G Mccarthy
Biographic Data
| ID | 51289 |
|---|---|
| NAME | G Mccarthy |
| GIVEN NAMES | G |
| FAMILY NAME | Mccarthy |
| SIGNATURE | MCCARTHY G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Psychiatry Research Trust |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3194-4421 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 108 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Roadblocks, Relationality and Resilient Resistance in Post‐coup Myanmar
Following Myanmar's military coup in February 2021, the State Administrative Council (SAC) established checkpoints between towns under its control and rural areas increasingly governed by anti‐junta resistance forces. Here, military personnel command trade and extort from people, inflating the price of consumer goods and agricultural inputs and restricting the mobility of civilian and anti‐junta actors. In response, resistance forces set up their…
Mortgaged futures: Fractured livelihoods and youth debts during Covid-19
The social and economic impacts of COVID-19 have been devastating for many, and collectively young people generally fared worse than older adults, with the impact amongst young people also being highly uneven. Most studies on this topic focus on Global North contexts, with experiences in the Global South being less well understood. Focusing on young people in Nepal and Indonesia who were especially exposed to the fallout from the pandemic (in par…
Stakeholders’ perspectives on models of care in the emergency department and the introduction of health and social care professional teams: A qualitative analysis using World Cafés and interviews
BACKGROUND: There is some evidence that health and social care professional (HSCP) teams contribute to enhanced patient and process outcomes in increasingly crowded emergency departments (EDs), but the views of service users and providers on this model of care need investigation to optimize implementation. OBJECTIVE: This qualitative study investigated the perspectives of key ED stakeholders about HSCP teams working in the ED. METHODS: Using a pa…
Bounded duty: Disasters, moral citizenship and exclusion in Myanmar
In recent decades, Myanmar has been wracked by repeated disasters that have prompted extraordinary civilian-led relief efforts. This article situates non-state aid and relief as a product of the military junta’s outsourcing of responsibility for welfare following the end of the socialist dictatorship in 1988. Drawing on historical accounts of Cyclone Nargis in 2008 and ethnographic fieldwork during Cyclone Komen in 2015, the article argues that t…
Peri-conflict peace: Brokerage, development and illiberal ceasefires in Myanmar's borderlands
Successive Myanmar governments have enlisted illiberal means in attempts to end the world’s oldest civil wars. Since the 1990s, state-led attempts at peace-building have offered ethnic armed groups limited political autonomy or institutional recognition. Many of the 1990s ceasefire agreements, and the new wave agreed since the transition to partial civilian rule in 2011, have instead sought to erode insurgent legitimacy and control over local pop…
Illiberal peace-building in Asia: A Comparative Overview
Over the past 20 years, there have been significant and historic breakthroughs in resolving protracted ethnic conflicts in restive regions of several states in South and South-East Asia. After decades of violence, Indonesia, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Thailand have all witnessed periods of reduced conflict and increased stability. Peace-building as practiced in these states departs markedly from the liberal and post-liberal models in which We…
Class Dismissed? Explaining the Absence of Economic Injustice in the NLD’s Governing Agenda
Economic justice was the catch-cry of Burma’s independence struggle and a defining issue of postcolonial party politics. Yet, despite severe economic disparities and social vulnerability, class and inequality are now largely absent from the ideology and policy platform of Aung San Suu Kyi and her party, the National League for Democracy (NLD). What explains the absence of class inequality from contemporary Burmese politics? Drawing on historical …
Democratic Deservingness and Self-Reliance in Contemporary Myanmar
SOJOURN is an interdisciplinary journal devoted to the study of social and cultural issues in Southeast Asia. It publishes empirical and theoretical research articles with a view to promoting and disseminating scholarship in and on the region. Areas of special concern include ethnicity, religion, tourism, urbanization, migration, popular culture, social and cultural change, and development. Fields most often represented in the journal are anthrop…
Gendered Rumours and the Muslim Scapegoat in Myanmar's Transition
Since 2012 Myanmar has experienced recurrent waves of religiously imbued violence. Violence has been both physical and symbolic. Symbolic violence has included the popularisation of the belief that Muslim men are the primary threat to Buddhist women, and by extension, the body politic of Myanmar. This article draws on ethnographic research and theory on rumours and nationalism to show how colonial era social and legal processes have been drawn on…
Super Storm Desmond: A process-based assessment
Super' Storm Desmond broke meteorological and hydrological records during a record warm year in the British-Irish Isles (BI). The severity of the storm may be a harbinger of expected changes to regional hydroclimate as global temperatures continue to rise. Here, we adopt a process-based approach to investigate the potency of Desmond, and explore the extent to which climate change may have been a contributory factor. Through an Eulerian assessment…
The Developmental Histories of Children Who Experience High Levels of Placement Instability in the Care System
Gerard McCarthy reports on a study that investigated the developmental histories of children who experienced high levels of placement instability in the care system. A social services information system was used to identify a group of children (n = 11) who had experienced over ten placement moves in a three-year period, excluding short-term respite moves. A comparison group of children (n = 10) was also identified who had experienced low levels o…
The Impact of Emotional and Behavioural Problems on the Lives of Children Growing up in the Care System
Gerard McCarthy, Janet Janeway and Angus Geddes investigate the way in which the lives of looked after children and their carers are affected by the emotional and behavioural problems that these children and young people often experience. Starting from a sample of 115 children looked after by one English local authority, their study assessed the level of social impairment and distress experienced by looked after children with behavioural disorder…
Attachment style and adult love relationships and friendships: A study of a group of women at risk of experiencing relationship difficulties
This study examines the relationship between attachment style and love relationships and friendships in a group of women (N = 40) known to be at risk of experiencing relationship problems. The association between attachment style and measures of self‐esteem and depression were also investigated. Women with a secure attachment style had more positive ratings in the domain of adult love relationships than women with insecure attachment style (avoid…
Attachment representations and representations of the self in relation to others: A study of preschool children in inner‐city London
The study examined the relationship between attachment representations and representations of the self in relation to others in a sample of 42 children aged between 4 and 5.9 years. The relationship between children's attachment representations and parents' style of regulating negative affect was also explored. The families were using local authority day‐care facilities in a deprived inner‐city area of London. The quality of attachment representa…
Marx’ Critique of Science and Positivism: The Methodological Foundations of Political Economy
Role and Rhythm in Moliere's Dom Juan
Peri-conflict peace: Brokerage, development and illiberal ceasefires in Myanmar's borderlands
Successive Myanmar governments have enlisted illiberal means in attempts to end the world’s oldest civil wars. Since the 1990s, state-led attempts at peace-building have offered ethnic armed groups limited political autonomy or institutional recognition. Many of the 1990s ceasefire agreements, and the new wave agreed since the transition to partial civilian rule in 2011, have instead sought to erode insurgent legitimacy and control over local pop…
Illiberal peace-building in Asia: A Comparative Overview
Over the past 20 years, there have been significant and historic breakthroughs in resolving protracted ethnic conflicts in restive regions of several states in South and South-East Asia. After decades of violence, Indonesia, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Thailand have all witnessed periods of reduced conflict and increased stability. Peace-building as practiced in these states departs markedly from the liberal and post-liberal models in which We…
Gendered Rumours and the Muslim Scapegoat in Myanmar's Transition
Since 2012 Myanmar has experienced recurrent waves of religiously imbued violence. Violence has been both physical and symbolic. Symbolic violence has included the popularisation of the belief that Muslim men are the primary threat to Buddhist women, and by extension, the body politic of Myanmar. This article draws on ethnographic research and theory on rumours and nationalism to show how colonial era social and legal processes have been drawn on…
The Impact of Emotional and Behavioural Problems on the Lives of Children Growing up in the Care System
Gerard McCarthy, Janet Janeway and Angus Geddes investigate the way in which the lives of looked after children and their carers are affected by the emotional and behavioural problems that these children and young people often experience. Starting from a sample of 115 children looked after by one English local authority, their study assessed the level of social impairment and distress experienced by looked after children with behavioural disorder…
Democratic Deservingness and Self-Reliance in Contemporary Myanmar
SOJOURN is an interdisciplinary journal devoted to the study of social and cultural issues in Southeast Asia. It publishes empirical and theoretical research articles with a view to promoting and disseminating scholarship in and on the region. Areas of special concern include ethnicity, religion, tourism, urbanization, migration, popular culture, social and cultural change, and development. Fields most often represented in the journal are anthrop…
Bounded duty: Disasters, moral citizenship and exclusion in Myanmar
In recent decades, Myanmar has been wracked by repeated disasters that have prompted extraordinary civilian-led relief efforts. This article situates non-state aid and relief as a product of the military junta’s outsourcing of responsibility for welfare following the end of the socialist dictatorship in 1988. Drawing on historical accounts of Cyclone Nargis in 2008 and ethnographic fieldwork during Cyclone Komen in 2015, the article argues that t…
Class Dismissed? Explaining the Absence of Economic Injustice in the NLD’s Governing Agenda
Economic justice was the catch-cry of Burma’s independence struggle and a defining issue of postcolonial party politics. Yet, despite severe economic disparities and social vulnerability, class and inequality are now largely absent from the ideology and policy platform of Aung San Suu Kyi and her party, the National League for Democracy (NLD). What explains the absence of class inequality from contemporary Burmese politics? Drawing on historical …
Mortgaged futures: Fractured livelihoods and youth debts during Covid-19
The social and economic impacts of COVID-19 have been devastating for many, and collectively young people generally fared worse than older adults, with the impact amongst young people also being highly uneven. Most studies on this topic focus on Global North contexts, with experiences in the Global South being less well understood. Focusing on young people in Nepal and Indonesia who were especially exposed to the fallout from the pandemic (in par…
The Developmental Histories of Children Who Experience High Levels of Placement Instability in the Care System
Gerard McCarthy reports on a study that investigated the developmental histories of children who experienced high levels of placement instability in the care system. A social services information system was used to identify a group of children (n = 11) who had experienced over ten placement moves in a three-year period, excluding short-term respite moves. A comparison group of children (n = 10) was also identified who had experienced low levels o…
Attachment style and adult love relationships and friendships: A study of a group of women at risk of experiencing relationship difficulties
This study examines the relationship between attachment style and love relationships and friendships in a group of women (N = 40) known to be at risk of experiencing relationship problems. The association between attachment style and measures of self‐esteem and depression were also investigated. Women with a secure attachment style had more positive ratings in the domain of adult love relationships than women with insecure attachment style (avoid…
Role and Rhythm in Moliere's Dom Juan
Marx’ Critique of Science and Positivism: The Methodological Foundations of Political Economy
Attachment representations and representations of the self in relation to others: A study of preschool children in inner‐city London
The study examined the relationship between attachment representations and representations of the self in relation to others in a sample of 42 children aged between 4 and 5.9 years. The relationship between children's attachment representations and parents' style of regulating negative affect was also explored. The families were using local authority day‐care facilities in a deprived inner‐city area of London. The quality of attachment representa…
Attachment style and adult love relationships and friendships: A study of a group of women at risk of experiencing relationship difficulties
This study examines the relationship between attachment style and love relationships and friendships in a group of women (N = 40) known to be at risk of experiencing relationship problems. The association between attachment style and measures of self‐esteem and depression were also investigated. Women with a secure attachment style had more positive ratings in the domain of adult love relationships than women with insecure attachment style (avoid…
The Impact of Emotional and Behavioural Problems on the Lives of Children Growing up in the Care System
Gerard McCarthy, Janet Janeway and Angus Geddes investigate the way in which the lives of looked after children and their carers are affected by the emotional and behavioural problems that these children and young people often experience. Starting from a sample of 115 children looked after by one English local authority, their study assessed the level of social impairment and distress experienced by looked after children with behavioural disorder…
The Developmental Histories of Children Who Experience High Levels of Placement Instability in the Care System
Gerard McCarthy reports on a study that investigated the developmental histories of children who experienced high levels of placement instability in the care system. A social services information system was used to identify a group of children (n = 11) who had experienced over ten placement moves in a three-year period, excluding short-term respite moves. A comparison group of children (n = 10) was also identified who had experienced low levels o…
Super Storm Desmond: A process-based assessment
Super' Storm Desmond broke meteorological and hydrological records during a record warm year in the British-Irish Isles (BI). The severity of the storm may be a harbinger of expected changes to regional hydroclimate as global temperatures continue to rise. Here, we adopt a process-based approach to investigate the potency of Desmond, and explore the extent to which climate change may have been a contributory factor. Through an Eulerian assessment…
Gendered Rumours and the Muslim Scapegoat in Myanmar's Transition
Since 2012 Myanmar has experienced recurrent waves of religiously imbued violence. Violence has been both physical and symbolic. Symbolic violence has included the popularisation of the belief that Muslim men are the primary threat to Buddhist women, and by extension, the body politic of Myanmar. This article draws on ethnographic research and theory on rumours and nationalism to show how colonial era social and legal processes have been drawn on…
Class Dismissed? Explaining the Absence of Economic Injustice in the NLD’s Governing Agenda
Economic justice was the catch-cry of Burma’s independence struggle and a defining issue of postcolonial party politics. Yet, despite severe economic disparities and social vulnerability, class and inequality are now largely absent from the ideology and policy platform of Aung San Suu Kyi and her party, the National League for Democracy (NLD). What explains the absence of class inequality from contemporary Burmese politics? Drawing on historical …
Democratic Deservingness and Self-Reliance in Contemporary Myanmar
SOJOURN is an interdisciplinary journal devoted to the study of social and cultural issues in Southeast Asia. It publishes empirical and theoretical research articles with a view to promoting and disseminating scholarship in and on the region. Areas of special concern include ethnicity, religion, tourism, urbanization, migration, popular culture, social and cultural change, and development. Fields most often represented in the journal are anthrop…
Stakeholders’ perspectives on models of care in the emergency department and the introduction of health and social care professional teams: A qualitative analysis using World Cafés and interviews
BACKGROUND: There is some evidence that health and social care professional (HSCP) teams contribute to enhanced patient and process outcomes in increasingly crowded emergency departments (EDs), but the views of service users and providers on this model of care need investigation to optimize implementation. OBJECTIVE: This qualitative study investigated the perspectives of key ED stakeholders about HSCP teams working in the ED. METHODS: Using a pa…
Bounded duty: Disasters, moral citizenship and exclusion in Myanmar
In recent decades, Myanmar has been wracked by repeated disasters that have prompted extraordinary civilian-led relief efforts. This article situates non-state aid and relief as a product of the military junta’s outsourcing of responsibility for welfare following the end of the socialist dictatorship in 1988. Drawing on historical accounts of Cyclone Nargis in 2008 and ethnographic fieldwork during Cyclone Komen in 2015, the article argues that t…
Peri-conflict peace: Brokerage, development and illiberal ceasefires in Myanmar's borderlands
Successive Myanmar governments have enlisted illiberal means in attempts to end the world’s oldest civil wars. Since the 1990s, state-led attempts at peace-building have offered ethnic armed groups limited political autonomy or institutional recognition. Many of the 1990s ceasefire agreements, and the new wave agreed since the transition to partial civilian rule in 2011, have instead sought to erode insurgent legitimacy and control over local pop…
Illiberal peace-building in Asia: A Comparative Overview
Over the past 20 years, there have been significant and historic breakthroughs in resolving protracted ethnic conflicts in restive regions of several states in South and South-East Asia. After decades of violence, Indonesia, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Thailand have all witnessed periods of reduced conflict and increased stability. Peace-building as practiced in these states departs markedly from the liberal and post-liberal models in which We…
Mortgaged futures: Fractured livelihoods and youth debts during Covid-19
The social and economic impacts of COVID-19 have been devastating for many, and collectively young people generally fared worse than older adults, with the impact amongst young people also being highly uneven. Most studies on this topic focus on Global North contexts, with experiences in the Global South being less well understood. Focusing on young people in Nepal and Indonesia who were especially exposed to the fallout from the pandemic (in par…
Roadblocks, Relationality and Resilient Resistance in Post‐coup Myanmar
Following Myanmar's military coup in February 2021, the State Administrative Council (SAC) established checkpoints between towns under its control and rural areas increasingly governed by anti‐junta resistance forces. Here, military personnel command trade and extort from people, inflating the price of consumer goods and agricultural inputs and restricting the mobility of civilian and anti‐junta actors. In response, resistance forces set up their…
Political science (9 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Politics (6 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Development economics (5 works) · Economics (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Cambodian History and Society (4 works)