Publications

Sole Authored Books

Howson, A. 2005. Embodying Gender. London: Sage.

Howson, A. 2003. The Body in Society: an Introduction. Cambridge: Polity Press.                      

Edited Books

Howson, A. 2008. (edited with J. Brownlie and A. Greene). Researching Trust in Health: recent empirical work. New York: Routledge.

Blaikie, A., Hepworth, M., Holmes, M., Howson, A., Inglis, D. and Sartain, S. (eds). 2003. The Body in Sociology: Key Concepts Volumes 1-5. London: Routledge.

Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals

Howson, A. (with J. Brownlie). 2005. ‘Between the demands of truth and government’: health practitioners, trust and immunisation work. Social Science and Medicine. 62(2), 433-43.

Howson, A. (with J. Brownlie) 2005. Leaps of faith and relationality: an empirical study of trust. Sociology. 39(2), 221-240.

Howson, A. (with Inglis, D.)  2002. Sociology’s Sense of Self: A reply to Crossley and Shilling. Sociological Review. 50(1), 136-139.

Howson, A. (with Inglis, D.). 2001. The body in sociology: tensions inside and outside sociological thought. Sociological Review. 49(3), 297-317.

Howson, A. 2001. Locating Uncertainties in Cervical Screening. Health, Risk and Society. 3(2), 167-179.

Howson, A. 2001. Watching you—watching me: visualizing techniques and the cervix. Women’s Studies International Forum. 24(1), 97-110.

Howson, A. 1999. Cervical Screening, Compliance and Moral Obligation. Sociology of Health and Illness. 21(4), 401-425.

Howson, A. 1998. Surveillance, Knowledge and Risk: the Embodied Experience of Cervical Screening. Health. 2(2), 195-212.

Howson, A. 1992. No gods and precious few women: gender and cultural identity in Scotland. Scottish Affairs. No. 2, Winter, 37-49.

Chapters in Edited Books

Howson, A. 2005. Feminist Art and Feminist Sociology: New Directions. In D. Inglis and J. Hughson (eds). The Sociology of Art. London: Palgrave Press.

Howson, A. 1998. Embodied Obligation: the Female Body and Health Surveillance. In S. Nettleton and J. Watson (eds). The Body in Everyday Life. London: Routledge.

Howson, A. and  Breitenbach, E. 1998. Gender in Scottish Society: an Introduction. In E. Breitenbach and A. Howson (eds). Gender in Scottish Society. Edinburgh: Unit for the Study of Government.

Reports

Howson, A. 2004. Health Promoting Schools: policy evaluation. Edinburgh: Health Scotland.

Brownlie, J. and Howson, A. 2003. Leaps of Faith: a sociological re-analysis of qualitative data on parental and professional views of MMR. Edinburgh: Chief Scientist’s Office.

Breitenbach, E. and Howson, A. (eds). 1998. Gender in Scottish Society. Edinburgh: Unit for the Study of Government in Scotland

Howson, A. 1996. The female body and health surveillance: cervical screening and the social production of risk. Edinburgh Working Papers No. 2. Edinburgh: Department of Sociology, University of Edinburgh.

Editorials and Essays

Howson, A. 1994. Faithers, Bairns and Basics. Scottish Affairs. No. 8, Winter, 1-4.

Howson, A. 1990. Matter over Mind. Nursing Times. 86(24), 53.

Howson, A. 1990. Why a Woman’s Place is in the House. Sunday Times Scotland. December 30th.