Shaun Best

401 total citations
33 papers, 193 citations indexed

About

Shaun Best is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Education and Gender Studies. According to data from OpenAlex, Shaun Best has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 193 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 5 papers in Education and 5 papers in Gender Studies. Recurrent topics in Shaun Best's work include Zygmunt Bauman's Sociology (9 papers), Youth Education and Societal Dynamics (5 papers) and Employment and Welfare Studies (4 papers). Shaun Best is often cited by papers focused on Zygmunt Bauman's Sociology (9 papers), Youth Education and Societal Dynamics (5 papers) and Employment and Welfare Studies (4 papers). Shaun Best collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom and United States. Shaun Best's co-authors include Zygmunt Bauman, Ingrid Mulder, J. Wiebe Mulder, Jo Wick and Ryan Ash and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, British Journal of Sociology and Sociology.

In The Last Decade

Shaun Best

30 papers receiving 172 citations

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Amanda Moras United States

Sigrun Marie Moss Norway

Deena Haydon United Kingdom

Sayaka Osanami Törngren Sweden

Pamela J. Bettis United States

Nevena Kulić Italy

Ellis Cose

Laura L. Finley United States

Mark Cieslik United Kingdom

Treva B. Lindsey United States

Amanda Moras United States

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145 ×1.2

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48 ×1.0

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23 ×1.0

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34 ×1.4

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Countries citing papers authored by Shaun Best

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Best, Shaun. (2025). Unleashing Greatness: A Strategy for School Improvement. British Journal of Educational Studies. 73(4). 553–561. 1 indexed citations

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Best, Shaun. (2024). Disrupting Dignity: Rethinking Power and Progress in LGBTQ Lives. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 53(3). 245–246.

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Best, Shaun. (2023). Educational Equity: Pathways to Success. British Journal of Educational Studies. 71(2). 234–236. 4 indexed citations

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Best, Shaun. (2020). The Emerald Guide to Zygmunt Bauman. 1 indexed citations

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Best, Shaun. (2018). Liquid Love: Zygmunt Bauman’s thesis on sex revisited. Sexualities. 22(7-8). 1094–1109. 1 indexed citations

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Wick, Jo, et al.. (2017). Reducing radiation exposure with iterative reconstruction: an inter- and intra-scanner analysis. Journal of Radiological Protection. 37(4). N42–N48. 1 indexed citations

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Best, Shaun. (2017). Aspiration, abjection and precariousness: The neo-liberal educator’s desire for compliance. Power and Education. 9(1). 37–50. 5 indexed citations

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Best, Shaun. (2016). Zygmunt Bauman: On what it means to be included. Power and Education. 8(2). 124–139. 7 indexed citations

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Best, Shaun. (2015). Education in the interregnum: an evaluation of Zygmunt Bauman’s liquid-turn writing on education. British Journal of Sociology of Education. 38(2). 203–220. 5 indexed citations

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Best, Shaun. (2013). Liquid fandom: neo-tribes and fandom in the context of liquid modernity. Soccer and Society. 14(1). 80–92. 19 indexed citations

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Best, Shaun. (2013). Zygmunt Bauman: Why Good People do Bad Things. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 6 indexed citations

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Best, Shaun. (2012). On education: conversations with Riccardo Mazzeo. School Leadership and Management. 33(2). 197–200. 13 indexed citations

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Best, Shaun. (2011). Sporting sanctions as symbolic violence: an evaluation of how the Football League communicates with fans who challenge the legitimacy of the sporting sanctions policy. Soccer and Society. 12(5). 664–676. 2 indexed citations

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Best, Shaun. (2010). The Leicester School of Football Hooliganism: an evaluation. Soccer and Society. 11(5). 573–587. 10 indexed citations

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Best, Shaun. (2009). ‘Who am I?’ and ‘Who are we?’ Audit consciousness and the Further Education Funding Council in the 1990s. 3(3). 163–176. 2 indexed citations

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Best, Shaun. (2007). The social construction of pain: an evaluation. Disability & Society. 22(2). 161–171. 16 indexed citations

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Best, Shaun. (2007). Basil Bernstein: agency, structure and linguistic conception of class. Research Explorer (The University of Manchester). 1(1). 107–124. 5 indexed citations

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Best, Shaun. (2006). Talcott Parsons: Despair and Modernity. 1 indexed citations

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Best, Shaun. (2005). Understanding Social Divisions. 9 indexed citations

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Best, Shaun & Zygmunt Bauman. (1998). Zygmunt Bauman: Personal Reflections within the Mainstream of Modernity. British Journal of Sociology. 49(2). 311–311. 20 indexed citations

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