Living with nuclear power: A Q-method study of local community perceptions.

The issue of new nuclear power is once again high up on the public policy agenda in many countries, and candidate sites for new civilian stations are likely to include those that have existing nuclear facilities. A common assumption is that existing nuclear communities will be more accepting of new build because of the direct economic and other benefits nuclear power already makes to a local area. Surprisingly, there is a dearth of contemporary data on perceptions of the risks, benefits, and values associated with nuclear power within such communities.

Exploring masculinities within men's identificatory imaginings of first-time fatherhood.

The changing role and practices of men as fathers is a growing subject of interest and debate within academic and everyday responses to contemporary sociocultural change. Prompted by questions about the production of identities and masculinities that accompanies social change, this paper is a psychosocial exploration of the identificatory positionings that are apparent in men's talk of becoming first-time fathers. Our qualitative analysis draws on a sample of 30 heterosexual and variously skilled men aged between 18 and 40 years in Norfolk (UK) who were interviewed as first-time fathers just before and after the birth of their child.

Awareness of disability after acquired brain injury and the family context.

The dimension of family context for awareness of disability following acquired brain injury (ABI) is examined through a qualitative discourse analysis. Three participants with ABI, who were identified by clinicians and relatives as demonstrating difficulties with awareness of disability, and three relatives were interviewed. The findings highlight important contextual parameters influencing the emergence of families' accounts for disability after ABI: (1) availability of sense-making resources and use of pre-injury meanings, and (2) incongruity within family sense-making and resultant orientating, disputing and contesting of accounts within families.

"I haven't even phoned my doctor yet." The advice giving role of the pharmacist during consultations for medication review with patients aged 80 or more: qualitative discourse analysis.

Objective: To explore the advice giving role of pharmacists during consultation for medication review with patients aged 80 or more.

Design: Discourse analysis.

Setting: Participants' homes.

The 'good father': reading men's accounts of paternal involvement during the transition to first-time fatherhood.

The study investigates men's responses to contemporary sociocultural transformations in masculinity and fatherhood, and revised expectations of them as fathers. Four cultural and academic perspectives on 'new fatherhood' are described: a progressive psychosocial transformation agenda, attempts to reinstate traditional family values, a mix of optimism and resistance to change in men and fathers' relationship to the gender order, and criticism of new fatherhood discourse for reproducing hegemonic masculinity. A qualitative analysis is conducted of interviews conducted with a heterogeneous sample of 30 men aged 18-35 years in Norfolk.