal Reform of Statutory Social Work in Switzerland and England
This article reports findings from a qualitative study of the impacts of, and practitioner responses to, neoliberal social work reforms in Switzerland and England. The article highlights commonalities, and contrasts, in how neoliberalism has restructured social work across the two jurisdictions. Social workers responded to neoliberalisation in a variety of ways, often through adaptation but sometimes by challenging reforms. This resistance primar…
Why we are worried about the ‘Independent’ Review of Children’s Social Care in England – and why we think you should be too
From shame to blame
Resist the Punitive State
Resist the Punitive State
To examine government policy and state practice on housing, welfare, mental health, disability, prisons or immigration is to come face-to-face with the harsh realities of the 'punitive state'.But state violence and corporate harm always meet with resistance. With contributions from a wide range of activists and scholars, 'Resist the Punitive State' highlights and theorises the front line of resistance movements actively opposing the state-corpora…
Realising Sedgwick’s vision
There has recently been renewed interest in non-reductive historical materialist modes for analysing social movements, of which the work of mental health activist and Marxist theorist Peter Sedgwick is a precursor. We contend that Sedgwick’s approach retains contemporary utility for theorising radical mental health movements, though we argue that this needs extension in light of intervening debates regarding the interaction of material and post-m…
Crisis and resistance in mental health services in England
The last two years have seen a small but significant increase in the level of resistance by service users and practitioners to the coalition government’s policy of austerity and neoliberal restructuring of mental health services in England. This article provides an overview and analysis of these developments by examining four recent campaigns that feature alliances between service users, workers, trade unionists and anti-cuts activists. It consid…
Realising Sedgwick’s vision
There has recently been renewed interest in non-reductive historical materialist modes for analysing social movements, of which the work of mental health activist and Marxist theorist Peter Sedgwick is a precursor. We contend that Sedgwick’s approach retains contemporary utility for theorising radical mental health movements, though we argue that this needs extension in light of intervening debates regarding the interaction of material and post-m…
Crisis and resistance in mental health services in England
The last two years have seen a small but significant increase in the level of resistance by service users and practitioners to the coalition government’s policy of austerity and neoliberal restructuring of mental health services in England. This article provides an overview and analysis of these developments by examining four recent campaigns that feature alliances between service users, workers, trade unionists and anti-cuts activists. It consid…
Contesting Neoliberal Reform of Statutory Social Work in Switzerland and England
This article reports findings from a qualitative study of the impacts of, and practitioner responses to, neoliberal social work reforms in Switzerland and England. The article highlights commonalities, and contrasts, in how neoliberalism has restructured social work across the two jurisdictions. Social workers responded to neoliberalisation in a variety of ways, often through adaptation but sometimes by challenging reforms. This resistance primar…
Why we are worried about the ‘Independent’ Review of Children’s Social Care in England – and why we think you should be too
From shame to blame
Crisis and resistance in mental health services in England
The last two years have seen a small but significant increase in the level of resistance by service users and practitioners to the coalition government’s policy of austerity and neoliberal restructuring of mental health services in England. This article provides an overview and analysis of these developments by examining four recent campaigns that feature alliances between service users, workers, trade unionists and anti-cuts activists. It consid…
Realising Sedgwick’s vision
There has recently been renewed interest in non-reductive historical materialist modes for analysing social movements, of which the work of mental health activist and Marxist theorist Peter Sedgwick is a precursor. We contend that Sedgwick’s approach retains contemporary utility for theorising radical mental health movements, though we argue that this needs extension in light of intervening debates regarding the interaction of material and post-m…
Resist the Punitive State
Resist the Punitive State
To examine government policy and state practice on housing, welfare, mental health, disability, prisons or immigration is to come face-to-face with the harsh realities of the 'punitive state'.But state violence and corporate harm always meet with resistance. With contributions from a wide range of activists and scholars, 'Resist the Punitive State' highlights and theorises the front line of resistance movements actively opposing the state-corpora…
From shame to blame
Why we are worried about the ‘Independent’ Review of Children’s Social Care in England – and why we think you should be too
Contesting Neoliberal Reform of Statutory Social Work in Switzerland and England
This article reports findings from a qualitative study of the impacts of, and practitioner responses to, neoliberal social work reforms in Switzerland and England. The article highlights commonalities, and contrasts, in how neoliberalism has restructured social work across the two jurisdictions. Social workers responded to neoliberalisation in a variety of ways, often through adaptation but sometimes by challenging reforms. This resistance primar…
Political science (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Mental Health and Patient Involvement (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Mental health (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Psychiatry (3 works) · Austerity (2 works) · Economics (2 works)