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Securing the state, undermining democracy: internationalization and privatization of western militaries [PDF]

Changes in the field of security since the 1990s triggered off a number of still continuing military transformations in liberal democracies. Since their armed forces were designed for the purposes of the bipolar Cold war security constellation, they have
Geis, Anna, Deitelhoff, Nicole
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Re‐thinking teachers' professional development: An analysis of National Professional Qualifications for school leaders in England

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This article considers how teachers' professional development could be redeveloped to help address the current crisis in teacher recruitment and retention by offering greater intellectual rigour and more opportunities for intellectual growth. Our analysis is focused on the UK government's current policy for leadership development in schools in
Mark Innes, Elizabeth Gregory, Louisa Dawes   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Do Private Pensions Increase National Saving? [PDF]

This paper discusses how private pension programs differ from public social security in their likely impact on aggregate saving. Although private pensions are likely to reduce direct saving by employees, this should be offset by the combination of ...
Martin Feldstein
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Learning to ‘be’ an activist: Exploring the relationship between activism and informal education in a youth activism group case study

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Young people in the United States (and beyond) access spaces for activism in varied ways, including the out‐of‐school time sector, where youth activism (YA) groups draw on informal learning pedagogies to engage young people in collective action.
Laura Weiner
wiley   +1 more source

Between public service and market: Portraying the bifront university in a platformized world

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper contributes to the international debate on the changes affecting recruitment and orientation processes toward higher education. Based on qualitative research involving 19 Italian public universities, the study analyses the transformations in communication, recruitment and orientation activities within platformization and increasing ...
Marco Pitzalis, Ciro Cangiano, Alessandro Lovari   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

‘School is their whole world’: Teachers' perspectives on loneliness among children and adolescents from England and mainland China

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract As front‐line observers and active participants in pupils' daily lives, teachers closely monitor pupils' social interactions, emotional states and behavioural changes. Their unique perspective enables them to detect problems in the social lives of their pupils that may not be immediately visible to peers, parents or mental health professionals.
Yixuan Zheng, Charlotte Bagnall, Caroline Bond, Elizabeth Birchinall, Pamela Qualter   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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
wiley   +1 more source

OUTSOURCING HUMAN SECURITY: THE PROS AND CONS OF PRIVATE SECURITY COMPANIES IN PEACEKEEPING [PDF]

, 2013
The United Nations is an international organization that acts in world affairs with the proclaimed aim of ending the scourge of war and promoting world peace. The UN often uses peacekeeping to further this goal.
Straub, Daniel G.
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‘Self’ and ‘othering’ as a byproduct of large‐scale assessment: An investigation into the Gaokao retake policy

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract While Gaokao, the National College Entrance Examination (NCEE), has been extensively discussed outside the Chinese academic circle, the retake policy of the test has not received much attention. Moreover, Gaokao research in China has predominantly examined the effectiveness of the retake decision in relation to students' demographic ...
Yifeng Cheng, M. Obaidul Hamid
wiley   +1 more source

Who Runs This Town? Private Security Companies and their effect on security sector reform in Afghanistan [PDF]

, 2012
Security is a public good that is cheap to maintain in a stable system, but expensive to establish once it has been lost. Internally armed conflicts and civil war are detrimental to public security.
Rønnevik, John Sverre
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