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Item Metadata only Allocate or let? Your choice(Chartered Institute of Housing, 2002) Richardson, Joanna; Brown, Tim J.; Dearling, A.; Hunt, R.; Yates, N.Item Open Access An Anti-homeless Public Space(Centre for Urban Research on Austerity, 2019-11-03) Stevens, SimonIn this post, Dr Simon Stevens exposes the strategies used by local authorities and managers of pseudo-public spaces in English cities, to disperse, deter and dehumanise homeless residents. Seen through the eyes of a detective searching for a homeless witness of an alleged crime, the narrator exposes how our cities are responding to the ongoing crisis of homelessness following a decade of austerity.Item Open Access Apprenticeship schemes to support post-COVID employment recovery in Africa’s manufacturing sector(United Nations Industrial Development Organization, 2022-01-06) Egbetokun, AbiodunIt is now abundantly clear that the COVID-19 pandemic has had an impact on nearly all aspects of our lives and has caused us to rethink “business as usual”. As we adapt to the "new normal", appropriately channeled opportunities can help us improve the way we do business and the way we live. Apprenticeship is one of such opportunities.Item Metadata only The banks of the Wye : a critical edition.(Romantic Circles, 2012) Fulford, Tim; Bloomfield, Robert.Item Metadata only Barriers to e-democracy: local government experiences and responses(Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, 2005) Pratchett, LawrenceItem Open Access Beyond Survival: How Black and Asian-Led Social Enterprises are Responding and Adapting to the UK Cost-of-Living Crisis(Elsevier, 2024-09-27) Kah, Sally; Murithi, William; Ogunmokun, Olapeju Comfort; Osei-Nimo, Samuel; Munawar, MawishThis report provides comprehensive evidence of the impact of the cost-of-living crisis on businesses, individuals, and society, focusing on social enterprises led by Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) individuals in the United Kingdom. It focuses on the innovative strategies adopted for economic crisis whilst acknowledging the barriers facing BME social entrepreneurs, including increased business costs, difficulties with financial planning, and the potential threat of business death. We use a qualitative research design and interviews as the data collection medium to provide evidence of BME-led social enterprises’ response to the cost-of-living crisis and their adaptation strategies. Fourteen founders and directors were interviewed between March 2023 and January 2024. The social enterprises are predominantly micro and small operating in England, tackling various economic and social issues. The analysis of the interviews suggests five main categories of resilience strategies: strategic business planning, working from home, asset optimisation, fuel voucher schemes, and grant diversification. Our findings provide ten practical recommendations for social enterprise decision-makers, funding institutions, and government bodies, which are divided into two parts. Recommendations for social enterprise decision-makers are: 1) financial planning, 2) operational efficiency, 3) diversification of income streams, 4) flexible work arrangements and 5) community engagement. Recommendations for funding institutions and government bodies: 6) flexible funding models, 7) long-term support, 8) collaborative initiatives, 9) capacity-building programmes and 10) policy support and advocacy. Investing in flexible funding and sustainable collaboration between social enterprises and relevant stakeholders, such as social investors, can empower social enterprises to develop resources and capabilities fit for crisis response.Item Metadata only A Big or Divided Society? Final Recommendations and Report of the Panel Review into the Impact of the Localism Bill and Coalition Government Policy on Gypsies and Travellers(Travellers Aid Trust, 2011) Ryder, A; Acton, T.; Cemlyn, S.; Cleemput, P.; Greenfields, M.; Richardson, Joanna; Smith, D.Item Open Access Book reveiw: Matthias Ebenau, Ian Bruff and Christian May (eds); New Directions in Comparative Capitalisms Research: Critical and Global Perspectives(Work, Employment and Society, Sage, 2016-08-01) Hammer, AnitaThis is a book review of 'New Directions in Comparative Capitalisms Research: Critical and Global Perspectives' that opens comparative capitalism (CC) research to diverse and critical approaches that examine capitalist diversity and, importantly, examine it in contexts beyond the Triad i.e. Europe, USA and Japan. It sets a research agenda for new directions in CC research.Item Metadata only Item Metadata only Book Review. Navigando a vista: Governi locali in Europa tra crisi e riforme by Silvia Bolgherini(Taylor & Francis, 2016) Vampa, DavideItem Open Access Item Open Access Item Metadata only Book Review: At Power’s Elbow: Aides to the Prime Minister from Robert Walpole to David Cameron(Sage, 2016-02-12) Stafford, MaxItem Metadata only Item Metadata only Book review: Jamie Cross, Dream zones: anticipating capitalism and development in India.(Sage Journals, 2015) Hammer, AnitaItem Open Access Book review: Jamie Cross, Dream zones: anticipating capitalism and development in India.(Sage, 2015-10-14) Hammer, AnitaThis a book review of ‘Dream Zones’, a refreshing book that captures the richness, brutality, contradictions, struggles and hopes that characterise contemporary India. It is an anthropological study of a Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in the Southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh that has been at the forefront of neo-liberal reforms. It draws upon theoretical frameworks of uneven geographies of capitalism and politics of development in order to examine processes of industrialisation and development in the SEZ.Item Metadata only Book review: John Gaffney, Leadership and the Labour Party: Narrative and Performance(Sage, 2020) Stafford, MaxItem Open Access Book review: Jonathan Pattenden; Labour, state and society in rural India: A class-relational approach(Wiley, 2017) Hammer, AnitaThis is a book review of 'Labour, state and society in India' which applies a class-relational approach to processes of development in the South Indian state of Karnataka on three interrelated areas: labour relations, collective action, and the mediation of class relations by the state and civil society. It examines changing forms of exploitation and domination at multiple levels and assesses its implications for pro-labouring-class change. It argues that it is relational processes, historical and contemporary, that actively create inequalities and perpetuate the status quo in societies.Item Metadata only Book Review: Josep M Colomer, How Global Institutions Rule the World(Political Studies Review, 2016) Stafford, Max