Sarah Grand’s “When the door opened__”: Latchkeys, liberty, and liminality by Anne-Marie Beller

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Capitalism, cronyism, and democracy by Geoff Hodgson

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Whither anarchy: freedom as non-domination by Alex Prichard, Ruth Kinna

“…The project aims to stimulate fresh thinking about the many challenges facing democracies in the 21st century. This article is the second of four perspectives on the political relevance of anarchism and the prospects for liberty in the world today.…”
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Who uses STACK? A survey of users of the STACK CAA system, May 2015 by Chris Sangwin

“…The goals of the survey are (i) to provide a minimum benchmark for the number of STACK users, (ii) understand how STACK is being used in extent and purpose of use, (iii) provide users with a mechanism to suggest changes or new features.…”
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Contemporary France by Helen Drake

“…She examines how well equipped the country is to meet the challenges which face it at the start of the twenty-first century. A central theme of the book is whether France has come to terms with its tumultuous past – its wars, civil strife, and rapid modernization following the devastation of World War II. …”
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Permissiveness on trial: Sex, drugs, rock, the Rolling Stones, and the sixties counterculture by Marcus Collins

“…This article examines how a 1967 scandal involving drug-taking among popular musicians catalyzed a debate between its principal participants—the Rolling Stones, politicians, the press, the courts, and the counterculture—about what was and was not permissible in matters of personal conduct, individual liberty, and social responsibility. …”
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"As shee preachers hold forth christ" writing and speaking in Sara Jones's challenge to episcopacy, the Relation of a Gentlewoman (1642) by Rachel C. Adcock

“…When Sara Jones spoke in front of her separatist congregation in 1632, she was opening herself up to criticism for going against scriptural precedents: it was not divinely sanctioned that women should speak in church. …”
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Brief encounters: sensation fiction and the short story by Anne-Marie Beller

“…Building on recent work on sensation short fiction, which has convincingly argued for the form’s significance to our knowledge of mid-Victorian sensationalist culture more broadly, this article examines Wilkie Collins’s ‘A Marriage Tragedy’ (1857–58), and Mary Elizabeth Braddon’s ‘Levison’s Victim’ (1870) and ‘The Mystery at Fernwood’ (1861). …”
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Culture of privacy : implications of data protection and freedom of information law in the UK. by Stewart Tiltman

“…The idea of privacy begins with the concept of self-ownersh1p, wh1ch relates in turn to the ownership of external objects, and the ontological priorities involved Privacy as a freedom to do things - private life - without undue interference, can be protected by law, but the philosophical basis for the legal means to preserve and sustain privacy requires close exammation It can be shown that utilitarianism should be rejected in favour of a Kantian approach, and the importance of responsibility through moral reciprocation, rather than a facile reliance on rights, provides the soundest basis for privacy protection The NCCL (now Liberty) definition of privacy can then be ramified effectively in the light of this analysis. …”
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Uniformity is death: Human nature, variety, and conflict in Kropotkin's anarchism by Matthew Adams

“…Finally, it is argued that Kropotkin saw the value conflict generated by these clashes as socially beneficial and vital to a post-capitalist society. Instead of basing his politics on a view of human nature, it is concluded that Kropotkin’s anarchism should be seen as advancing an image of a stateless society complete with mechanisms aimed at maximising liberty and maintaining cohesion.…”
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