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Description, Articulation and Limitations in the Social Theory of Insurance

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT There have been surprisingly few sustained efforts to explain or theorise the role insurance plays in society. Even the most theoretically inflected insurance scholarship, emanating from governmentality and Actor Network Theory scholarship, tends to be grounded in empirical cases, set in particular periods and places, and it is often ...
Liz McFall
wiley   +1 more source

Has Austerity Worked in Spain? [PDF]

, 2015
Since 2011 Spain has pursued a set of economic policies for recovery based on internal currency devaluation, labor market reform, fiscal consolidation, and structural and deregulatory reforms such as the Market Unity Law, which are based on the idea of ...
David Rosnick, Mark Weisbrot
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Examining the Mutual Gains Model of Well‐Being‐Oriented HRM: Evidence From the Healthcare Sector

Human Resource Management Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Well‐being‐oriented human resource management (WBHRM) posits the benefits for both employees and the employer. Yet, our review has revealed that sophisticated theorisation and subsequent empirical testing of such a mutual gains thesis are scarce. Against this backdrop, we attempt to do so in a highly demanding healthcare context.
Jongwook Pak, Gholamhossein (Amir) Mehralian   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sustainable HRM in the Public Sector: A Question of Viability or Legitimacy?

Human Resource Management Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Recent research has underlined the growing importance of sustainability in HRM policy and practice, taking into account long‐term multi‐stakeholder goals. However, few studies have specified the drivers and outcomes of sustainable HRM practices, nor the contradictions that arise when managers attempt to satisfy the demands of both internal and
Mathew Johnson, Stephen Mustchin, Damian Grimshaw, Aristea Koukiadaki   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rebuilding the Ladder? Contemporary Contests Over Industrial Policy

Global Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Does the greater embrace of industrial policy globally signal the emergence of a New Washington Consensus? We show that the multiplication of industrial policies, while consequential, signals neither normalisation nor consensus. Rather, industrial policy is increasingly the object of contestation over norms and practices of state ...
Ilias Alami, Jack Taggart, Tom Chodor
wiley   +1 more source

Local government debt: an application to the Spanish case [PDF]

For the last years, Europe has been subject to fiscal austerity in order to satisfy the Maastrich criteria. In this way, Spanish municipalities have been affected by new regulations and local government structure has changed. This paper is focused on the
David Cantarero, Marta Pascual, María A. García-Valiñas, Roberto Fernandez   +3 more
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Paradigm Shift in the Making? Geopolitical Challenges and Institutional Changes in the International Monetary System: From Neoliberalism to a Pluralist Multipolar Financial Order

Global Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examined the critical challenges facing the international monetary system, arguing that they have created conditions for a shift from a neoliberal framework to a pluralist multipolar financial order. Using an interdisciplinary approach that blends international law and international relations, the paper provides an analysis of the ...
Jiangyu Wang
wiley   +1 more source

Austerity in the UK: past, present and future [PDF]

, 2015
In this article, John Van Reenen looks at the UK’s economic performance since the global financial crisis and assesses the impact of austerity policies.
Van Reenen, John
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Between Sustainable Development, Financialisation and Sovereign Debt Crisis: The Case of Blue Finance as Yet Another Iteration of the Washington Consensus

Global Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As far as international economic law (IEL) is concerned, the ‘Washington Consensus’ generally refers to the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF)'s development finance policies and tools. It covers their application to their clients and borrowers with the support of Western governments. This acceptation is of particular interest
Leïla Choukroune
wiley   +1 more source

Economic crisis, fiscal austerity policy, and health expenditure in Brazilian municipalities: A time series analysis

Social Sciences and Humanities Open
In 2016, the Brazilian government officially established a Fiscal Austerity Policy (FAP) with the Constitutional Amendment 95 (CA95). The FAP's impact on health expenditures in Brazilian cities is still uncertain, as the effects of cuts in expenses have ...
Debora Castanheira, Monica Campos, Isabel Emmerick   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source