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From political economy to economics and beyond (2012)
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Ben Fine and Dimitris Milonakis have done political economy a great service by drawing attention to the insights lost in the twists, turns and reductions in the transition from political economy to economics. These two volumes constitute a solid foun... Read More about From political economy to economics and beyond.

From immigrants to (non-)citizens: political economy of naturalisations in Latvia (2012)
Journal Article

© 2012, Ivļevs and King; licensee Springer. We study the determinants of the willingness to acquire citizenship of Latvia by ‘non-citizens’ – the former Soviet migrants and their descendants born on the territory of Latvia. The country of Latvia serv... Read More about From immigrants to (non-)citizens: political economy of naturalisations in Latvia.

The 'Collective Pierre Rivière': Using collective biography and ambling conversational methods to interrogate and re-present pivotal moments from the Pierre Rivière narratives (2012)
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Collective biography is a research strategy that works at the level of bodily and emotional knowledge and moves beyond individualized versions of the subject, towards subjects-in-process and subjects-in-relation (Davies and Gannon, 2006). In this pap... Read More about The 'Collective Pierre Rivière': Using collective biography and ambling conversational methods to interrogate and re-present pivotal moments from the Pierre Rivière narratives.

Confucian HRM or unitarism with Chinese characteristics? A study of worker attitudes to work reform and management in three state-owned enterprises (2012)
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This article addresses the changing nature of factory regimes in China. It analyses worker attitudes to management control and workplace change in three state-owned automotive enterprises. In the context of the diffusion of new management methods tha... Read More about Confucian HRM or unitarism with Chinese characteristics? A study of worker attitudes to work reform and management in three state-owned enterprises.

Shifting models of equality? Union equality reps in the public services (2012)
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This article explores how far the emergence of public sector Equality Representatives represents a departure from a distinct radical model of union self-organisation generated by the collective mobilisation of politically conscious identities, toward... Read More about Shifting models of equality? Union equality reps in the public services.

Public service restructuring in the UK: The case of the English National Health Service (2012)
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This article overviews welfare state retrenchment in the UK under the Conservative-led coalition government that formed in May 2010 and has centred its response to economic crisis on rapid public deficit reduction through public expenditure austerity... Read More about Public service restructuring in the UK: The case of the English National Health Service.

The role of proactive information acquisition and helping behaviour on newcomer integration (2012)
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Does More Schooling Make You Run for the Border? Evidence from Post-Independence Kosovo (2012)
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Does an extra year of schooling augment one's propensity to migrate? In a naive regression, which does not account for the potential reverse causality and omitted variables, the coefficient of education is likely to be biased. To deal with the proble... Read More about Does More Schooling Make You Run for the Border? Evidence from Post-Independence Kosovo.

Demographic changes: Conflict in Germany (2012)
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Two important demographic trends for advanced industrialised nations are: rapidly ageing populations and falling birth rates (Buck and Dworschak 2003; Henseke et al. 2009; Kirpal and Kühl 2006; Thun et al. 2007). These shifts are expected to lead to... Read More about Demographic changes: Conflict in Germany.

Ageing, Local Birth Rates and Attitudes towards Immigration:Evidence from a Transition Economy (2012)
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Ivļevs A. Ageing, local birth rates and attitudes towards immigration:evidence from a transition economy, Regional Studies. This paper studies the links between local birth rates and individual attitudes towards immigration, focusing on Latvia - a co... Read More about Ageing, Local Birth Rates and Attitudes towards Immigration:Evidence from a Transition Economy.

Speak up, we can't hear you: Grievance resolution practices in small firms (2012)
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It has been suggested that workers in small firms are unable to identify and voice grievances because this represents too great a threat to their position in a workplace, where trade union representation is unlikely (Moore and Read 2006). Workers ar... Read More about Speak up, we can't hear you: Grievance resolution practices in small firms.

A visual inquiry into ethics and change (2012)
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The purpose of this paper is to introduce the practices and findings of a visual inquiry developed by the co-authors with students in a Business School in the south west of England. The authors are interested in how students engaged with the visual a... Read More about A visual inquiry into ethics and change.

Using equality to challenge austerity: New actors, old problems (2012)
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This article critically examines the potential for 'new actors' in industrial relations to use developments in equality law to challenge government economic policy. The author draws on documentary analysis of the Fawcett Society's attempt to gain a j... Read More about Using equality to challenge austerity: New actors, old problems.

Family migration capital and migration intentions (2012)
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Does a history of migration in the family influence one's decision to move abroad? This paper argues that intergenerational transmission of 'migration capital' accumulated in the family is a significant determinant of current decisions to migrate. Us... Read More about Family migration capital and migration intentions.

Understanding the High Rates of Employment among Low-educated Women in Portugal: A Comparatively Oriented Case Study (2012)
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This article addresses the question of why Portugal is an exception among southern European countries in having a high rate of female employment. Cross-national data show an even greater gap between Portugal and its southern European neighbours in th... Read More about Understanding the High Rates of Employment among Low-educated Women in Portugal: A Comparatively Oriented Case Study.

Neoliberal Globalization and Trade Unionism: Toward Radical Political Unionism? (2012)
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This article revisits the question of changing forms of trade unionism within the context of neoliberal globalization. While broadly accepting the argument that globalization might encourage the development of more radical forms of unionism as surviv... Read More about Neoliberal Globalization and Trade Unionism: Toward Radical Political Unionism?.

The southern European social model: Familialism and the high rates of female employment in Portugal (2012)
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This paper focuses on the high rates of female full-time employment in Portugal and examines whether these are consistent with the familialistic features that typify the southern European social model. It employs a comparative methodology to investig... Read More about The southern European social model: Familialism and the high rates of female employment in Portugal.

“Nothing gets done and no one knows why”: PCS and the workplace control of lean in HM Revenue and Customs (2012)
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Economic crisis, austerity and gender equality: The UK case (2012)
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This article examines how global economic crises impact on gender equality and what role equality legislation has in reducing disproportionate impact. An understanding of these issues can only be reached by analysing the relationship between the poli... Read More about Economic crisis, austerity and gender equality: The UK case.

Flexible working in Germany (2012)
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The spread of low-wage, low skill, low value-adding jobs within the third sector has been well documented in liberal market economies such as the United Kingdom. It may be expected that Germany, characterised as a coordinated market economy (CME), wh... Read More about Flexible working in Germany.