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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. 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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9. 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
10. 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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11. 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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12. 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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13. 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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14. 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
15. "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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16. 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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17. 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
18. 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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19. 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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20. 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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21. 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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22. 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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23. 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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24. "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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25. 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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26. 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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27. 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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28. 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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29. 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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30. 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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31. 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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32. The role of employer training in levelling up.
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Keep, Ewart
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CIVIL society ,EMPLOYERS ,GOVERNMENT policy ,BUSINESS partnerships - Abstract
The article discusses the "Levelling Up" White Paper which makes statements and promises about the role of employers, noting that an over-centralised approach to policy making has gone hand-in-hand with the lack of a clear role for business and civil society in helping to shape and deliver policy locally. Topics include observation on the Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs), crisis in adult upskilling and reskilling, and recommendations for the British government.
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- 2022
33. Human-Centred Design in UK Asylum Social Protection.
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James, Michelle L. and Forrester-Jones, Rachel
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POLITICAL refugees ,GOVERNMENT policy ,SOCIAL policy ,WELL-being ,POLICY discourse ,SUSTAINABLE development ,PARTICIPATION - Abstract
This paper considers United Kingdom welfare provision for asylum seekers in the context of social protection scholarship, policy discourse more commonly associated with international development. Social protection definitions are contested, ranging from those focused on state provision to wider interpretations reflecting debates on holistic wellbeing, human rights and self-actualisation. Most recently, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development has called for social protection policies for all citizens to reduce inequality among and within countries. Though there is exigency to reduce the extreme inequality existing between countries, literature is lacking on how social protection can be used to critique inequality within more economically affluent nations. Commentaries on social protection also tend to focus on economic poverty, with less attention given to vulnerabilities such as marginalisation. Literature suggests that UK asylum welfare provision is based on deterrence, control and marginalisation. In response, and to encourage equity in how all countries' public policy is assessed, this paper utilises an international social protection framework to critique UK asylum welfare provision. It concludes by advocating for transdisciplinary, human-centred and comprehensive social protection policy design, encouraging participation by a wider range of stakeholders and a holistic understanding of wellbeing to meet asylum seekers' needs effectively and efficiently. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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34. Bearing witness through pandemic borders and film: convergent media, mobility and Windrush Betrayal.
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Mains, Susan P.
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BETRAYAL ,PANDEMICS ,IMMIGRATION policy ,GOVERNMENT policy ,DOCUMENTARY films ,DIGITAL media - Abstract
This paper examines the role of convergent media and the film, Windrush Betrayal (2020), in representing and challenging borders, mobilities and UK government immigration policies. Print and digital news provide important contexts for exploring media geographies of current events. Documentary film is also a provocative medium for investigative analyses that go beyond more general headline reporting. This study seeks to expand on earlier studies by examining how complementary mediums such as digital news media and film can respond to each other and become part of dynamic transnational conversations around place and identity. Media formats have been pushed to incorporate new settings and styles as Covid-19 restrictions have been implemented and alternative approaches utilised in media production. Adopting innovative techniques for filming in response to pandemic restrictions, Windrush Betrayal illustrates the ongoing impacts of immigration policies on Caribbean Diaspora populations in the UK. This paper provides a timely opportunity to tease out the ways in which changes in government immigration policies, media work practices and the production of migration narratives can highlight hidden geographical stories and marginalised voices. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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35. 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
36. 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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37. Assembling Homo Qualitus: Accounting for Quality in the UK National Health Service.
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Pflueger, Dane and Pedersen, Kirstine Zinck
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MEDICAL personnel ,GOVERNMENT policy ,NEW public management - Abstract
This paper describes the historical emergence of an accountable quality in public policies and reforms of the UK National Health Service: that is a notion of quality which is expressed through accounting and other formal measurement and management devices. It also specifies the idealized subject of an accountable quality, homo qualitus, and attends to instances of his/her incomplete realization. Doing so contributes to the problematization and rethinking of the way that accounting, professionalism, and the relationship between the two, are often understood. It shows that an accountable quality involves attempts to transform accounting from something external to, and imposed upon, or selectively adopted by, medical professionals into a measure of, in principle, any healthcare workers' individual enthusiasm for, and commitment toward, quality itself. The incomplete nature of this transformation offers insights into complex ways in which discourse and practice may interact. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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38. Discrimination in digital immigration status.
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Tomlinson, Joe, Maxwell, Jack, and Welsh, Alice
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IMMIGRATION policy ,EMIGRATION & immigration ,IMMIGRANTS ,GOVERNMENT policy - Abstract
The UK has recently adopted a policy of granting digital-only proof of immigration status for certain groups of migrants. More than 4.5 million individuals are reliant on this form of status and the number is growing. In this paper, we argue that this policy, as currently operationalised, is unlawful as a result of its discriminatory impact. If it remains unchanged, the roots of digital discrimination in immigration policy and administration will be allowed to spread, with potentially disastrous consequences. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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39. Hope springs: further learning on self-neglect from safeguarding adult reviews and practice.
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Preston-Shoot, Michael, O'Donoghue, Fiona, and Binding, John
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SAFETY ,PROFESSIONAL practice ,RESEARCH methodology ,EVIDENCE-based medicine ,SELF-neglect ,LEARNING ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics ,GOVERNMENT policy ,SOCIAL services ,THEMATIC analysis - Abstract
Purpose: The first purpose of this paper is to update the core data set of self-neglect safeguarding adult reviews (SAR) and accompanying thematic analysis. A second purpose is to rebalance the narrative about adult safeguarding and self-neglect by highlighting two case studies where the practice was informed by SAR and the evidence-base of best practice. Design/methodology/approach: Further published reviews are added to the core data set, drawn from the websites of Safeguarding Adults Boards (SAB). Thematic analysis is updated using the four domains used previously. Two case studies are presented, using the four domains of direct practice, team around the person, organisational support and governance, to demonstrate that positive outcomes can be achieved when practice and support for practitioners align with the evidence-base. Findings: Familiar findings emerge from the thematic analysis and reinforce the evidence-base of good practice with individuals who self-neglect and for policies and procedures with which to support those practitioners working with such cases. The case studies are illustrative examples of what can be achieved and signpost SABs and SAR authors to question what enables and what obstructs best practice. Research limitations/implications: A national database of reviews completed by SABs has been established (https://nationalnetwork.org.uk) with the expectation that, in time, this will become a comprehensive resource. It is possible, however, that this data set is incomplete. Drawing together the findings from the reviews nonetheless builds on what is known about the components of effective practice, and effective policy and organisational arrangements for practice. Although individual reviews might comment on good practice alongside shortfalls, no published SARs have been found that were commissioned specifically to learn lessons from what had worked out well. More emphasis could be given to what might be learned from such cases. Practical implications: Answering the question "why" remains a significant challenge for SAR not only where concerns about how agencies worked together prompted review but also where positive outcomes have been achieved. The findings confirm the relevance of the evidence-base for effective practice, but SARs are limited in their analysis of what enables and what obstructs the components of best practice. Greater explicit use of case studies with positive outcomes might enable learning about what enables positive system change. Originality/value: The paper extends the thematic analysis of available reviews that focus on work with adults who self-neglect, further reinforcing the evidence base for practice. The paper presents two case studies where practice and the context within which practitioners were working closely aligned to the evidence-base for best practice. The paper suggests that SABs and SAR authors should focus explicitly on what enables and what obstructs the realisation of best practices. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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40. The impact of hybridity on PPP governance and related accountability mechanisms: the case of UK education PPPs.
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Stafford, Anne and Stapleton, Pamela
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CAPITAL investments ,INSTITUTIONAL logic ,PUBLIC spending ,GOVERNMENT accounting ,PUBLIC-private sector cooperation ,GOVERNMENT policy - Abstract
Purpose: Contemporary organisational landscapes offer opportunities for hybrids to thrive. Public–private partnerships (PPPs) are one thriving hybrid form incorporating the use of resources and/or structures from both public and private sectors. The study examines the impact of such a hybrid structure on governance and accountability mechanisms in a context of institutional complexity. Design/methodology/approach: This study uses an approach that draws on institutional logics and hybridity to examine governance arrangements in the PPP policy created for the delivery of UK schools. Unusually, it employs a comparative case study of how four local governments implemented the policy. It draws on a framework developed by Polzer et al. (2017) to examine the level of engagement between multiple logics and hybrid structures and applies this to the delivery of governance and accountability for public money. Findings: The Polzer et al. framework enables a study of how the nature of hybrids can vary in terms of their governance, ownership and control relations. The findings show how the relationships between levels of engagement of multiple logics and hybrid structures can impact on governance and accountability for public money. Layering and blending combinations led to increased adoption of private sector accountability structures, whilst a hybrid with parallel co-existence of community and market logics delivered a long-term governance structure. Research limitations/implications: The paper examines the operation of hybrids in a complex education PPP environment in only four local governments and therefore cannot provide representative answers across the population as a whole. However, given the considerable variation found across the four examples, the paper shows there can be significant differentiation in how multiple logics engage at different levels and in varying combinations even in the same hybrid setting. The paper focuses on capital investment implementation and its evaluation, so it is a limitation that the operational stage of PPP projects is not studied. Practical implications: The findings have political relevance because the two local government bodies with more robust combinations of multiple logics were more successful in getting funds and delivering schools in their geographical areas. Originality/value: The study extends Polzer et al.'s (2017) research on hybridity by showing that there can be significant differentiation in how multiple logics engage at different levels and in varying combinations even in what was planned to be the same hybrid setting. It shows how in situations of institutional complexity certain combinations of logics lead to differentiation in governance and accountability, creating fragmented focus on the related public accountability structures. This matters because it becomes harder to hold government to account for public spending. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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41. 'Over to you': using a STAMP control structure analysis to probe deeper into the control of UK road safety at a municipal level – the case of Cambridgeshire.
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Staton, Matt, Barnes, Jo, Morris, Andrew, and Waterson, Patrick
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TRAFFIC safety ,AUTOMOBILE driving ,DECISION making ,GOVERNMENT policy ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics ,MOTOR vehicle occupants ,POLICY sciences ,DATA analysis software ,MOTOR vehicle safety measures ,DELPHI method - Abstract
The UK has seen little progress in reducing road death over the last decade and as a result, the government has been criticised by industry stakeholders for a lack of leadership, including the removal of national targets in 2011 and the devolution of powers to a municipal level. The aim of this paper is to understand how decision-making at a municipal level takes place from a systems perspective, using the case study of Cambridgeshire. Actors involved were mapped using a STAMP control structure analysis and highlighted a key role for formal and informal partnerships between local and national government agencies and non-government organisations at the same level in the control structure. The changing international context of the model for the UK is also discussed in relation to the UK's withdrawal from the European Union and provides a useful tool for future analysis of its effect on policy and decision-making. Practitioner summary: This paper uses a STAMP control structure analysis to understand how decision-making at a municipal level takes place from a systems perspective, using the case study of Cambridgeshire. It highlights a key role for formal and informal partnerships between organisations at the same level in the control structure. Abbreviations: STAMP: System Theoretic Accident Model and Processes; STAMP-CAST: Systems-Theoretic Accident Model and Processes – Causal Analysis using Systems Theory; FRAM: Functional Resonance Analysis Method; HFACS: Human Factors Analysis and Classification Scheme; NGO: Non-Government organisation; iRAP: International Road Assessment Programme; EuroRAP: European Road Assessment Programme; NCAP: New Car Assessment Programme; CCG: Clinical Commissioning Group; GP: General Practitioner; PPE: Personal Protective Equipment; SD: standard deviation; Beds: Bedfordshire; Cambs: Cambridgeshire; Herts: Hertfordshire; Pboro: Peterborough. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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42. Negotiating Social Protection and Care: A Study of First-Generation Older Turkish Community in London.
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Yazdanpanahi, Melisa
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POVERTY reduction , *IMMIGRANTS , *HEALTH services accessibility , *SUPPORT groups , *GOVERNMENT policy , *INTERVIEWING , *COMMUNITIES , *TURKS , *SOCIAL case work , *SOCIAL integration , *RESEARCH methodology , *AGING , *PUBLIC welfare , *SOCIAL support , *BUILT environment , *EMPLOYMENT - Abstract
Access to social protection in old age is crucial and yet contingent upon negotiations between the social structures of the welfare states and the personal networks within which individuals are embedded. International migration, changing family dynamics, and the transformation of care and other welfare policies in the global North make it challenging for older migrants to negotiate social protection. Drawing on 45 semi-structured interviews with first-generation older Turkish migrants in London and 13 semi-structured interviews with professional service providers for the community, the paper aims to investigate the assemblages of formal and informal social protection in the lives of older migrants. Findings indicate the complexity in accessing informal social protection and the navigation of formal care support in the UK for first generation older Turkish migrants and the contingency of access to formal care services on informal support networks for participants. It has been demonstrated that built infrastructure and policies aimed at older adults have great influence on assemblages of care, highlighting the need for more age-friendly and integrated policies to facilitate access to social protection for diverse groups of older adults. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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43. Good intentions in risk management and the LDI crisis.
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Walker, Martin
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CRISIS management ,RESIGNATION from public office ,BRITISH prime ministers ,GOVERNMENT policy ,GOVERNMENT agencies ,REPURCHASE agreements - Abstract
This paper describes the part played by repo trading, collateral management and liability driven investment (LDI) strategies (each of which was designed to improve the management of risk) in amplifying the crash in gilt prices following the 23rd September, 2022 UK mini-budget. This was a crisis that ultimately led to the resignations of the British Prime Minister and Chancellor of Exchequer as well as the announcement by the Bank of England of a willingness to spend up to £65bn intervening in the gilt market.
1 It argues that neither the government nor the LDI funds were solely responsible for the crash and that the fragilities in the UK financial system had gradually built up over a number of decades. It also looks at the lessons that could potentially be learned by financial institutions using repo trading or collateral management as well as the potential lessons for policy makers in government and regulatory bodies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2023
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44. Unequal Conditions of Care and the Implications for Social Policies on Young Carers.
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Alexander, Chloe
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HEALTH services accessibility ,HEALTH status indicators ,GOVERNMENT policy - Abstract
Young carers are the subject of public policies in the UK, which aim to address their needs as a group experiencing disadvantage relating to their caring role. These policies are implemented in a way that aims to improve their health and their educational and social opportunities, but left unaddressed is a wider context of inequalities. Nevertheless, inequalities are a feature of the terrain upon which social policies for young carers are developed and implemented. Evaluation of the ways that young carers and their families are impacted by public policies demands an understanding of those inequalities. Academic knowledge of how experiences diverge as a result of multiple intersecting inequalities is so far limited. This paper reports from a study that aimed to contribute greater understanding of the interaction between inequalities, young carers, family life and social policies in England. Ethnographic research methods created a record of care, family life and the impact of social policies. Unequal conditions of care are an important feature of the lives of young people and their families with on-going caring responsibilities. Young carers and their families positioned at the intersection of inequalities of 'race'/ethnicity, class and disability had different and unequal experiences of support. The paper discusses these findings and explores the implications for social policies and social work practice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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45. Including older academics in the English university: a matter of social justice.
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George, Rosalyn and Maguire, Meg
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SOCIAL justice ,GOVERNMENT policy ,AGE discrimination ,UNIVERSITY & college employees ,BABY boom generation - Abstract
In the UK a 'crisis' has been manufactured around the so-called baby boomer generation. It has been claimed that this demographic (those born between 1946 and 1964) have benefitted from supportive public policies throughout their lives and are still continuing to access advantages but at some cost to younger generations. For example, policies that offer protection against age discrimination coupled with the end of mandatory retirement have offered baby boomers the opportunity to extend their working lives. In choosing to remain in paid work when they could have retired, it has been claimed that older workers limit employment opportunities for younger people. This paper explores the perceptions and experiences of twelve older academics from the baby boomer generation who have stayed on in their posts and asks questions about social justice issues; that is, issues of distribution, inclusion and recognition. We argue that discourses that malign and/or exclude older academics need to be disrupted and that a kinder alignment between employers, managers, and differently-aged university employees may go some way to dispelling any concerns about intergenerational unfairness. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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46. 'The Left will find that it has bought a Trojan Horse': The dialectics of universal basic income.
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Hogg, David James
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PRACTICAL politics ,INCOME ,SOCIAL security ,GOVERNMENT policy ,DIALECTS ,PUBLIC welfare - Abstract
Recent years have seen an explosion of interest in basic income proposals. While this is not an entirely new phenomenon, what is different about the current discourse is the Left's wholehearted embrace of what has traditionally been seen as a conservative social policy in Britain. It is my contention that UBI is potentially a dangerous policy for the Left, in that it risks undermining the – admittedly imperfect – welfare protections already in existence. This paper draws on Marxist political economy in order to demonstrate how the emancipatory potential of UBI has been somewhat overstated by some of its Leftist supporters, while a discussion of the neutrality of the State is important in considering how this 'shape-shifting social policy' is likely to be implemented in practice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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47. Missing Incomes in the UK: Evidence and Policy Implications.
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ADVANI, ARUN, OOMS, TAHNEE, and SUMMERS, ANDY
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POLICY sciences ,SOCIAL capital ,INCOME ,GOVERNMENT policy ,INVESTMENTS ,TAXATION ,FINANCIAL management - Abstract
Policymakers are liable to 'treasure what is measured' and overlook phenomena that are not. In an era of increased reliance on administrative data, existing policies also often determine what is measured in the first place. We explore this two-way interaction between measurement and policy in the context of the investment incomes and capital gains that are missing from the UK's official income statistics. We show that these 'missing incomes' change the established picture of economic inequality over the past decade, revealing rising top income shares during the period of austerity. The underestimation of these forms of income in official statistics has hidden the impact of tax policies that disproportionately benefit the wealthiest. We urge a renewed focus on how policy affects and is affected by measurement. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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48. The Conflict Between Public Health And Civil Liberties: The Initial UK Government Policy Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic.
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Mujib, Minaa
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COVID-19 pandemic ,PUBLIC health ethics ,GOVERNMENT policy ,CIVIL rights ,HEALTH policy ,PUBLIC health - Abstract
This paper aims to illustrate the tension between public health and civil liberties through the case study of the UK government's emergency response to the Covid-19 pandemic. In the area of public health, this tension is predominantly approached by reference to two theories: liberalism and communitarianism. This paper studies these positions and how they are manifested in evidence-based policymaking by combining a study of public health policy with a study of public health ethics. The studies help demonstrate the UK government's framing of health policy relating to Covid-19 in terms of liberalism and communitarianism. The paper concludes that in the initial UK government response to Covid-19, the government discourse evoked communitarian values and framed its policies as being evidence-led and as prioritising public health. However, the policy measures themselves manifested liberal values: they had the underlying concern of not infringing excessively on civil liberties, and individuals were given autonomy of decision making within the measures that were taken. The article concluded that emergency times require a communitarian response based on preventative action. This article is the first to combine public health policy with public health ethics to demonstrate how values form a key part of decision making. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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49. The policy responses of tourism agencies to emerging digital skills constraints: A critical assessment of six countries.
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Parsons, David, Choi, Miju, Thomas, Rhodri, Glyptou, Kyriaki, and Walsh, Kenneth
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DIGITAL transformation ,GOVERNMENT policy ,TOURISM - Abstract
This paper analyses policies and practices designed to support digital transformation in the tourism workforce in six OECD countries, namely Germany, Greece, Iceland, New Zealand, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. Data for the project were gathered via a questionnaire survey, interviews with key informants and examination of various policy documents in 2021. Contrasting practice in relation to digital skills development is revealed. Significant deficiencies are evident in relation to the availability of high‐quality data, evaluation, understanding, leadership, and infrastructure among the six countries. Ways in which effective policy development might emerge are suggested. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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50. How US newspapers view the UK's NHS: a study in international lesson-drawing.
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Tunney, Sean, Thomas, Jane, and Cox, Adam
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NEWSPAPERS ,PRESIDENTIAL administrations ,GOVERNMENT policy - Abstract
Healthcare on both sides of the Atlantic is a highly charged political and economic subject. This work considers US media coverage of the UK's National Health Service (NHS), an under-researched area. We assess the framing of the NHS in editorials, opinion and feature articles during the time of the Obama administration to show how media can perform the role of lesson-drawing, a theory adopted from public policy research. The study also applies the notion of journalistic habitus in this context. Using these ideas, we address a hypothesis which holds that US coverage is framed around the flaws of the UK's NHS. The paper considers how intermedia editorial and news values operate, with commentators drawing a range of negative lessons in both the Democrat- and Republican-supporting press. We find that the NHS was often posited as a flawed international variant of the single-payer model, where newspapers employed an ahistoric explanation of failure and decline. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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