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Why Institutions Matter: The New Institutionalism in Political Science

Why is Austerity Governable? A Gramscian Urban Regime Analysis of Leicester, UK

Davies, Jonathan S.; Bua, Adrian; Thompson, Ed; Cortina-Oriol, Mercè (Article)

Austerity has been delivered in the UK, without durably effective resistance. Read through a dialogue between Urban Regime Theory and Gramsci’s theory of the integral state, the paper considers how austerity was normalised ...

Why NOF ICT training worked successfully for some teachers and schools and not others?

Younie, Sarah (Conference)

'Why would you want to do that?': Defining emotional dirty work

McMurray, Robert; Ward, Jenna (Article)

Winner-loser effects in contentious constitutional referenda – perceptions of procedural fairness and the Brexit referendum

Rose, Jonathan; van der Eijk, Cees (Article)

This paper addresses a critical gap in the literature on winner-loser effects that consists of the lack of attention for highly contentious constitutional referenda. It uses unique multi-wave panel data of over 13,000 ...

Women in the House: Was Theresa May heard?

Stafford, Max (Conference)

Women in the Profession: An Update on the Gendered Composition of the Discipline and Political Science Departments in the UK

Pflaeger, Zoe; Amery, Fran; Holden Bates, Stephen; McKay, Stephen; Miller, Cherry; Billings, Taylor; Hayton, Rebecca; Holt, Marianne; Khatri, Jasmine; Marvin, Molly; Ogunsanya, Lola; Ramdehal, Alice; Sullivan, Rosa-Louise (Article)

Women in the Profession: The Composition of UK Political Science Departments by Sex

Bates, Stephen; Jenkins, Laura; Pflaeger, Zoe (Article)

Work and Employment in the Times of Automation and Artificial Intelligence: The Indian Case

Hammer, Anita; Karmakar, Suparna (Book chapter)

This chapter is a study of how automation and AI may impact employment and skills, probing the role of institutions and actors, and its policy implications. To the purpose, it critically assesses the National Strategy on ...

Worker Recuperated Enterprises: Confronting the Return of Austerity in Argentina?

Fishwick, Adam (Book chapter)

Workforce diversity policy.

Ferner, A. M.; Morley, M.; Muller-Camen, Michael; Susaeta, L. (Book chapter)

Workforce remodeling and the limits to ‘Permanent revolution:’ some responses of English headteachers.

Bates, J.; Carter, Bob (Article)

Working at webboyz: an analysis of control over the software development labour process

Barrett, Rowena (Article)

Working in and Against Hybrid Landscapes: Reflections on the Skills and Capabilities of Chief Officers in UK Local Government

Giovannini, Arianna; Barnett, Neil; Griggs, Steven; O'Brien, Paul (Book chapter)

This chapter examines the educational and developmental demands of public managers, exploring the necessary skills and competences required to move across the hybrid landscapes within which they increasingly work. Drawing ...