Communication

Round-up of Social Science Research

March 13, 2014 844

The following articles are drawn from SAGE Insight, which spotlights research published in SAGE’s more than 700 journals. All the articles linked to below are free to read for a limited period.


The Mandela I knew

South African Journal of Psychology

In this article Saths Cooper gives an account of his experience of incarceration in the same single-cell block in Robben Island Maximum Security Prison with Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela. Cooper outlines his observations of Mandela during that period when he got to know him intimately and his thoughts thereafter.


Bullying and children with autism

Autism

Judith Hebron discusses her latest research on bullying and children with autism in this podcast and article.


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