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Joy Moncrieffe
Joy is a political sociologist working on themes of citizenship and power, with a special focus on children growing up in fragile contexts. Joy's other major interests include democratisation and accountability; race and ethnicity; relationships of poverty and inequality, including the power of stigma, gender relations and disability; and culture, religion and development. She has undertaken research in Africa and the Caribbean.
She is currently working on a new publication: Boundaries and Social Actions: Hayward and Bourdieu revisited.
Selected Projects and Recent Work
Thematic Expertise
Children and Youth; Citizenship; Culture / Identity; Gender; Politics and Power; Poverty.
Geographic Expertise
Latin America and the Caribbean; Middle East and North Africa; Sub Saharan Africa.
Selected Publications »»
- Moncrieffe, J. (2009) 'Making and Unmaking the Young ‘Shotta’ [Shooter]: Boundaries and (Counter) – Actions in the 'Garrisons'', IDS Research Summary of IDS Working Paper 297, Brighton: IDS
- Moncrieffe, M. (2009) 'Intergenerational Transmissions: Cultivating Agency?', IDS Bulletin 40.1, Brighton: IDS
- Moncrieffe, J. (2008) 'Making and Unmaking the Young Shotta [Shooter]: Boundaries and (Counter) - Actions in the Garrisons', IDS Working Paper 297, Brighton: IDS
- Moncrieffe, J (2008) 'Boundaries, Spaces and Systems of Meanings: Reflections on Clarissa Hayward and Pierre Bourdieu' Wp2008-11
- Moncrieffe, J., Eyben, R. et al. (2007) The Power of Labelling, London: Earthscan
- Eyben, R. and Moncrieffe, J. (2006) 'The Power of Labelling in Development Practice', IDS Policy Briefing 28, Brighton: IDS
- Moncrieffe, J (2001) 'Accountability: Idea, Ideals, Constraints', Democratization 8.3
- Moncrieffe, J (2001) 'Problems of Parliamentary Accountability in Jamaica: Consequences for health administration', Journal of Commonwealth and Comparative Politics 39.1
- Moncrieffe, J (1998) 'Reconceptualising Political Accountability', International Political Science Review 19.4