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2. Weekly Policy Papers.
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GOVERNMENT policy ,ASSOCIATIONS, institutions, etc. ,ADULT education ,UNEMPLOYMENT statistics ,LEGISLATIVE libraries - Abstract
The article discusses the publication of policy papers in the United Kingdom, categorizing them into three parts: government policy papers, parliamentary policy papers, and those from think tanks and other organizations. Topics include government policies on devolved adult education, the United Kingdom Space Agency's Space Sector Skills Survey, and parliamentary inquiries on children's social care reforms, multi-academy trusts, university strike action, youth unemployment statistics, and more.
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- 2023
3. Weekly Policy Papers.
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GOVERNMENT policy ,RESEARCH institutes ,UNEMPLOYMENT statistics ,LEGISLATIVE libraries ,SCHOOL attendance - Abstract
The article provides a comprehensive overview of recent policy papers released from February 12-16, 2024. It covers papers from various sources, including the UK government, parliamentary libraries, and other think tanks or non-governmental bodies. It highlights government policy papers, outlines parliamentary policy papers, including topics such as youth unemployment statistics and school attendance in England.
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- 2024
4. Weekly Policy Papers.
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INTERNATIONAL agencies ,NONGOVERNMENTAL organizations ,LEGISLATIVE libraries ,RESEARCH institutes ,GOVERNMENT policy - Abstract
The article discuses the Education Parliamentary Monitor (EPM) weekly policy papers released by the UK Government. Several discussed include white and green Papers, parliamentary libraries, think tanks, non-governmental organizations, and international organizations. It is further reported that the period covered by this report is from January1-13, 2023.
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- 2023
5. Weekly Policy Papers.
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GOVERNMENT policy ,PRIVATE schools ,EDUCATION policy ,YOUTH employment - Abstract
The article focuses on the all policy papers published by the United Kingdom government from June 12 -16, 2023. It includes parliamentary policy papers on charitable status and independent schools, think tank and third-party policy paper regarding homophobia and transphobia in schools and youth employment statistics.
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- 2023
6. Weekly Policy Papers.
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GOVERNMENT policy ,INTERNATIONAL organization ,NONGOVERNMENTAL organizations ,RESEARCH institutes - Abstract
The article provides information regarding policy papers published in the UK. It is noted that is has been divided into three parts: government policy papers, parliamentary policy papers, and think tank and third-party policy papers. It is further mentioned that part 1 covers White and Green Papers published by the UK Government, part 2 covers papers by three parliamentary libraries, and Part 3 includes papers from think tanks, other non-governmental bodies, and international organizations.
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- 2023
7. Weekly Policy Papers.
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SEXUAL harassment ,TEACHER recruitment ,TEACHER retention ,GOVERNMENT policy - Abstract
The article focuses on presenting policy papers covering topics such as teacher recruitment and retention in England, youth unemployment statistics in the United Kingdom and the European Union, and concerns about sexual harassment in English schools. Part 1 details government policy papers, Part 2 covers parliamentary policy papers, and Part 3 includes contributions from think tanks and non-governmental organizations.
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- 2023
8. Mobilizing the "State Papers" of Empire: John Bruce, Early Modernity, and the Bureaucratic Archives of Britain.
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Siddique, Asheesh Kapur
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BUREAUCRACY , *GOVERNMENT policy ,BRITISH historians - Abstract
This article examines John Bruce's vision of the bureaucratic archives of the British state and empire at the end of the eighteenth century. As Historiographer to the East India Company and Keeper of State Papers in the 1790s and early 1800s, Bruce used the archives of corporate and state government as sources of bureaucratic knowledge to justify and plan imperial and domestic policy. In this way, Bruce deployed a strategy of governance by the authority of "state papers," rooted in early modern political practice, across imperial and domestic government. The demise of Bruce's influence signaled the waning of this role of the archive as a technology of governance in Britain during the nineteenth century. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2018
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9. Weekly Policy Papers.
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GOVERNMENT policy ,BRITISH education system ,ADULT education - Abstract
The article offers information on the details of all policy papers published by British Government departments connected with education, training and children's services. It further discusses Childminder Agency (CMA) inspection requirements for Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills (Ofsted); national professional qualifications (NPQs) reforms; and funding a world-class adult education system.
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- 2020
10. Weekly Policy Papers.
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SCHOOLS ,SCHOOL bullying -- Law & legislation ,PREVENTION of school bullying ,GOVERNMENT policy - Abstract
The article reports on details of policy papers published by Government departments connected with education, training and children services from February 3 to 7, 2020. Topics include demonstrates that the House of Commons Library briefs provide introduction and reference guide to key schools related topics raised with Members by constituents; and notes that briefing paper discuss prevalence of bullying amongst pupils in schools, and policies to prevent and tackle bullying.
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- 2020
11. Current policy and legislation in England regarding older people - what this means for older people with learning disabilities: a discussion paper.
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Turner, Sue and Cooper Ueki, Madeline
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OLDER people with intellectual disabilities , *OLDER people with disabilities , *PEOPLE with learning disabilities , *DEVELOPMENTALLY disabled older people , *PEOPLE with disabilities , *CARE of dementia patients , *SOCIAL isolation , *OLDER people , *GOVERNMENT policy , *SERVICES for people with disabilities , *DIAGNOSIS of dementia , *TREATMENT of dementia , *EMPLOYMENT , *DISABILITY laws , *HEALTH planning , *HOUSING , *INTEGRATED health care delivery , *LONELINESS , *PEOPLE with intellectual disabilities , *POLICY sciences , *SOCIAL support , *PATIENT-centered care , *OLD age , *PREVENTION - Abstract
People with learning disabilities are living longer. Older people with learning disabilities should be included in policies and plans that are for all older people. National plans and policies for older people often do not say anything about older people with learning disabilities, and it is hard to know whether older people with learning disabilities are benefiting. People who plan services locally often do not have good information on older people with learning disabilities. Using the Equalities Act 2010 could help people who plan services and write policy to think about older people with learning disabilities but this is not happening at the moment. People who work with older people with learning disabilities should be aware of policy for all older people, so that older people with learning disabilities do not miss out. This paper seeks to explore the opportunities and challenges generated by current policy, guidance and legislation in England relating to older people, in terms of the practical implications for older people with learning disabilities. Using the broad themes housing, employment, social inclusion and isolation, care and support, and promoting better health and well-being, this paper discusses potential practical opportunities and concerns for older people with learning disabilities arising from policy and legislation such as current initiatives regarding integration, personalisation and the dementia policy. Consideration is given to the implications of changing policy and practice for both current and future generations of people with a learning disability as they reach older age. This discussion paper concludes that whilst there is potential for older people with a learning disability to benefit from policy and practice aimed at improving the lives of older people generally, the tendency for policy to be targeted at specific groups without adequately considering the diversity of those groups often leaves those with a learning disability at the margins of being able to make the most of changes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2015
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12. Policy papers published recently.
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GOVERNMENT policy ,VIOLENCE against women ,SOCIAL justice ,SCHOOL buildings ,EDUCATIONAL evaluation - Abstract
The article offers information on some policy papers published in United Kingdom. Some of them includes "Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls in the UK," "Government Proposals for Children's Social Care Reform," "The Condition of School Buildings," "The Condition of School Buildings," "It's Our Future: Report of the Independent Review of Qualifications and Assessment" and "Environmental Sustainability Overview."
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- 2023
13. rise of UK–China research collaboration: Trends, opportunities and challenges.
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Adams, Jonathan, Johnson, Jo, and Grant, Jonathan
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CHINA-Great Britain relations ,GOVERNMENT policy ,TELECOMMUNICATION ,DATA science - Abstract
China has become an impactful science superpower, but it is asserted that its influence provides it with disproportionate benefits that some national research policies have not thus far appreciated. To create context, Web of Science data are used to analyse research collaborations between the UK and China: trends in volume of output between 1981 and 2019; citation impact; and comparative performance across research fields. UK–China collaboration increased from fewer than 100 co-authored papers before 1990, to 750 per year in 2000, 3,324 in 2010, and 16,267 papers (10.9 per cent of UK output) in 2019. UK–China collaboration is concentrated in technology-based fields: in some (e.g. telecommunication), over 30 per cent of UK papers are in collaboration with Chinese-based researchers. The paper discusses the policy consequences to the UK of this indicative dependency, arguing that exiting from such collaborations is ill advised, provided the risks, perceived or real, are mapped, managed, and mitigated. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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14. High stakes. Commentary on the 2023 United Kingdom government white paper on gambling reform.
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Rogers, Jim, Roberts, Amanda, Sharman, Steve, Dymond, Simon, Ludvig, Elliot A., and Tunney, Richard J.
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GAMBLING laws , *GAMES , *INDUSTRIES , *SMARTPHONES , *GAMBLING , *HARM reduction , *ADVERTISING , *GOVERNMENT policy , *COMPULSIVE behavior - Published
- 2023
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15. Pregnant racialised migrants and the ubiquitous border: The hostile environment as a technology of stratified reproduction.
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LONERGAN, GWYNETH
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IMMIGRATION law ,CHILDBIRTH & psychology ,ATTITUDES toward pregnancy ,ECOLOGY ,GOVERNMENT policy ,MATERNAL health services ,FOCUS groups ,RESEARCH funding ,SEX distribution ,INTERVIEWING ,PREGNANT women ,CITIZENSHIP ,RACISM ,EXPERIENCE ,THEMATIC analysis ,MIGRANT labor ,HUMAN reproduction ,RESEARCH methodology ,HOUSING ,PSYCHOSOCIAL factors ,SOCIAL classes ,HEALTH care rationing - Abstract
This article explores the impact of the 'hostile environment' on racialised migrant women's experiences of pregnancy and childbirth in England, arguing that the 'hostile environment' functions as a technology of 'stratified reproduction.' First coined by Shellee Colen, the concept of stratified reproduction describes the dynamic by which some individuals and groups may be supported in their reproductive activities, while others are disempowered and discouraged. This paper locates the stratified reproduction produced by the 'hostile environment' as intertwined with wider gendered and racialised discourses around British citizenship which have been 'designed to fail' racialised residents of the UK. Drawing on interviews with racialised migrant mothers in the north of England, this paper analyses how the proliferation and intensification of immigration controls interacts with gender, race, class, and other social regimes to differentially allocate the resources necessary for a safe and healthy pregnancy and childbirth, and how this is experienced materially by pregnant migrants. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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16. Safeguarding carers: literature review on what is known about carers who are abused by the people they provide care for.
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Anka, Ann and Penhale, Bridget
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RISK of violence ,SAFETY regulations ,GOVERNMENT policy ,PATIENT-family relations ,FAMILY roles ,FAMILY relations ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics ,THEMATIC analysis ,SOCIAL support ,CAREGIVER attitudes - Abstract
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to provide a literature review on what is known about unpaid family carers who are at risk of or have experienced abuse from the people they provide care for and relevant policy/legal and practice responses for affected family carers. Design/methodology/approach: A literature search was carried out to locate literature relating to unpaid family carers who are at risk of or have experienced abuse from the people they provide care for. This also incorporated grey literature, including policy guidance and law, to determine the existing knowledge base, gaps in practice and areas that might require further research. Findings: The findings suggest that although carer harm is serious, it is under-researched. In addition, the unique needs of unpaid family carers who are at risk of or have experienced abuse, violence and harm from the people they provide care for are subsumed in safeguarding policy/law processes and practice under the auspices of the protection of "adults at risk" rather than the protection of "carers at risk". Research limitations/implications: It is important that those who support unpaid family carers who are at risk of abuse and harm know about their unique safeguarding needs and concerns to offer appropriate support. It is also apparent that policy and law need to address the gap in provision relating to the unique safeguarding concerns involving the abuse of unpaid family carers by the people they provide care for. This paper is based on this literature review and not on other types of research. Originality/value: The paper provides insights into what is known about the abuse of unpaid family carers by the people they provide care for, and the policy/legal and practice responses to affected unpaid family carers. It contributes to the body of knowledge on carer abuse and safeguarding carers from abuse and harm. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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17. Innovation in UK independent homecare services: A thematic narrative review.
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Burns, Diane, Goodlad, Cate, Hamblin, Kate, and Zimpel‐Leal, Karla
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EVALUATION of medical care ,HOME care services ,SYSTEMATIC reviews ,MATHEMATICAL models ,PROFESSIONAL employee training ,LABOR supply ,THEORY ,ASSISTIVE technology ,GOVERNMENT policy ,MEDLINE ,THEMATIC analysis ,GOVERNMENT aid ,SOCIAL services ,DIFFUSION of innovations - Abstract
This paper reports the findings of a thematic narrative review of peer‐reviewed articles exploring innovation in UK independent homecare services published between January 2009–August 2021. Our analysis of 15 papers reveals four broad innovation types: personalised funding, operational models, workforce development and assistive technology. We conclude that research focused on innovation in independent homecare offers important insights into the positive and negative outcomes of different types of innovation for providers, care workers and people receiving care. There are, however, also areas which are neglected and need further elaboration, including more robust evidence of outcomes and clearer articulation of innovation processes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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18. "You have to work...but you can't!": Contradictions of the Active Labour Market Policies for Refugees and Asylum Seekers in the UK.
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CALO, FRANCESCA, MONTGOMERY, TOM, and BAGLIONI, SIMONE
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POLICY sciences ,GOVERNMENT policy ,QUALITATIVE research ,FOCUS groups ,RESEARCH funding ,PSYCHOLOGY of refugees ,INTERVIEWING ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics ,LABOR market ,DISCOURSE analysis ,EXPERIENCE ,THEORY of knowledge ,PRACTICAL politics ,STAKEHOLDER analysis ,SOCIAL support ,DISCRIMINATION (Sociology) ,SOCIAL problems - Abstract
The discourse of deservingness has been mobilised against certain groups in the UK society navigating UK labour markets, among them refugees and asylum seekers. These discourses, leading to the stigmatisation of the unemployed are coupled with an emphasis on the importance of individuals taking responsibility to develop their 'employability'. Little attention has been paid to scrutinise the contrast between the deservingness rhetoric and policy making with the actual conditions newcomers, and in particular refugees and asylum seekers, are confronted with when seeking employment. Our paper fills such a gap by indicating key contradictions at the heart of labour market integration in the UK. On the one hand, the emphasis on deservingness is coupled with policy discourses that construct an environment shaped by welfare and labour market chauvinism. On the other hand, the policy architecture is fundamentally flawed in a number of ways in terms of the support mechanisms necessary to ensure that newcomers can successfully integrate into the labour market. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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19. Policy papers published last week.
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GOVERNMENT policy ,PRIMARY school teachers ,MALE teachers ,DIPLOMACY ,REPORTING of child abuse ,MANDATORY reporting (Law) - Abstract
This section offers information on the policy papers published by the British government from November 2 to 11, 2022. Topics discussed include the proposed increase in the number of male primary school teachers, the role of science diplomacy in scientific collaborations, and the mandatory reporting of child abuse incidents in England.
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- 2022
20. Lost in Categorisation? Employment Subsidies – Bringing the Beneficiaries Back In.
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ROBERTSHAW, DAVID KEITH
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UNEMPLOYMENT ,MOTIVATION (Psychology) ,PRACTICAL politics ,EMPLOYEE recruitment ,EMPLOYEES ,JOB involvement ,ABILITY ,TRAINING ,GOVERNMENT policy ,BUSINESS ,EMPLOYMENT ,WAGES ,TERMS & phrases ,DECISION making ,COST analysis ,GOVERNMENT aid ,COALITIONS ,PUBLIC welfare ,JOB performance ,PEOPLE with disabilities ,PERSONNEL management ,EMPLOYEE retention ,INDUSTRIAL relations - Abstract
Employment subsidies are important active labour market policy (ALMP) tools, suited to a variety of labour market challenges. This paper engages with recent ALMP categorisation debates by appraising Cronert's (2019) recent typology of employment subsidies. It uses empirical material to assess the typology's explanatory power and produce insights to inform further typological development. The illustrative case of the British ' Wage Incentive' (2012-2014) is used to assess the typology's analytical purchase. Cronert's typology helpfully identifies key distinctions in the distributional profiles of employment subsidies, but further understanding of the category is impeded by the practice of defining them as demand-side interventions. The paper argues for a reappraisal of their supply-side characteristics, maintaining that the (potential) worker should be included in the analysis, and that employment subsidies' relationship with training and job creation should be acknowledged. It proposes a redefinition of employment subsidies reflecting their real-world use, and suggests a framework for further exploring varieties of employment subsidy design from the perspective of beneficiaries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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21. New development: Managing and accounting for sustainable development across generations in public services—and call for papers.
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Grubnic, Suzana, Thomson, Ian, and Georgakopoulos, Georgios
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SUSTAINABLE development ,SUSTAINABILITY ,ENVIRONMENTAL policy ,PUBLIC administration ,TRANSPARENCY in government ,BRITISH politics & government ,TWENTY-first century ,GOVERNMENT policy - Abstract
Social and environmental justice across generations is a fundamental attribute of sustainable development. In this article, which is also a call for papers for a future theme in Public Money & Management (PMM), we develop our case for further research on how governments and public service organizations seek to address sustainable development in their decision-making processes. We believe that accounting for social and environmental aspects is an underdeveloped area of research and practice that is worthy of further critical enquiry. We therefore call on researchers and practitioners to submit their research to a themed issue of PMM on managing and accounting for sustainable development in public services. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2015
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22. Policy papers published last week.
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GOVERNMENT policy ,CHILDREN ,HOUSING ,SCHOOLS - Abstract
The article presents various published policy papers as of November 2022. It includes response to a report on hotels for housing unaccompanied asylum-seeking children, March to May 2022; Schools Bill: Regulation of Academies and Trusts by Heather Evennett; and Student Support for Undergraduates Across the United Kingdom by Joe Lewis and all.
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- 2022
23. Making it real or sustaining a fantasy? Personal budgets for older people.
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West, Karen and Needham, Catherine
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HOUSEHOLD budgets ,OLDER people ,SOCIAL impact ,SOCIAL gerontology ,GOVERNMENT policy - Abstract
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the current policy of extending personal budgets to older people.Design/methodology/approach In developing this explanation, the paper draws upon a species of de-centred, post-foundationalist theory which draws attention to the way in which certain narratives can sustain a longing for the implementation of policies that are ultimately unachievable. The paper also draws upon original data from an evaluation of a national ageing charity’s project to increase take-up of personal budgets.Findings The paper draws attention to, and seeks to explain, the paradoxical discursive positioning of older adults as “the unexceptional exception” within the general narrative of universal personalisation.Research limitations/implications This analytical approach can secure a different vantage point in this debate by paying closer attention to the ideological and ethical dimensions of personalisation than has been the case until now.Practical implications The paper contributes to the critical interrogation of the personalisation agenda, in which debate (both in academic and practitioner circles) has become highly polarised.Social implications The paper contributes to discussions in critical social gerontology which point to a bifurcation of later life into, on the one hand, an ageless third age and a frailed fourth age, on the other.Originality/value The paper makes clear that the discursive positioning of older people as “the unexceptional exception” risks an inadvertent ageism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2017
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24. Levelling Up the UK: If not the Conservatives, will Labour Learn the Lessons from Past Policy Failings?
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Diamond, Patrick, Richards, David, Sanders, Anna, and Westwood, Andy
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GOVERNMENT policy ,FEDERAL government ,REGIONAL disparities ,PRIME ministers ,REGIONAL differences ,CONSERVATIVES - Abstract
This article considers the levelling‐up agenda in the UK, examining the Johnson government's original proposals to tackle regional and local inequality and its continuation under new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak following the short‐lived premiership of Liz Truss. The 2022 Levelling Up in the United Kingdom White Paper is notable for the frank and wholesale critique it provides of previous governments'—both Tory and Labour—efforts to address the pressing issue of geographic inequality. The assessment was that a pattern of ad hoc and incoherent reforms needed to be replaced by a stable, long term and system‐wide approach to change. Yet, under Johnson, Truss and now Sunak, policy churn is continuing, with an approach that falls short in following the lessons set out in the White Paper. We provide a detailed analysis of the government's critique of past reforms, the lessons it has set out and why its reform programme is likely to repeat past failings. Crucially, the approach leaves the structure of central government almost untouched, with substantive reforms instead focussed at the local governance level. We argue the government's programme perpetuates the 'power‐hoarding' tendencies of the Westminster model, a key bulwark against meaningfully addressing the UK's spatial inequality problem. We conclude that the levelling‐up agenda, missions and targets are unlikely to be met under Rishi Sunak, reflecting the endemic nature of short‐termism and centralisation of power in the UK's public policy approach. We then consider the approach of Starmer's Labour Party to levelling up and the issues it needs to confront if it forms the next government. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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25. What are the Barriers to Taxing Wealth? The Case of a Wealth Tax Proposal in the UK.
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PRABHAKAR, RAJIV
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TAXATION ,DEBT ,PRACTICAL politics ,SOCIOECONOMIC factors ,INCOME ,GOVERNMENT policy ,POLICY sciences ,THEMATIC analysis ,COVID-19 pandemic - Abstract
Over the past decade there have been repeated calls for the greater taxation of wealth. These calls have had little impact on policy. There has been a global trend to reduce or abolish taxes on wealth. The contrast suggests that it may be better now to explore how taxes on wealth may be made a reality rather than designing new tax proposals. What are the barriers to tax wealth? This paper addresses this by conducting a case study of a high profile plan for introducing a one-off wealth tax in the UK. It identifies a tyranny of the status quo, framing and the policy process as key barriers to tax reform. It uses thematic analysis to study how the plans for a one-off wealth tax were discussed in the media and the UK Parliament. This paper argues that there were important shortfalls in both the way the case for a wealth tax was framed as well as the engagement with the policy process. It claims that a stronger framing would have discussed wealth inequality in greater depth and there was a need for a less equivocal case to Parliamentarians. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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26. Building an island of state capacity: How the UK state implemented the Thames Tideway Tunnel with market-based finance.
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Findeisen, Francesco
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CLIMATE change ,INVESTMENT risk ,GOVERNMENT policy ,INDUSTRIAL capacity ,ISLANDS - Abstract
This article contributes to the literature on state capacity in financialized political economies by studying the market-based investment setting for the Thames Tideway Tunnel, a £4.2 billion sewer, built underneath central London to prevent raw sewage from spilling into the River Thames. Most analyses conclude that financial statecraft undermines state capacities, as it empowers finance and exposes states to uncontrollable risks. This article moves beyond these accounts by arguing that public policy officials engage with finance instrumentally, taking on risks to solve the governing challenges they face. It demonstrates that state action can build islands of state capacity with financial statecraft in fragmented policy environments. Based on expert interviews and documentary analysis, the article traces how the UK's Ministry of the Environment experimented with a policy instrument and used investment capacities from different levels of government, to implement the Thames Tideway Tunnel through institutional equity investment and share risks in the privatized and financialized environmental sector. The paper concludes that under the current conjuncture, financial statecraft will play an important role in addressing the climate crisis. Therefore, further comparative research is required to explore its normative paradox. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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27. Industrial policies, strategy and the UK's Levelling Up agenda.
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Sunley, Peter, Harris, Jack L, Pike, Andy, Harris, Richard, Martin, Ron, and Evenhuis, Emil
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INDUSTRIAL policy ,INFRASTRUCTURE policy ,INDUSTRIALIZATION ,GOVERNMENT policy ,COLUMNS - Abstract
In the context of the UK economy's slow and unbalanced growth, this paper discusses the degree to which recent Conservative Governments in the UK have moved towards the adoption of a strategic and coherent set of industrial policies to enhance economic performance across the country. It starts by outlining the priorities and principles of new forms of industrial strategy which emphasises the importance of cross-sectoral goals, intensive dialogue between government and the private sector, co-ordination between different policies and levels of government, directions to address societal and environmental challenges and the role of place-based policy making. The paper discusses the degree to which these principles have shaped, or been largely absent from, recent industrial policy development in the UK and particularly the interface between industrial and regional policies. It discusses the May Government's move to set up an Industrial Strategy with a place 'pillar' and the influence of a mission approach. It then reviews the Johnson's Government's 'Plan for Growth' industrial policy agenda, focussing on the recent Levelling Up White Paper and examines how far and in what ways it has embedded these reforming principles. It finds that despite reflecting some of these principles in its rhetoric, the current government programme has substituted innovation and infrastructure policies for an actual industrial strategy, and continues to rely mainly on a top-down and technologically driven type of approach. The agenda lacks the capacity to deliver its levelling up goals due to inadequate funding, an incomplete devolution agenda and insufficiently developed place-based capacities and policies. Future development needs to move the principles from rhetoric into industrial policy direction and design, and to remedy the continuing lack of local and regional collaboration and co-ordination. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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28. Viewing domestic workers problems through a human rights lens.
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Salih, Ismail Idowu
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HOUSEHOLD employees ,HUMAN rights ,EMPLOYMENT ,NONGOVERNMENTAL organizations ,GOVERNMENT policy - Abstract
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the pattern and attitude of the UK government towards international frameworks that promotes humane treatment of domestic workers and the respect of their human rights. This paper also examines the UK government continued refusal to adopt ILO Convention 189 that consolidates the framework for regulating domestic work. Design/methodology/approach – Using the concept of human rights, this paper conducts an extensive literature review on domestic workers; migrants in particular. Findings – This paper concludes that the best way to deal with the problems faced by domestic workers in the UK is the inclusion of them in all aspects of employment and health and safety protection, the regulation of domestic work, and a review of the domestic workers visas. Research limitations/implications – The Home Office has commissioned a panel to look into the effect of the current domestic workers visa on the vulnerability of the workers. The panel’s report is yet to be released as at the time of drafting this viewpoint. Practical implications – This paper contains useful informational for policy makers, NGOs, and academics. Social implications – This papers is a useful tool for a symposium, seminar, or conference. Originality/value – This paper contains original work of the author; except where copyright is acknowledged. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2015
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29. Policy papers published last week.
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GOVERNMENT policy ,EDUCATION policy ,POVERTY ,CHILDREN'S rights - Abstract
An overview of several policy papers on various issues in Great Britain published in the third quarter of 2019 is presented. Topics discussed include the House of Commons Library Briefing Paper on the increase in the number of children in England being excluded or leaving schools, data and factors contributing to child poverty in Scotland and developments in terms if children's rights.
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- 2019
30. Where do we go from here?: Virtual Production and the potential impact on regional filmmaking.
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Fair, James
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TECHNOLOGICAL innovations ,CULTURAL industries ,PRODUCTION losses ,FILMMAKING ,VIRTUAL communications ,FILMMAKERS - Abstract
Virtual Production (VP) has seen enormous growth in the last few years. The technology enables filmmakers to project locations onto a giant LED wall backdrop in a studio space, providing a photorealistic setting at the click of a button. Exciting though these developments are for the industry, our governments need to explore and understand what the trend away from traditional filmmaking may mean. There could be some hidden consequences that impact upon existing policy objectives. This paper focuses specifically upon the potential challenges that regional filmmaking may face as a result of VP; including a loss of production revenue in the local economy, possible skills migration and a threat to screen tourism. The paper argues that interventionist policy making, similar to successful tax relief schemes that have invigorated the UK cultural industries in recent years, could help steer the new technology in directions that help meet wider policy agendas, rather than usurp them. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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31. Encountering the hostile environment: Recently arrived Afghan migrants in London.
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RYAN, LOUISE, LÓPEZ, MARÍA, and DALCEGGIO, ALESSIA
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IMMIGRANTS ,EMIGRATION & immigration ,RESEARCH funding ,QUALITATIVE research ,GOVERNMENT policy ,ECOLOGY ,PSYCHOLOGY of refugees ,GOVERNMENT agencies ,GOAL (Psychology) ,EXPERIENCE ,COMMUNICATION ,PUNISHMENT ,PUBLIC administration ,COMMITMENT (Psychology) ,HOTELS ,HOUSING ,REFUGEES ,HUMANITARIANISM - Abstract
Following the dramatic evacuation from Kabul airport in August 2021, the UK government proclaimed its commitment to a 'warm welcome' for Afghans. In this paper we draw on original qualitative research to explore the emerging experiences of evacuees, and other recent arrivals, during their first year in London. Using the narratives of our Afghans participants, as well as insights from key stakeholders, we show how they navigated slow, opaque bureaucratic processes and lack of communication with official agencies. As a result of these lengthy processes, many thousands of evacuees remained in temporary hotel accommodation for protracted periods. Drawing on the concept of 'everyday bordering', we explore the extent to which Afghan resettlement policies are achieving their objectives. We consider how such policies are birthed within a punitive immigration system, which is designed to 'wear down' migrants in the UK, regardless of their reason for migration. Moreover, we argue that the ad hoc response of the Home Office and the Foreign Office has created 'false distinctions' between categories of Afghan refugees, reinforcing notions of 'deserving' versus 'underserving' migrants. This distinction allows the government to present itself as humanitarian, 'rescuing' people from Afghanistan, while simultaneously maintaining its commitment to the 'hostile immigration environment'. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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32. Platform NHS: Reconfiguring a Public Service in the Age of Digital Capitalism.
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Faulkner-Gurstein, Rachel and Wyatt, David
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DIGITAL technology ,MUNICIPAL services ,CAPITALISM ,GOVERNMENT policy - Abstract
The platform is emerging as a key organizational form and operational logic of contemporary capitalism, intimately tied to financialization and assetization. However, discussions to date have focused on platforms and platformization in the context of the private, corporate, and technology sectors. In this paper, we develop an analysis of how platformization operates in the context of public policy. Using the UK's National Health Service as a case study, we explore how platformization is altering the form and function of the state. The platformization of the NHS has its roots in the UK government's strategic interest in the development of the bioeconomy. This led to the creation of a research infrastructure within the health service. Subsequently, the NHS has leveraged various assets into a range of data- and technology-focused initiatives. We argue that platformization has been a major form of neoliberalization within the NHS. The paper concludes with a discussion of what an analysis of public platformization can teach us about ongoing transformations of the state. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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33. Covid19, Charitable Giving and Collectivism: a data-harvesting approach.
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TAYLOR-GOOBY, PETER, PETRICEK, TOMAS, and CUNLIFFE, JACK
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CHARITY ,UNEMPLOYMENT ,NONPROFIT organizations ,COVID-19 ,FOOD relief ,FUNDRAISING ,SOCIAL cohesion ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics ,GOVERNMENT policy ,POVERTY ,STAY-at-home orders ,COVID-19 pandemic ,PUBLIC opinion - Abstract
This paper charts responses to urgent appeals by welfare charities through crowd funding websites in order to examine the impact of the Covid19 pandemic on public generosity and social cohesion in the UK. It uses a relatively new method in social policy research, data-harvesting. Online public giving to local charities for vulnerable people sky-rocketed during the crisis, despite the long-established stigmatic treatment of the able-bodied poor of working age, a decade of benefit cuts, the increased stringency of Universal Credit and the long-term downward trend in charity incomes. Welfare policy and the rhetoric that surrounds it is increasingly divisive, although most welfare spending addresses needs or risks that confront all of us. The Covid19 lockdown can be seen as a natural experiment in social inclusion. This paper shows how policy discourse that stresses common humanity in the face of a collective challenge, rather than social divisions, can help build social cohesion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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34. Severe and multiple disadvantage: development and applications of a concept.
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Lemkes, Alice
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MENTAL health laws ,SUBSTANCE abuse laws ,HOMELESSNESS laws ,CRIMINAL justice system ,DOMESTIC violence ,GOVERNMENT programs ,SOCIAL isolation ,SOCIOECONOMIC factors ,GOVERNMENT policy ,LONELINESS ,POLICY sciences - Abstract
Purpose: This paper aims to remove the self-evidence of the concept of severe and multiple disadvantage (SMD) by drawing upon a historical as well as a critical perspective to show its contingency. Design/methodology/approach: This paper will introduce the concept of SMD by examining how it has come to be understood in the way that it has. This paper does so by exploring key texts which have informed the development of the concept as well as its conceptual near neighbours such as "multiple needs". This paper traces some advancements of the concept within practice and further research with a focus on the Fulfilling Lives programme and the Lankelly Chase Foundation. Finally, the author reflects critically upon the concept and the manner in which the concept has become operationalised. Findings: This analysis demonstrates how a particular definition of SMD has come to dominate over the past few years because of the research and practice of key organisations. On the one hand, this has further marginalised alternative definitions and ways of working, but on the other hand these stakeholders have been able to influence the way in which UK policy has taken up the concept within its governmental priorities. Originality/value: To date, research has taken the term SMD for granted which limits the ability to critique its definitions and applications. This is an important and timely contribution because concepts are all-too-often taken for granted and at a pivotal moment when SMD has become nationalised through policy, critique is a political, potentially transformative, act. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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35. Inequalities and the curriculum.
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Sullivan, Alice, Henderson, Morag, Anders, Jake, and Moulton, Vanessa
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CURRICULUM planning ,EDUCATIONAL evaluation ,LABOR market ,GOVERNMENT policy - Abstract
An introduction is presented in which the editor discusses papers in the issue on topics including impact of curriculum choice on the social aspects of education in Great Britain, choice of subject and assessment method in Northern Ireland and Wales, and effect of education on labor market.
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- 2018
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36. "It's Like a Drive by Misogyny": Sexual Violence at UK Music Festivals.
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Bows, Hannah, Day, Aviah, and Dhir, Alishya
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VIOLENCE prevention ,CULTURE ,SEXISM ,SEX offenders ,RAPE ,RESEARCH methodology ,FEMINISM ,VIOLENCE ,INTERVIEWING ,SOCIAL context ,SEXUAL harassment ,CRIME victims ,CONCEPTUAL structures ,QUALITATIVE research ,SPECIAL days ,SEX crimes ,PSYCHOLOGY of women ,PUBLIC spaces ,GOVERNMENT policy ,RESEARCH funding ,MUSIC ,EMOTIONS ,PSYCHOLOGICAL adaptation ,HOLIDAYS ,WOMEN'S health - Abstract
Despite increasing scholarly and media attention on sexual violence in public spaces, including those associated with the night-time economy and licensed venues, music festivals have been largely absent from research and policy. This paper presents the findings from the first UK study of sexual violence at music festivals, drawing on data from interviews with 13 women who have experienced some form of sexual harassment or assault at a festival. Analysis reveals that sexual violence at festivals occurs on a continuum and represents an extension of rape culture through which sexual violence is culturally condoned and normalized, enabled through a number of environmental and culture features that are unique to festivals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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37. Exploring the Interface between Asylum, Human Trafficking and/or 'Modern Slavery' within a Hostile Environment in the UK.
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Hynes, Patricia
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HUMAN trafficking ,SLAVERY ,FORCED migration ,GOVERNMENT policy ,BASIC needs - Abstract
While the drivers and processes of forced migration may overlap for people seeking refuge or experiencing human trafficking, responses are invariably rooted in legislation and policy rather than empirical enquiry. In the UK, tightening of legislation around asylum has, for the past three decades, resulted in a 'hostile environment'. During this time, a discourse around human trafficking (also referred to as 'modern slavery' in the UK) has emerged. This paper looks at asylum and human trafficking in the UK to consider a fractioning of protection and resulting fractioning of support for basic needs and welfare provision, provided through the establishment of parallel systems of support for both populations. This paper explores the distinctions, interface, key points of contact, and disconnects between asylum and trafficking in the UK. It details the trajectory of asylum policy, provides an overview of the pre-history to the hostile environment, the impacts of fractioning refugee protection, and what this means for trust as a result. It is argued that trust is an essential component of UK government policies but that the trajectory of asylum policy from a focus on integration to a culture of hostility runs directly counter to efforts to identify 'victims' of 'modern slavery'. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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38. Fiddling around the edges: Mainstream policy responses to the housing crisis since 2016.
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Robbins, Glyn
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PUBLIC housing ,LABOR unions ,GOVERNMENT policy - Abstract
Despite widespread recognition that housing is a serious social concern, policy responses have tended to be inadequate. After a brief review of the magnitude of the problem, this paper focuses on recent experience in the UK where, during a period of political volatility, housing has been the subject of significant government interventions, which in turn have provoked noteworthy reactions. However, the paper argues that all current mainstream housing policy proposals are limited by their adherence to the failed market model. Instead, a more radical agenda is proposed which draws on the UK's successful record of public housing. The paper summarises some of the key Conservative government housing policies since 2016 - including the influence of the Grenfell fire - and discusses the Labour Party's response. It particularly critiques the policies of London Mayor Sadiq Khan which relegate traditional council housing in favour of more income-targeted provision. A high-profile report by the housing charity Shelter is also considered because of its apparent reluctance to include explicit reference to council housing within its recommendations, at a time when, it is argued, there is renewed interest in non-market housing alternatives. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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39. Involving Socially Excluded Groups in Age-Friendly Programs: The Role of a Spatial Lens and Co-Production Approaches.
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Yarker, Sophie and Buffel, Tine
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SOCIAL adjustment ,SOCIAL isolation ,AGING ,COMMUNITY-based social services ,GOVERNMENT policy ,SOCIAL integration - Abstract
Despite the identification of social inclusion as a key objective of age-friendly policies and programs, there is limited research evidence as to either the extent to which this has been achieved or how it might be realized. Gaps remain in our understanding of how age-friendly programs might involve different groups of older people and the possible barriers that might be encountered. This paper seeks to address this gap by drawing on evidence from the Ambition for Aging program in Greater Manchester, UK, which implemented a range of projects designed to tackle social isolation in later life. The paper argues that due to its co-production approach and spatial lens, Ambition for Aging was able to involve sections of the older population that otherwise might have remained excluded. In providing further insights relevant to age-friendly programs, the paper also considers some of the barriers experienced by the Ambition for Aging program and builds a case that taking a spatial justice perspective to age-friendly work may help identify and overcome obstacles to achieving social inclusion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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40. Student feedback apparatuses in higher education: an agential realist analysis.
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Thiel, Jonas
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HIGHER education ,COLLEGE teachers ,GOVERNMENT policy ,EDUCATIONAL accountability ,STUDENT surveys ,PSYCHOLOGICAL feedback - Abstract
This paper shows how Karen Barad's agential realism provides a powerful analytical framework for assessing higher education accountability. It takes the example of the UK 'National Student Survey' (NSS), a questionnaire, which purports to ascertain student course satisfaction in universities. The paper demonstrates how agential realism offers the opportunity to make visible (and theorise) three suggested effects of the NSS: (i) affective dimensions of lecturer experience; (ii) boundary creations between lecturers and students; and (iii) the marginalisation of experimental conceptualisations of practice. Analysing narrative data from six university lecturers, it will be shown how agential realism has a capacity to theorise the sociological realms of classroom encounters, institutional practices and national policy in their very entanglement. That is, university lecturers' practice is analysed as 'apparatuses of bodily production' that are enfolded into larger institutional and national apparatuses. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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41. Scale shift in international tax justice: comparing the UK and Australia from 2008 to 2016.
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Vaughan, Michael
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INTERNATIONAL taxation ,GOVERNMENT policy ,FINANCIAL crises ,JUSTICE ,COLLECTIVE action ,CIVIL disobedience - Abstract
International tax justice issues, such as corporate tax avoidance, have gained particular salience over the past decade in an environment of financial instability and government austerity. Civil society involvement has ranged from trade unions and NGOs calling for parliamentary inquiries to civil disobedience by less established actors. Since the international financial crisis, how have levels of contentious collective action around these issues waxed and waned? Is contentiousness associated most with domestic politics or global media events like the Panama Papers? This paper uses an original hand-coded dataset from five national newspapers in the United Kingdom and Australia between 2008 and 2016. Political claims analysis (PCA) was used to collect all instances of claims around international tax justice and compare the types of actions and the different frames used by civil society actors. In both countries, mobilising grievances are generated most strongly in the period after domestic austerity policies are introduced. The qualitative coding provides evidence of accompanying frame alignment in these periods, as international taxation is problematized in terms of national revenue, demonstrating scale shift from the global to the national political stage. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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42. Preventable harm: creating a mental health crisis.
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Stewart, Mo
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ENDOWMENTS ,HEALTH planning ,DISABILITY insurance ,MENTAL health ,PATIENT safety ,PUBLIC health ,UNEMPLOYMENT ,GOVERNMENT policy - Abstract
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the preventable harm created by the adoption of austerity measures in 2010, added to the welfare reforms introduced in 2008 which, collectively, have negative implications for population mental health in the UK. Design/methodology/approach: A critical reflection of published research papers and key policy documents in this area. Findings: Negative mental health consequences of the combined impact of welfare reforms and austerity measures in the UK since 2010 are identified when relating to disability benefit assessments, and to the increased punitive conditionality applied to disability benefit claimants, as those in greatest need now live in fear of making a claim for financial support from the state or of losing benefits to which they are entitled. Research limitations/implications: This paper identifies the creation of preventable harm by social policy reforms, commonly known as "welfare reforms". The implications for social scientists are the disregard of academic peer-reviewed social policy research by policymakers, and the adoption of critically challenged policy-based research as used to justify political objectives. Practical implications: The negative mental health impact of UK government social policy reforms has been identified and highlights the human consequences of the adoption of the biopsychosocial model of assessment. Social implications: Reducing the numbers of sick and disabled people claiming long-term disability benefit has increased the numbers claiming unemployment benefit, with no notable increase in the numbers of disabled people in paid employment and with many service users in greatest need living in fear of the next enforced disability assessment. Originality/value: This paper demonstrates the preventable harm created by the use of a flawed disability assessment model, together with the adoption of punitive conditionality and the increased suicides linked to UK welfare reforms which are influenced by American social policies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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43. The Stamp Act of 1765.
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HISTORY of taxation , *TARIFF on paper , *PAPER , *POSTAGE stamps , *HISTORICAL source material , *COLONIAL United States, ca. 1600-1775 , *STAMP duties , *GOVERNMENT policy , *HISTORY , *COLONIES ,CAUSES of the American Revolutionary War, 1775-1783 ,BRITISH law ,ADMINISTRATION of British colonies - Abstract
The article presents the text of the Stamp Act of 1765, enacted by the British Parliament to implement stamp duties and amend other trade duties in the American colonies and plantations. A stamp duty of varying amounts was placed on each piece of paper that was used for declarations, court petitions, claims, pleas, bail, libel or renunciation in ecclesiastical matters, certificate of any university degree, writs of covenant, error, or dower, and any record or copy made of Nisi Prius or Postea. The amounts ranged from a few pence and shillings to ten pounds. The stamp duty was applied to packs of playing cards, dice, pamphlets, and newspapers. The colonists would also be taxed for learning any profession or trade.
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- 2017
44. Uneven development, competitiveness and behavioural economic geography: Addressing 'levelling up' policies from a human perspective.
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Huggins, Robert and Thompson, Piers
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ECONOMIC geography ,ECONOMIC competition ,GOVERNMENT policy ,HUMAN beings ,ECONOMIC development - Abstract
Copyright of Regional Science Policy & Practice is the property of Wiley-Blackwell and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)
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- 2023
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45. A Christian perspective on the place of nuclear energy in achieving net zero and national security.
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DUTCH, ROBERT S.
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NATIONAL security , *NUCLEAR energy , *NUCLEAR power plants , *ELECTRIC power production , *AIR pollution , *GOVERNMENT policy - Abstract
We need energy. But what are potential solutions to achieving net zero? This paper presents a Christian perspective and overview of nuclear energy in the UK, and other countries, within the context of government policies to achieve net-zero emissions while ensuring national security. The growth of renewables is well-known but nuclear energy’s positive contribution is often unrecognised in our energy mix for producing electricity. Nuclear provides clean, low-carbon baseload electricity and has its place alongside variable renewables in tackling climate change. Besides large reactors, small modular reactors (SMRs) are being considered within energy strategies. Beyond electricity generation, future nuclear plants offer cogeneration. Furthermore, nuclear plants do not create the air pollution associated with fossil-fuel emissions. This paper encourages people to become more informed about the place of nuclear energy by looking at an evidence-based approach and encourages discussion in an open, honest, and respectful way about its merits in protecting people and our planet. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
46. The Persistence in Gendering: Work-Family Policy in Britain since Beveridge.
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CHANFREAU, JENNY
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SOCIAL participation ,TAXATION ,PARENTAL leave ,CAREGIVERS ,UNEMPLOYMENT ,CHILD care ,FAMILY support ,PSYCHOLOGY of mothers ,WORK-life balance ,CONCEPTUAL structures ,PARENTING ,EMPLOYMENT ,GOVERNMENT policy ,POLICY sciences ,LABOR market ,PUBLIC welfare ,PSYCHOLOGY of fathers ,GENDER inequality ,HISTORY - Abstract
Understanding the historical policy pathways that have led to the constellation of policies that both reflect and shape the current gender order can reveal reasons for the persistence of gender inequality in paid work and unpaid family care. Bringing together existing research and policy critique with Carol Bacchi's framework of policy as 'gendering practices', this paper focuses on the role of policy as a process that constructs and upholds an unequal gender order. The discussion traces how UK social policies have since the establishment of the post-war welfare state articulated and positioned gendered possibilities for combining paid work and childrearing, shaping gendered and classed work-family life courses. The analysis illustrates that British social policy has not been consistently committed to a more equal gender regime but instead maintained a heteronormative family ideal and thus, despite various policy changes, the gendering of 'the worker' and 'the parent' as conceptualised in UK policy has persisted over the last several decades. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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47. COVID crisis, austerity and the 'Left Behind' city: Exploring poverty and destitution in Stoke-on-Trent.
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Etherington, David, Jones, Martin, and Telford, Luke
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COVID-19 pandemic ,AUSTERITY ,POVERTY ,GOVERNMENT policy ,COST of living ,INDUSTRIAL districts - Abstract
Whilst the COVID-19 pandemic and 'cost of living' crisis revealed and intensified the United Kingdom's (UK) socio-spatial inequalities, these crises did not emerge into a vacuum. Long-term trends of deindustrialisation and austerity have meant many places particularly the former industrial areas across the North and Midlands have been 'left behind'. The current crises have exposed the structural fault-lines created by austerity across 2010/20 especially comprising significant cuts to welfare and local government services, with the outcome being sizable parts of the UK's post-industrial landscape experiencing poverty and destitution. In this paper, we focus upon deindustrialised Stoke-on-Trent in the North Midlands of England. Enduring long-term deindustrialisation and suffering from austerity, the article draws on qualitative and quantitative data to outline how the city contains a panoply of embedded structural problems including low-paid jobs, welfare retrenchment, poverty and destitution. Given it is a possibility that austerity will be reimposed after the next UK general election in December 2024, the paper concludes by briefly discussing the implications of these structural problems for UK government policy, indicating the urgent need for alternative policies to adequately address structural issues in places like Stoke. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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48. The impact of a blockchain platform on trust in established relationships: a case study of wine supply chains.
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Brookbanks, Mike and Parry, Glenn
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TRUST ,BLOCKCHAINS ,ORGANIZATIONAL transparency ,SUPPLY chains ,GOVERNMENT policy - Abstract
Purpose: This paper examines the impact of a blockchain platform on the role and importance of trust in established buyer-supplier relationships. Design/methodology/approach: A literature review provides insight into trust development in supply chains. Research uses a case study of two wine supply chains: the producers, importers, logistics companies and UK Government agencies. Semi-structured interviews determine how trust and trustworthiness develop in buyer-supplier relationships and the impact of a blockchain-based technology proof of concept on supply chain trust. Findings: A blockchain-based platform introduces common trusted data, reducing data duplication and improving supply chain visibility. The platform supports trust building between parties but does not replace the requirements for organisations to establish a position of trust. Contrary to literature claims for blockchain trustless disintermediation, new intermediaries are introduced who need to be trusted. Research limitations/implications: The case study presents challenges specific to UK customs borders, and research needs to be repeated in different contexts to establish if findings are generalisable. Practical implications: A blockchain-based platform can improve supply chain efficiency and trust development but does not remove the need for trust and trust-building processes. Blockchain platform providers need to build a position of trust with all participants. Originality/value: Case study research shows how blockchain facilitates but does not remove trust, trustworthiness and trust relationships in established supply chains. The reduction in information asymmetry and improved supply chain visibility provided by blockchain does not change the importance of trust in established buyer-supplier relationships or the trust-based policy of the UK Government at the customs border. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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49. U.K. Delays Energy Policy Paper, Leaving Questions on Green Goal.
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Shankleman, Jessica, Morales, Alex, and Ross, Tim
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ENERGY policy ,GOVERNMENT report writing ,NUCLEAR power plants ,GOVERNMENT policy ,NUCLEAR reactors - Abstract
The U.K. government is delaying publication of a policy document outlining its latest thinking about energy, leaving industry uncertain about how ministers will shape markets to meet their green goals. For years, the official government policy has been that the U.K. wants to replace a generation of nuclear plants that are finishing their life in service this decade. [Extracted from the article]
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- 2020
50. CONTRACTIONARY EFFECTS OF GOVERNMENT SPENDING AND WARTIME BRITAIN.
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Watanabe, Shingo
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ECONOMIC impact of public spending ,INDUSTRIAL mobilization ,COMPUTABLE general equilibrium models ,EMPLOYMENT ,GOVERNMENT policy - Abstract
In dynamic general equilibrium models, private output is increased by government spending for goods and services, but decreased by government spending for employment. This paper presents the first evidence for the latter effect by studying the pre-WWII British wartime economy. Britain participated in numerous wars, increasing military employment greatly. British tax-smoothing policy and rare wartime governmental interventions reduce the difficulty of studying the effects of wartime government spending. This paper finds wartime decreases in industrial production, which can be explained by wartime government spending for military employment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2016
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