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Wilful negligence: migration policy, migrants' work and the absence of social protection in the UK (2012)
Book Chapter
Craig, G., & Wilkinson, M. (2012). Wilful negligence: migration policy, migrants' work and the absence of social protection in the UK. In Migration and welfare in the new Europe : social protection and the challenges of integration (177-194). Policy Press

In this chapter we explore important issues concerned with the social exclusion and social segregation of migrant workers in the UK.  Our main argument is that social and employment protection for this group of workers is often inadequate and the the... Read More about Wilful negligence: migration policy, migrants' work and the absence of social protection in the UK.

Introduction (2012)
Book Chapter
Mottram, S., & Prescott, S. (2012). Introduction. In S. Mottram, & S. Prescott (Eds.), Writing Wales, from the Renaissance to Romanticism (3-15). Ashgate. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315546131

In Writing Wales we are concerned, not only to trace the evolution of Wales' written representation over the period from the Renaissance to Romanticism', but also to chart in these written representations the changing motivations of writers, poets, a... Read More about Introduction.

The British welfare state and its discontents (2012)
Book Chapter
Beech, M. (2012). The British welfare state and its discontents. In J. Connelly, & J. Hayward (Eds.), The Withering of the Welfare State: Regression (86-100). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230349230_6

At the heart of British politics is the welfare state. As a political idea it is contested, and as a framework of public services and entitlements it is complex. Friedrich Hayek commented upon the imprecision of the term ‘welfare state’: ‘Unlike soci... Read More about The British welfare state and its discontents.

Inequality, social policy and state welfare regimes in developing countries: The case of Brazil (2012)
Book Chapter
Doctor, M. (2012). Inequality, social policy and state welfare regimes in developing countries: The case of Brazil. In J. Connelly, & J. Hayward (Eds.), The Withering of the Welfare State: Regression (155-171). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230349230_10

What is the role of the state in economic and social development? This long-standing debate in political economy implies an assessment of the desirability and feasibility of the state intervening to influence economic and social outcomes. The assessm... Read More about Inequality, social policy and state welfare regimes in developing countries: The case of Brazil.

The Left and Englishness (2012)
Book Chapter
Beech, M. (2012). The Left and Englishness. In These Englands : a conversation on national identity (137-154). Manchester University Press

A study of the operations of formal and informal controls in a multinational subsidiary in Nigeria (2012)
Book Chapter
Egbe, I., Tsamenyi, M., & Sa'id, H. (2012). A study of the operations of formal and informal controls in a multinational subsidiary in Nigeria. In M. Mangena, & V. Tauringana (Eds.), Accounting in Africa (1-29). Emerald. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1479-3563%282012%29000012A005

Purpose – This paper reports on the results of a case study that investigates the operations of formal and informal controls in a multinational-subsidiary in Nigeria. Design/methodology – Data has been gathered by way of semi-structured interviews... Read More about A study of the operations of formal and informal controls in a multinational subsidiary in Nigeria.

Scotland and the eighteenth-century empire (2012)
Book Chapter
Hamilton, D. J. (2012). Scotland and the eighteenth-century empire. In T. Devine, & J. Wormald (Eds.), Oxford Handbooks Online. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199563692.013.0023

The revitalization of Scottish history in the 1960s reawakened scholarly interest in overseas connections that had lain more or less dormant since the 1930s. As a result, eighteenth-century Scots have appeared as Virginian tobacco merchants, Jamaican... Read More about Scotland and the eighteenth-century empire.

Balance principles in attitude formation and change: The desire to maintain consistent cognitions about people (2012)
Book Chapter
Walther, E., & Weil, R. (2012). Balance principles in attitude formation and change: The desire to maintain consistent cognitions about people. In B. Gawronski, & F. Strack (Eds.), Cognitive consistency: A fundamental principle in social cognition (351-368). Guilford Press

Why do we like some people and dislike others? Why is it that our social sentiments are not always stable, and what motivates these changes? Answers to these questions can be derived from balance theory. Our aim in this chapter is to provide a short... Read More about Balance principles in attitude formation and change: The desire to maintain consistent cognitions about people.

Turned into body by the other (2012)
Book Chapter
Burwood, S. (2012). Turned into body by the other. In S. Gonzalez-Arnal, G. Jagger, & K. Lennon (Eds.), Embodied selves (119-138). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137283696_8

Jean Améry’s autobiographical account of torture at the hands of the Gestapo provides the most striking, if also the most harrowing, example of how the body resurfaces in conscious awareness due to pain and how such experiences often reveal an ambigu... Read More about Turned into body by the other.

Expanding the role of civil society in Britain and beyond (2012)
Book Chapter
Monaghan, E. (2012). Expanding the role of civil society in Britain and beyond. In J. Connelly, & J. Hayward (Eds.), The Withering of the Welfare State : Regression (37-51). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230349230_3

© Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2012. The social, political and economic changes that indicate a withering of the welfare state have, as well as changing the relationship between the state and the economy, also brough... Read More about Expanding the role of civil society in Britain and beyond.

The afterlife of Neda Ukraden: Negotiating space and memory through popular music after the fall of Yugoslavia, 1990-2008 (2012)
Book Chapter
Baker, C. (2012). The afterlife of Neda Ukraden: Negotiating space and memory through popular music after the fall of Yugoslavia, 1990-2008. In S. Fast, & K. Pegley (Eds.), Music, Politics, and Violence (60-82). Wesleyan University Press

© 2012 Wesleyan University Press. All rights reserved. An essay by Dubravka Ugrešic tells the story of the singer "Neda U.," who "came from Sarajevo, and her songwriter, N., [who] came from Zagreb." Neda "became⋯ a Serb" during the war in Croatia whe... Read More about The afterlife of Neda Ukraden: Negotiating space and memory through popular music after the fall of Yugoslavia, 1990-2008.

Gordon Brown and the negation of England (2012)
Book Chapter
Lee, S. (2012). Gordon Brown and the negation of England. In A. Aughey, & C. Berberich (Eds.), These Englands : a conversation on national identity (155-173). Manchester University Press. https://doi.org/10.7765/9781526142276

An analysis of how Gordon Brown's politics and statecraft conflated notions of Britain and Britishness with those of England and Englishness in order to negate the latter.

Ecological constraints on mammalian sleep architecture (2012)
Book Chapter
Preston, B., Nunn, C., McNamara, P., Barton, R., & Capellini, I. (2012). Ecological constraints on mammalian sleep architecture. In Evolution of Sleep. Phylogenetic and functional perspectives (12389). Cambridge University Press

In this chapter, we review the evidence for how ecological factors, including predation risk and foraging requirements, might shape patterns of sleep among mammals. We also highlight the need for more research on the degree to which animals can exhib... Read More about Ecological constraints on mammalian sleep architecture.

Import, Export, and Multilateral Translation: Methodological Lessons from an Economic Analysis of Paternalism in Contract Law (2012)
Book Chapter
Cserne, P. (2012). Import, Export, and Multilateral Translation: Methodological Lessons from an Economic Analysis of Paternalism in Contract Law. In S. Kirste, A. van Aaken, M. Anderheiden, & P. Policastro (Eds.), Interdisciplinary Research in Jurisprudence and Constitutionalism (129 - 151). Franz Steiner Verlag

In this paper I discuss the conceptual and methodological background of an economic approach to paternalism in contract law. This serves as a case study to the general theme of this collective volume: the role of inter- and multi-disciplinary researc... Read More about Import, Export, and Multilateral Translation: Methodological Lessons from an Economic Analysis of Paternalism in Contract Law.