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Littler, J. ORCID: 0000-0001-8496-6192 and McRobbie, A. (2021). Beyond anti-welfarism and feminist social media mud-slinging: Jo Littler interviews Angela McRobbie. European Journal of Cultural Studies, doi: 10.1177/13675494211036150

Littler, J. ORCID: 0000-0001-8496-6192 (2021). What’s wrong with meritocracy?. The Political Quarterly, doi: 10.1111/1467-923x.12979

Rowbotham, S. and Littler, J. ORCID: 0000-0001-8496-6192 (2021). 'Every generation has to make its own women's movement'. Soundings: A Journal of Politics and Culture, 77, pp. 37-54. doi: 10.3898/SOUN.77.03.2021

Moran, M. and Littler, J. ORCID: 0000-0001-8496-6192 (2020). Cultural populism in new populist times. European Journal of Cultural Studies, 23(6), pp. 857-873. doi: 10.1177/1367549420960477

Littler, J. ORCID: 0000-0001-8496-6192 and Rottenberg, C. (2020). Feminist Solidarities: Theoretical and Practical Complexities. Gender, Work & Organization, doi: 10.1111/gwao.12514

Chatzidakis, A., Hakim, J., Littler, J. ORCID: 0000-0001-8496-6192, Rottenberg, C. and Segal, L. (2020). From carewashing to radical care: the discursive explosions of care during Covid-19. Feminist Media Studies, doi: 10.1080/14680777.2020.1781435

Wainwright, H. ORCID: 0000-0001-8496-6192 (2020). Municipalism and feminism then and now: Hilary Wainwright talks to Jo Littler. Soundings: A journal of politics and culture, 74, pp. 10-25. doi: 10.3898/soun.74.01.2020

Littler, J. ORCID: 0000-0001-8496-6192, Featherstone, D. and Davison, S. (2020). Re-empowering the local: new municipal alternatives. Soundings: A Journal of Politics and Culture, 74, pp. 4-9.

Ware, V. and Littler, J. ORCID: 0000-0001-8496-6192 (2020). Gender, race, class, ecology and peace. Soundings, 75, pp. 144-160. doi: 10.3898/soun.75.09.2020

Emejulu, A. and Littler, J. ORCID: 0000-0001-8496-6192 (2019). 'We do not have to be vicious, competitive, or managerial'. Soundings, 73(W 2019), pp. 73-86. doi: 10.3898/soun.73.06.2019

Littler, J. ORCID: 0000-0001-8496-6192 (2019). Mothers behaving badly: chaotic hedonism and the crisis of neoliberal social reproduction. Cultural Studies, doi: 10.1080/09502386.2019.1633371

Littler, J. ORCID: 0000-0001-8496-6192 and Fassin, E. (2019). Fortunes of feminism: act four. Rassegna italiana di sociologia(4), pp. 845-849. doi: 10.1423/96119

Littler, J. (2019). Normcore plutocrats in gold elevators: reading the Trump Tower photographs. Cultural Politics, 15(1), pp. 15-28. doi: 10.1215/17432197-7289458

Segal, L. and Littler, J. ORCID: 0000-0001-8496-6192 (2018). Democracy in the making. Soundings, 69, pp. 113-128. doi: 10.3898/soun:69.07.2018

Littler, J. (2018). Young and old meritocracy: from radical critique to neoliberal tool. Renewal: A Journal of Social Democracy, 26(1), pp. 40-51.

Littler, J. (2018). Where the fires are. Soundings: A Journal of Politics and Culture, 68, pp. 14-25.

Hermes, J., Kooijman, J., Littler, J. and Wood, H. (2017). On the move: Twentieth anniversary editorial of the European Journal of Cultural Studies. European Journal of Cultural Studies, 20(6), pp. 595-605. doi: 10.1177/1367549417733006

Goodman, M. K., Littler, J., Brockington, D. and Boykoff, M. (2016). Spectacular environmentalisms: media, knowledge and the framing of ecological politics. Environmental Communication, 10(6), pp. 677-688. doi: 10.1080/17524032.2016.1219489

Littler, J. (2016). Intangible roles: Theory, policy, practice and intangible cultural heritage. Ethnologies, 36, pp. 93-105. doi: 10.7202/1037601ar

Winch, A., Littler, J. and Keller, J. (2016). Why “intergenerational feminist media studies”?. Feminist Media Studies, 16(4), pp. 557-572. doi: 10.1080/14680777.2016.1193285

Littler, J. and Winch, A. (2016). Feminism and Childcare: A Roundtable with Sara de Benedictis, Gideon Burrows, Tracey Jensen, Jill Rutter and Victoria Showunmi. Studies in the Maternal, 8(1), p. 2. doi: 10.16995/sim.212

Littler, J. (2015). The new Victorians? Celebrity charity and the demise of the welfare state. Celebrity Studies, 6(4), pp. 471-485. doi: 10.1080/19392397.2015.1087213

Littler, J. ORCID: 0000-0001-8496-6192 and Fraser, N. (2015). The fortunes of socialist feminism. Soundings, 58, pp. 21-33. doi: 10.3898/136266215814379664

Goodman, M. K. and Littler, J. (2013). Celebrity Ecologies: Introduction. Celebrity Studies, 4(3), pp. 269-275. doi: 10.1080/19392397.2013.831623

Littler, J. and Rustin, S. (2013). Green Shoots? Interview with Natalie Bennett. Soundings: A Journal of Politics and Culture, 53, pp. 33-43. doi: 10.3898/136266213806045692

Littler, J. (2013). Meritocracy as plutocracy: the marketising of ‘equality’ within neoliberalism. New Formations: a journal of culture/theory/politics, 80-81, pp. 52-72. doi: 10.3898/NewF.80/81.03.2013

Littler, J. (2013). The rise of the ‘yummy mummy’: popular conservatism and the neoliberal maternal in contemporary British culture. Communication, Culture and Critique, 6(2), pp. 227-243. doi: 10.1111/cccr.12010

Littler, J. and Couldry, N. (2011). Work, Power and Performance: Analysing the 'reality' game of The Apprentice. Cultural Sociology, 5(2), pp. 263-279. doi: 10.1177/1749975510378191

Littler, J. and Cross, S. (2010). Celebrity and Schadenfreude: The cultural economy of fame in freefall. Cultural Studies, 24(3), pp. 395-417. doi: 10.1080/09502381003750344

Bird, H., Boykoff, M., Goodman, M. K., Monbiot, G. and Littler, J. (2009). The media and climate change. Soundings: A Journal of Politics and Culture, 43, pp. 47-64. doi: 10.3898/136266209790424595

Littler, J. and Binkley, S. (2008). Cultural Studies and Anti-Consumerism: A Critical Encounter. Cultural Studies, 22(5), pp. 519-530. doi: 10.1080/09502380802245795

Littler, J. and Moor, L. (2008). Fourth worlds and neo-Fordism: American Apparel and the cultural economy of consumer anxiety. Cultural Studies, 22(5), pp. 700-723. doi: 10.1080/09502380802245977

Littler, J. (2008). I feel your pain: Celebrity do-gooding, cosmopolitan caring and the globalised soul. Social Semiotics, 18(2), pp. 237-251. doi: 10.1080/10350330802002416

Littler, J. and Schor, J. (2006). Tackling turbo consumption: An interview with Juliet Schor. Soundings: A Journal of Politics and Culture, 34, p. 45.

Littler, J., Soper, K. and Barnett, C. (2005). A republic of consumers: Jo Littler in discussion with Clive Barnett and Kate Soper. Soundings: A Journal of Politics and Culture, 31, pp. 147-160.

Littler, J. (2004). Celebrity and “meritocracy”. Soundings: A Journal of Politics and Culture, 26, pp. 118-130.

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Littler, J. ORCID: 0000-0001-8496-6192 (2017). Against Meritocracy. Abingdon, UK: Routledge. ISBN 9781138889545

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Curran-Troop, H., Gill, R. ORCID: 0000-0002-2715-1867 and Littler, J. ORCID: 0000-0001-8496-6192 (2021). “Stay woke. Make moves” Branding for a feminist future amidst pandemic precarity. In: Gwynne, J. (Ed.), Femvertising. . London, UK: Palgrave Macmillan.

Littler, J. ORCID: 0000-0001-8496-6192 (2020). ‘Neoliberal meritocracy, racialization and transnationalism’. In: Pirker, E. U., Hericks, K. and Mbali, M. (Eds.), Forward, Upward, Onward? Narratives of Achievement in African and Afroeuropean Contexts. (pp. 17-20). Dusseldorf: hhu books. ISBN 978-3-942412-02-5

Ehrstein, Y., Gill, R. ORCID: 0000-0002-2715-1867 and Littler, J. (2020). The Affective Life of Neoliberalism: Constructing (Un)Reasonableness on Mumsnet. In: Dawes, S. and LeNormand, M. (Eds.), Neoliberalism in Context. (pp. 195-213). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-3-030-26017-0

Sandoval, M. and Littler, J. (2019). Creative hubs: a co-operative space? In: Gill, R., Pratt, A.C. and Virani, T. (Eds.), Creative Hubs in Question: Place, Space and Work in the Creative Economy. (pp. 155-168). London, UK: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-3-030-10652-2

Littler, J. and Williamson, M. (2018). Rich TV, Poor TV: Work, leisure and the construction of ‘deserved inequality’ in contemporary Britain. In: Deery, J. and Press, A. (Eds.), Media and Class: TV, Film, and Digital Culture. (pp. 146-160). UK: Routledge. ISBN 9781138229792

Littler, J. (2017). Adrift or ashore? Desert Island Discs and celebrity culture. In: Brown, J., Cook, N. and Cottrell, S.J. (Eds.), Defining the Discographic Self: Desert Island Discs in Context. (pp. 93-106). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780197266175

Littler, J. (2017). Desperate Success: Managing the mumpreneur. In: Littler, J. (Ed.), Against Meritocracy: Culture, power and myths of mobility. (pp. 179-211). Routledge. ISBN 9781138889552

Littler, J. (2017). More for the many, less for the few. In: Perryman, M. (Ed.), The Corbyn Effect. (pp. 202-213). UK: Lawrence and Wishart. ISBN 9781912064687

Littler, J. (2016). On not being at CCCS. In: Hilton, M. and Connell, K. (Eds.), Cultural Studies 50 Years On: History, Practice and Politics. . Rowman & Littlefield International. ISBN 9781783483921

Littler, J. (2016). ‘Consumer culture and cultural studies’. In: Shaw, D., Carrington, M. and Chatzidakis, A. (Eds.), Ethics and Morality in Consumption: Interdisciplinary Perspectives. (pp. 233-247). New York, USA: Routledge. ISBN 9781138790230

Littler, J. (2014). Celebrity. In: The Routledge Companion to Global Popular Culture. Routledge Companions. (pp. 119-127). Abingdon: Routledge. ISBN 0415641470

Littler, J. (2011). What’s wrong with ethical consumption? In: Lewis, T and Potter, E (Eds.), Ethical Consumption: A Critical Introduction. (pp. 27-39). Routledge.

Littler, J. and Gilbert, J. (2009). Beyond Gesture, Beyond Pragmatism. In: Pugh, J. (Ed.), What is Radical Politics Today? (pp. 127-135). Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9780230236257

Littler, J. (2008). Heritage and ‘Race’. In: Graham, B. (Ed.), Ashgate Research Companion to Heritage and Identity. (pp. 89-104). Ashgate. ISBN 978-0-7546-4922-9

Littler, J. and Couldry, N. (2008). The work of work: Reality TV and the negotiation of neoliberal labour in The Apprentice’. In: Austin, T. and de Jong, W. (Eds.), Rethinking documentary: new perspectives and practices. (pp. 258-267). Open University Press. ISBN 9780335221912

Littler, J. (2006). Celebrity CEOs and the cultural economy of tabloid intimacy. In: Holmes, S. and Redmond, S. (Eds.), Stardom and Celebrity: A Reader. (pp. 230-243). Sage. ISBN 9781412923217

Littler, J. (2006). Festering Britain”: The 1951 Festival of Britain, national identity and the representation of the Commonwealth. In: Ramamurthy, A. and Faulkner, S. (Eds.), Visual Culture and Decolonisation In Britain. (pp. 21-42). Ashgate. ISBN 9780754640028

Littler, J. (2005). British heritage and the legacies of ‘race'. In: Naidoo, R. and Littler, J. (Eds.), The Politics of Heritage: the legacies of ‘race’. (pp. 1-20). London: Routledge. ISBN 9780415322119

Littler, J. (2004). Making fame ordinary: intimacy, reflexivity and ‘keeping it real’. In: Rutherford, J. (Ed.), Mediactive. (pp. 8-25). Lawrence & Wishart.

Littler, J. (2004). ‘White past, multicultural present: heritage and national stories'. In: Brocklehurst, H. and Phillips, R. (Eds.), History, Identity and the Question of Britain. (pp. 330-341). Palgrave. ISBN 9781403912961

Littler, J. (2000). Creative Accounting: Consumer culture, the ‘creative economy’ and the cultural policies of New Labour’. In: Gilbert, J. and Bewes, T. (Eds.), Cultural Capitalism: Politics after New Labour. (pp. 203-222). London: Lawrence & Wishart. ISBN 9780853159179

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Karaivanova, I., Blunt, G. D. ORCID: 0000-0002-9569-090X, Couture-Ménard, M-È., Bernier, L., Breton, M., Ménard, J. F., Pires de Vasconcelos, N., Gilbar, R., Karako-Eyal, N., Tomlinson, J., Meers, J., Cardo, V., Boelle, J., Baek, B-S., Yeh, D. ORCID: 0000-0001-8324-5342, Chen, B., Jacob, M-., Ferraz, O., Littler, J. ORCID: 0000-0001-8496-6192, De Visser, M., Ashford, C., Renz, F., Liu, S-J. S., Tuitt, P., Yong, A. ORCID: 0000-0002-3939-6781 and Germain, S. ORCID: 0000-0003-2697-6039 (2021). Beyond the Virus: Multidisciplinary and International Perspectives on Inequalities raised by COVID-19 (City Law School Research Paper 2021/07). London, UK: The City Law School.