Browsing Brage INN by Author "Bloyce, Daniel"
Now showing items 1-4 of 4
-
The double-bind of competitive funding: Exploring the consequences of state-funded bidding processes in a locally managed cycling infrastructure project.
White, Chris; Bloyce, Daniel; Thurston, Miranda (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)In an era of sustained budget cuts, England’s local authorities are increasingly forced to ‘apply’ for infrastructure funding via competitive bidding processes. However, we currently know little about how this method of ... -
Local status and power in area-based health improvement partnerships
Powell, Katie; Thurston, Miranda; Bloyce, Daniel (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)Area-based initiatives (ABIs) have formed an important part of public policy towards more socio-economically deprived areas in many countries. Co-ordinating service provision within and across sectors has been a common ... -
A quest for relaxation? A figurational analysis of the transformation of yoga into a global leisure time phenomenon
Thurston, Miranda; Bloyce, Daniel (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Eric Dunning and Norbert Elias began developing their concept ‘quest for excitement’ in the 1960s. In this paper we consider the concept in the context of their work on the civilizing process and leisure in the spare-time ... -
Theorising lifestyle drift in health promotion: explaining community and voluntary sector engagement practices in disadvantaged areas
Powell, Katie; Thurston, Miranda; Bloyce, Daniel (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)The past two decades have seen an increasing role for the UK community and voluntary sector (CVS) in health promotion in disadvantaged areas, largely based on assumptions on the part of funders that CVS providers are better ...