Classic life-history theory predicts that menopause should not occur because there be no selection for survival after the cessation of reproduction [1Williams G.C. Pleiotropy, natural selection, and evolution senescence.Evolution. 1957; 11: 398-411Crossref Google Scholar]. Yet, human females routinely live 30 years they have stopped reproducing [2Hill K. Hurtado A.M. Social science: Human reproductive assistance.Nature. 2012; 483: 160-161Crossref PubMed Scopus (7) Only two other...

Killer whale mothers continue to help their adult male offspring survive long after ceasing reproduction.

SUMMARY Mainstreaming has been adopted internationally as a key approach to promoting environmental concerns and opportunities in national plans strategies, well sectoral policies plans. As the climate change response begins look mainstreaming way forward for adaptation, lessons should be learnt from experience on forms of organisational arrangements adopted. From an analysis range southern countries, article uses framework vertical horizontal policy integration assess which have with what...

Over the past 2 decades, a growing body of research has revealed that therapists differ in how effective they are at facilitating change depending on their clients' social identities (see Imel et al., 2011, for example). Most studies examining phenomenon variability within therapists' caseloads based study client race/ethnicity. However, two were recently published found varied association between sexual orientation and therapy outcomes (Cabrera 2023; Drinane 2022). The present sought to...

This article represents an early and, largely speculative, attempt to make sense of Cameronism as a distinctive political project. Herein, we present three separate, but potentially overlapping, narratives that could be employed locate the significance within broader trends in British and global party politics. In this respect, view as: continuation Thatcherism; development unfolding forms neo-liberal governmentality, linked process depoliticisation; movement towards cartelisation parties....

Echoing other articles in this special issue, article re-evaluates a collection of feminist works that fell out fashion as consequence academic feminism embracing poststructuralist and postmodernist trends. In line with fellow contributors, the critically reflects upon unsympathetic reading feminisms considered to be essentialising universalistic, order re-evaluate, my case, ecofeminism. As an introduction, I reflect on own perhaps unfair rejection ecofeminism doctoral researcher early...

Through mapping the provision of teaching gender and sexuality studies on politics/political science international relations (IR) programmes, this article asserts that top-ranked politics IR departments in UK offer very little such teaching. We argue lack and, more so, is highly problematic for discipline. Moreover, we suggest not reflective staff research interests, potentially market (i.e. students), works against trend mainstreaming gender, wider sense are rendered invisible or as trivial...

Within the growing discipline of feminist security studies and given increased attention awarded to mainstream studies, in what is a geo-politically unstable period for many areas t...

Social worker educators in the UK are familiar with social issues of exclusion and marginalization, used to teaching about sexual abuse or exploitation. However, many less informed work gay people broader sexuality. Adopting an auto-ethnographical perspective using semi-structured discussion groups (which were audio taped, transcribed analysed), this small group ‘straight’ practitioners academics explored current practice culture North East England reflected on their own learning...

Systems of governance are legitimised as an almost indispensable response to global co-ordination over matters environmental degradation. Considering sustainable development the key label for 'common-sense' political approaches degradation and a informant international policy-making activity, this article seeks problematise such widespread discourse (re)productive (hetero)sexist power relations. As such, article, informed by Foucault's conceptions governmentality biopower, contends that...

This article is written by five women from different settings in social work and academia, who are all qualified workers. Their personal experiences sexual identities also different, but they hold a coherent commitment to improving practice addressing sexuality issues their work. The considers number of areas relevance interest practitioners, managers researchers, focusing on around sexuality. Using an amalgamation narratives reflections, the authors combine these with evidence literature,...

This article contends that the global thrust towards population management, legitimised by concept of sustainable development, works to construct identities along lines gender and sexuality. focuses on operation what Foucault termed, biopower, as operational through (re)productive United Nation's (UN) population/sustainable development discourses. I argue said disciplinary narratives apparatuses such construction environmental threat monitoring regulating populations, in service work...

This article highlights a growing clash between mainstream modernizing and populist anti-modernizing forces in the UK. Whilst scholarship on UK party politics has, for past three decades, focussed processes of modernization, little attention has been paid to countervailing resistance towards modernization. contrasts with comparative studies, which show that throughout much Europe modernization have worked produce backlashes from seeking reassert various types traditional values practices....

Abstract Krill consumption by natural predators represents a critical link between surveys and models of standing krill biomass the design sustainable fishery for Scotia Sea. Antarctic ( Euphausia superba ) is significant component diet penguins breeding in this region and, consequently, uncertainties regarding penguin population abundances contribute to predation estimates. We use comprehensive database identify 14 colonies that most significantly uncertainty total number pygoscelid region....

Research Highlights and Abstract This article Contributes to the debates applying Foucauldian theory contemporary British Politics invigorates debate through a discussion with Bulley Sokhi Develops understandings of under Coalition government, particularly in light ‘Big Society’ project. Compares, framework, differences similarities between New Labour (1997–2010) (2010–) Governments Ultimately argues that Government is demonstrative hybrid neo-liberal governmentality typical governments...

Nearly all animal species die around the same time they stop reproducing. Only 3 species—humans, killer whales (Orcinus orca), and short-finned pilot (Globicephala macrorhynchus)—routinely live 30 years after giving birth to their last baby. Female resident generally breed between ages of 12 40 can survive into 90s. Accumulating evidence suggests that menopause evolved in both postreproductive humans through inclusive fitness benefits gained by helping kin. It is believed reproductive...

This paper focuses on the British state’s attitude towards co-operatives, focusing mainly Thatcher (1979–1990) and Cameron (2010–2015) governments. After 2008 crisis, Cameron-led government, under umbrella of its Big Society project, developed measures to shift responsibility society for development co-operative model as a contribution self-help, pursuit economic growth rebuilding social bonds. We trace origins these efforts governments, where attitudes workers’ cooperatives were...