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In the field with two rural primary school head teachers in England (2019)
Journal Article
Bagley, C., & Hillyard, S. (2019). In the field with two rural primary school head teachers in England. Journal of Educational Administration and History, 51(3), 273-289. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220620.2019.1623763

The research focuses on the complexities associated with contemporary rural primary school leadership. The paper draws on in-depth ethnographic research undertaken in two contrasting English rural primary schools and their surrounding community over... Read More about In the field with two rural primary school head teachers in England.

The Rising Salience of the Absent: An Interactionist Analysis (2019)
Journal Article
Hillyard, S. (2019). The Rising Salience of the Absent: An Interactionist Analysis. Qualitative Sociology Review, 15(2), 56-72. https://doi.org/10.18778/1733-8077.15.2.05

The paper uses examples from rural studies to demonstrate the relevance of symbolic interactionism for unlocking the complexity of contemporary society. It does so by making a case for a nonprescriptive theory-method dialectic. Case examples are draw... Read More about The Rising Salience of the Absent: An Interactionist Analysis.

Bullshot: sporting shooting, alcohol and the two cultures (2016)
Journal Article
Hillyard, S. (2016). Bullshot: sporting shooting, alcohol and the two cultures. International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 51(4), 394-409. https://doi.org/10.1177/1012690214531263

The paper discusses the role and function of alcohol in sporting shooting in the UK. It seeks to understand and critically comment upon alcohol consumption relating to this sport, to widen empirical knowledge of sporting shooting and to use the lens... Read More about Bullshot: sporting shooting, alcohol and the two cultures.

Doing fieldwork (2016)
Book
Pole, C., & Hillyard, S. (2016). Doing fieldwork. SAGE Publications. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781473966383

Fieldwork is central to Sociology, but guides to it often treat the real questions invisibly or over-load the reader with micro-details. This refreshing, authoritative volume, written by two experienced, highly respected fieldworkers, provides a one-... Read More about Doing fieldwork.

School Choice in an English Village: Living, Loyalty and Leaving (2015)
Journal Article
Bagley, C., & Hillyard, S. (2015). School Choice in an English Village: Living, Loyalty and Leaving. Ethnography and Education, 10(3), 278-292. https://doi.org/10.1080/17457823.2015.1050686

In late modernity, the marketisation of public services has become a global policy phenomenon. In the case of schooling, this has resulted in parents discursively positioned as consumers of education making a choice between providers of education. To... Read More about School Choice in an English Village: Living, Loyalty and Leaving.

Rural putsch: power, class, social relations and change in the English rural village (2015)
Journal Article
Hillyard, S. (2015). Rural putsch: power, class, social relations and change in the English rural village. Sociological Research Online, 20(1), Article 5. https://doi.org/10.5153/sro.3556

The paper uses ethnography to discuss a political putsch – a move from Old Guard to newcomer dominance – in an English rural village. Applying the conceptual ideas of Goffman on symbols of class status and Thrift (2012) on space and an expressive inf... Read More about Rural putsch: power, class, social relations and change in the English rural village.

Community strikes back? Belonging and exclusion in rural English villages in networked times (2014)
Journal Article
Hillyard, S., & Bagley, C. (2015). Community strikes back? Belonging and exclusion in rural English villages in networked times. International Journal of Inclusive Education, 19(7), 748-758. https://doi.org/10.1080/13603116.2014.964569

The paper draws upon ethnographic research of two contrasting English primary schools and their villages to explore the themes of belonging and exclusion in contemporary rural contexts. The paper first describes the schools and the villages. A second... Read More about Community strikes back? Belonging and exclusion in rural English villages in networked times.

'The fieldworker not in the head's office': an empirical exploration of the role of an English rural primary school within its village (2013)
Journal Article
Hillyard, S., & Bagley, C. (2013). 'The fieldworker not in the head's office': an empirical exploration of the role of an English rural primary school within its village. Social and Cultural Geography, 14(4), 410-427. https://doi.org/10.1080/14649365.2013.779743

This paper presents the findings of a project exploring the role of an English primary school inside its rural village. The fieldwork discovered that the school had lacked a full-time head teacher for a number of years and the paper explicates three... Read More about 'The fieldworker not in the head's office': an empirical exploration of the role of an English rural primary school within its village.

Rural schools, social capital and the Big Society: a theoretical and empirical exposition (2013)
Journal Article
Bagley, C., & Hillyard, S. (2014). Rural schools, social capital and the Big Society: a theoretical and empirical exposition. British Educational Research Journal, 40(1), 63-67. https://doi.org/10.1002/berj.3026

The paper commences with a theoretical exposition of the current UK government's policy commitment to the idealised notion of the Big Society and the social capital currency underpinning its formation. The paper positions this debate in relation to t... Read More about Rural schools, social capital and the Big Society: a theoretical and empirical exposition.

Shotguns and Firearms in the UK: A Call for a Distinctively Sociological Contribution to the Debate (2012)
Journal Article
Hillyard, S., & Burridge, J. (2012). Shotguns and Firearms in the UK: A Call for a Distinctively Sociological Contribution to the Debate. Sociology, 46(3), 395-410. https://doi.org/10.1177/0038038511428753

The outcome of a UK government’s Home Affairs select committee’s discussion of the regulation of gun ownership called for reform. The impetus for the review was the shootings in Cumbria and Northumberland in 2010. This article challenges why the soci... Read More about Shotguns and Firearms in the UK: A Call for a Distinctively Sociological Contribution to the Debate.

Village Schools in England: At the heart of their community? (2011)
Journal Article
Bagley, C., & Hillyard, S. (2011). Village Schools in England: At the heart of their community?. Australian Journal of Education, 55(1), Article 5

Recent debates within UK rural studies have stressed the shifting interplay of economic, social, political and cultural forces, with a concomitant blurring as to what constitutes rural living, rural spaces and even rural occupations. This article sit... Read More about Village Schools in England: At the heart of their community?.

Ethnography's capacity to contribute to the cumulation of theory: a case study of differentiation-polarisation theory (2010)
Journal Article
Hillyard, S. (2010). Ethnography's capacity to contribute to the cumulation of theory: a case study of differentiation-polarisation theory. Oxford Review of Education, 36(6), 767-784. https://doi.org/10.1080/03054985.2010.503688

The paper sets out to examine the role that ethnographic work can and should play in the development of sociological theory, focusing on the case study of differentiation–polarisation theory. It provides a detailed discussion of the work of Hargreave... Read More about Ethnography's capacity to contribute to the cumulation of theory: a case study of differentiation-polarisation theory.

Ethnography's Capacity to Contribute to the Cumulation of Theory: A Case Study of Strong's Work on Goffman (2010)
Journal Article
Hillyard, S. (2010). Ethnography's Capacity to Contribute to the Cumulation of Theory: A Case Study of Strong's Work on Goffman. Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, 39(4), 421-440. https://doi.org/10.1177/0891241610366710

This article discusses how ethnography can contribute toward the development of sociological theory. It uses a case study of one theoretical idea refined through ethnographic fieldwork—Phil Strong’s (1979; 1988) work on Erving Goffman’s theory of cer... Read More about Ethnography's Capacity to Contribute to the Cumulation of Theory: A Case Study of Strong's Work on Goffman.

Knowledge, Higher Education, and the New Managerialism: The Changing Management of UK Universities (2007)
Book
Deem, R., Hillyard, S., & Reed, M. (2007). Knowledge, Higher Education, and the New Managerialism: The Changing Management of UK Universities. Oxford University Press

* Analysis of changes in the management and organization of professional academic work in British universities in recent years * Looks at the impact of 'New Managerialism' and 'New Public Management' * Examines the implications of mass higher educati... Read More about Knowledge, Higher Education, and the New Managerialism: The Changing Management of UK Universities.

The Sociology of Rural Life (2007)
Book
Hillyard, S. (2007). The Sociology of Rural Life. Berg

From fox-hunting to farming, the vigor with which rural activities and living are defended overturns received notions of a sleepy and complacent countryside. Alongside these developments, the rise of the organic food movement has helped to revitalize... Read More about The Sociology of Rural Life.

'As relevant as banning polo in Greenland': the absence of ethnographic insight into country sports in the UK (2007)
Journal Article
Hillyard, S. (2007). 'As relevant as banning polo in Greenland': the absence of ethnographic insight into country sports in the UK. Qualitative Research, 7(1), 83-101. https://doi.org/10.1177/1468794107071422

The article argues for the reinvigoration of sociological and ethnographic interest in the rural. It makes this case in three stages. First, Newby’s work is used to demonstrate early ethnographic insight into the rural. The second stage then critique... Read More about 'As relevant as banning polo in Greenland': the absence of ethnographic insight into country sports in the UK.

Stress and stereotypes: Children's reactions to the outbreak of foot and mouth disease in the UK in 2001 (2005)
Journal Article
Nerlich, B., Hillyard, S., & Wright, N. (2005). Stress and stereotypes: Children's reactions to the outbreak of foot and mouth disease in the UK in 2001. Children & Society, 19(5), 384-359. https://doi.org/10.1002/chi.845

In 2001 foot and mouth disease broke out in the UK and millions of farm animals were slaughtered in order to eradicate it. This affected farmers, town dwellers, adults and children. Based on a small sample of 56 e-mails to a children's BBC (CBBC) mes... Read More about Stress and stereotypes: Children's reactions to the outbreak of foot and mouth disease in the UK in 2001.

Biological Determinism and Symbolic Interaction: Hereditary Streams and Cultural Roads (2003)
Journal Article
Dingwall, R., Nerlich, B., & Hillyard, S. (2003). Biological Determinism and Symbolic Interaction: Hereditary Streams and Cultural Roads. Symbolic Interaction, 26(4), 631-644. https://doi.org/10.1525/si.2003.26.4.631

This article discusses current claims to have demonstrated a biological basis for elements of human behavior. It argues that many of these are seriously flawed by their misunderstandings of the nature of culture and social interaction, which leads to... Read More about Biological Determinism and Symbolic Interaction: Hereditary Streams and Cultural Roads.