Why is it so difficult to turn girls’ success at school into success in the labour market? How does detailed evidence about women’s engagement with local labour markets affect the ‘preference theory’ debate? Why is part-time employment such a popular but economically damaging choice for women? What barriers still limit women’s horizons and narrow their aspirations?
Using a new and original approach, this illuminating book explores women’s employment at the start of the 21st century, in particular identifying aspects of women’s labour market situation which remain poorly understood and challenging much ‘received wisdom’ about women and work. The contributors examine pervasive myths about women in employment which have influenced policy and explore a number of theoretical puzzles and problems which persist despite attempts to tackle them.
“Policy for a change” will be essential reading for professionals, employers and trade unions working in human resources, regeneration, equalities and diversity, anti-poverty, skills and training, as well as for researchers, teachers and students in sociology, social and public policy, labour market economics, urban studies and management.
Changing labour markets, welfare policies and citizenship readdresses the question of how full citizenship may be preserved and developed in the face of enduring labour market pressures. It:
clarifies the relationship between changing labour markets, welfare policies and citizenship;
discusses possible ways in which the spill-over effect from labour market marginality to loss of citizenship can be prevented;
specifies this problem in relation to the young, older people, men and women and immigrants;
offers theoretical and conceptual definitions of citizenship as a new, alternative approach to empirical analyses of labour market marginalisation and its consequences; highlights the lessons to be learned from differing approaches in European countries.
This collection of original essays explores the myriad expressions of austerity since the 2008 financial crisis.
Case studies drawn from Canada, Australia and the European Union provide extensive comparative analysis of fiscal consolidation and the varied political responses against austerity. Contributions examine such themes as privatization, class mobilization and resistance, the crisis of liberal democracy and the rise of the far right.
The potential impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in shaping future austerity and alternatives is signalled. Given the rapidly shifting terrain, this comprehensive handbook provides important insights into a complex and fast-changing period of politics and policy.
Neoliberal reforms have seen a radical shift in government thinking about social citizenship rights around the world. But have they had a similarly significant impact on public support for these rights? This unique book traces public views on social citizenship across three decades through attitudinal data from New Zealand, the United Kingdom and Australia.
It argues that support for some aspects of social citizenship diminished more significantly under some political regimes than others, and that limited public resistance following the financial crisis of 2008-2009 further suggests the public ‘rolled over’ and accepted these neoliberal values. Yet attitudinal variances across different policy areas challenge the idea of an omnipotent neoliberalism, providing food for thought for academics, students and advocates wishing to galvanise support for social citizenship in the 21st century.
142 15 Pornography, feminist epistemology and changing public policy Ruth Beresford I am currently undertaking research for my PhD into women’s experiences of pornography. I have researched pornography twice before: once for a short undergraduate project and once for my Master’s dissertation. Each time the research has been conducted with women living in the UK and so primarily is located within the British context; however, not all who participated were British nationals. Additionally, pornography does not necessarily have national boundaries and I have
163 9 Reconsidering policy change Introduction Policy change occurs when the goals, methods or effects of a policy are modified. Policy change can occur at many levels and scales, ranging from small adjustments to existing regulations (for example, minor reductions in corporate income tax), through to introducing new social security programs or new environmental protection policies. For many leaders, managers and citizens, the arguments about policy change are the centrepiece of public policy debates. To understand the dynamics of these debates and
. Women’s rights are under renewed attack from authoritarian and chauvinistic governments, and progress on LGBTQ+ people’s rights has now stalled in many places and reversed in others. Indigenous communities across the world continue to be exploited, unrecognised and marginalised. All these intersecting challenges are set against the devasting backdrop of rapid climate change, for which the dreaded 1.5°C of warming is likely to be surpassed within a decade. While policy responses to these issues have been more robust in some countries than others, symbolic action and
polic.vandPolitics. VoL 12 NO.1 (1984), 71-84 POLICYCHANGES, CONFIGURATIONS AND CATASTROPHES David Starkie Introduction Crucialto the understanding of public policy is a conception of why and howgovernment policies change. Why, for example, do certain issues get raised as such in the first place, why do some issues get on to the politicalagenda and, once having done so, how are they analysed and howdo governments finally react? This paper is concerned with the last ofthesequestions and particularly with the form or pattern of the politi- cal response(or what
1 ONE Diplomacy, responsibility and China’s climate change policy Paul G. Harris Climate change is the most profound environmental problems facing the world. Attempts by governments to address it have been characterised by preoccupation with narrow and short-term perceived national interests rather than the pressing need to mitigate atmospheric pollution and respond aggressively to its impacts. This was amply demonstrated at the 15th Conference of the Parties (COP15) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) held in Copenhagen
