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Jessica Evans is senior lecturer in sociology at The Open University.

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Can we ever learn to love social workers?Creative Commons Image Nefatron under CC-BY-NC-SA licence

By Jessica Evans (The Open University)

06 April 2009

Following Lord Laming's review of children's services in England, are social workers ever going to be valued or must they always take the blame?  Read more : Can we ever learn to love social workers?

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Sarah Palin: when politics is personal, ignorance is a womanCreative Commons Image Sskennel under CC-BY-NC-ND licence

By Jessica Evans (The Open University)

16 October 2008

Moose-hunting everymom, perhaps - but does that make Sarah Palin a feminist icon?  Read more : Sarah Palin: when politics is personal, ignorance is a woman

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Who is choosing 'choice'?Creative Commons Image Zeusandhera under CC-BY-SA licence

By Jessica Evans (The Open University)

25 July 2008

Will patient choice result in long waiting lists at some hospitals and no demand at others?  Read more : Who is choosing 'choice'?

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The secret of the boxCreative Commons Image incurable_hippy under CC-BY-NC licence

By Jessica Evans (The Open University)

12 May 2008

Is the trend away from the traditional ballot box a threat to British democracy?  Read more : The secret of the box

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Tears or ice maiden: is there a double standard for women in public?Creative Commons Image Joe Crimmings under CC-BY-ND licence

By Jessica Evans (The Open University)

06 March 2008

Women often lose either way, damned if they do and damned if they don’t express emotion in public, either approach being judged to convey symbolic...  Read more : Tears or ice maiden: is there a double standard for women in public?

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The meaning of ObamaCreative Commons Image Tony The Misfit under CC-BY licence

By Jessica Evans (The Open University)

20 January 2008

Will his identity as an African-American prove to be the most important factor for Baraq Obama's success or failure as the Democrat candidate - and...  Read more : The meaning of Obama

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Evans, Jessica (2009). 'As if' intimacy? Mediated persona, politics and gender. In: Day-Schlater , Shelley; Jones W., David; Price, Heather and Yates, Candida eds. Emotion: New Psychosocial Perspectives. Basingstoke: Palgrave, pp. 72–84.

Evans, Jessica (2009). Cathected Identities: Governance and Community activism. In: Elliott, Anthony and du Gay, Paul eds. Identity in Question. London: Sage, pp. 170–197.

Evans, Jessica (2005). Against decorum! Jo Spence, a voice on the margins. In: Not Set ed. Jo Spence: beyond the perfect image. Photography, subjectivity, antagonism. Barcelona, Spain: Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona.

Evans, Jessica (2003). Vigilance and vigilantes: thinking psychoanalytically about anti-paedophile action. Theoretical Criminology, 7(2), pp. 163–189.

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Can we ever learn to love social workers?

Comment posted by Unknown

21 Jul 2009 

...to go to school or not
capitalism thrives on choice because given a choice humans thrive on being stupid and the more individual economic entities you create... Read more : Can we ever learn to love social workers?

Can we ever learn to love social workers?

Comment posted by Unknown

16 Jul 2009 

...the clock really has to be put back 50 years in some respects, to re-establish the family as the norm.
The male / female dynamic is unsustainable when women are... Read more : Can we ever learn to love social workers?

Can we ever learn to love social workers?

Comment posted by 130770CK5

15 Apr 2009

Interesting stuff from a well educated lady. Did you ever notice that sometimes when a child has been removed from a family, that the TV people will interview the parents, who are not married, and... Read more : Can we ever learn to love social workers?

Can we ever learn to love social workers?

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14 Apr 2009

130770CK5 has started a thread discussing [URL="http://www.open2.net/blogs/society/index.php/2009/04/06/can-we-ever-learn-to-love-social-workers?blog=10"]Can we ever learn to love social workers?[/... Read more : Can we ever learn to love social workers?

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Jessica Evans is senior lecturer in sociology at The Open University. She is also a member of the Centre for Citizenship, Identities and Governance.

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