Sovereign debt and its restructuring framework in the Euro area. Bruegel Working Paper 2013/05, August 2013 [PDF]
, 2013 To compensate for the inflexibility of fixed exchange rates, the euro area needs flexibility through a system of orderly debt restructuring. With virtually no room for macroeconomic manoeuvring since the crisis onset, fiscal austerity has been the main ...
Mody, Ashoka
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Migrant success in UK Education: Are there lessons for government social mobility policy?
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract The school achievement and career aspirations of 23 sixth form students at a multi‐cultural urban academy in the UK are explored through interviews. The sample includes 16 s‐generation migrants, 6 UK‐born students with migrant parents and 1 UK‐born student, selected to represent a cohort of over 300 post‐16 learners.
Bernard Barker, Kate Hoskins
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Beppe Grillo’s success is not a rejection of austerity, but a protest against the corruption and inefficiency of the Italian political system [PDF]
, 2013 The success of Beppe Grillo’s ‘5 Stars Movement’ in Italy’s elections on the 24-25 February has been regarded by some commentators as a rejection of austerity by the Italian electorate.
Simoni, Marco
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Falling pupil numbers and school closures: Setting a research agenda for a new era of precarity
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract This paper explores the significant phenomenon of decreasing pupil numbers in England due to lower birth rates and the impact of a school closure on a school community. It then discusses how the sociology of education might research this major issue.
Eleanor Fagan, Alice Bradbury
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Finanças conjugais, desigualdades de género e bem-estar: Facetas de um Portugal em crise
Revista Crítica de Ciências Sociais, 2016 Processes for controlling and managing joint incomes and their implications for allocating resources and well-being within the family are themes in multidisciplinary research that have received a great deal of attention in recent decades, particularly in
Lina Coelho
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Public Sustainability: Thematic Mapping, Theoretical Approaches and Emerging Lines of Action
Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The paucity of research analysing thematic persistence in public sustainability limits our understanding of how this field of research evolves and reconfigures itself. The present paper addresses this gap through a longitudinal bibliometric analysis of 692 publications processed with SciMAT. The methodology combines co‐word analysis, strategic
Laila Ribii Khalifi +2 more
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Performance Philosophy, 2018 The Depression Era collective started as several photographers and video artists joined forces in March of 2011 to create an archive of photographic images about the Greek economic crisis, amidst the social and political upheaval provoked by ongoing ...
Andreea S. Micu
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Investing in times of austerity [PDF]
, 2015 European Member States that have signed the treaties on fiscal consolidation are now experiencing difficulties to finance infrastructure and social services.
Roels, Frank
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The governance of public bodies in times of austerity [PDF]
, 2018 Private sector governance arrangements have been imported into UK public bodies under the influence of New Public Management reforms. This paper draws on a cohort study of 14 public bodies to assess the appropriateness of this practice and the impact of ...
Heald, David, Steel, David
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For the Few, Not the Many: Tracing the Residualist and Compensatory Nature of British Energy Support
Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Drawing on extensive documentary analysis, this article traces the evolution of British energy policy support since World War II. It analyses shifts in policy design through two interpretive lenses: eligibility (residualist vs. universalist) and function (compensatory vs. preventive).
T. M. Croon +4 more
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