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Social Mobility in the UK's Higher Education Sector: A Critical Review

Halsall, Jamie P.; Caldwell, Elizabeth F. - In: International Journal of Information Systems and Social … 9 (2018) 4, pp. 1-11

Social mobility is at the forefront of the British Government's plans to improve the lives of the most deprived groups in society. Since the election of the New Labour government in May 1997, consecutive governments have championed the concept of social mobility. The fundamental aim of social...

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Public governance reform in Hong Kong: rebuilding trust and governability

Cheung, Anthony B.L. - In: International Journal of Public Sector Management 26 (2013) 5, pp. 421-436

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explain the evolution of the system of public governance in Hong Kong, the various public sector reforms undertaken over the past two to three decades, and the present quagmire in governance resulting in a looming crisis in public trust and...

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9/11, foreign threats, political legitimacy, and democratic institutions

D. Wisman, Jon - In: Humanomics 30 (2014) 1, pp. 22-40

Purpose – The manipulation of fears generated by 9/11 resulted in restrictions of civil liberties. Although this danger to freedom has been descriptively addressed, its deeper causes and dynamics have not received extensive treatment. This article reassesses the political reaction to 9/11 in...

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Reconciling Labour Flexibility with Social Cohesion‐ Facing the Challenge

Mesure, Hervé - In: Society and Business Review 2 (2007) 1, pp. 136-137

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Developing a framework for assessing social cohesion via tourism

Kamble, Zilmiyah; Bouchon, Frederic - In: Tourism Review 71 (2016) 4, pp. 272-286

Purpose Multicultural nation-states face an added layer of challenge to social cohesion when countries already face various degrees of political, socio-economic and religious divide. Communalism has been a dividing threat, and some societies have encountered civil wars. Reconstructing social...

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Dentsū Changed Nothing: Reexamining Karoshi in Japan Through Shavell's Insights on the Incentives to Prevent Accidents

McGuire, Robert - In: Asian Journal of Law and Economics 3 (2012) 1

Ten years after the Japanese Supreme Court established a duty of care for employers to guard employee health, incidents of death by overwork remain critically high. This Note argues that the Dentsū standard of near-strict employer liability does not create sufficient incentives to prevent...

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Lessons from Columbine: effective school‐based violence prevention strategies and programmes

Elliott, Delbert - In: Journal of Children's Services 4 (2010) 4, pp. 53-62

), embarked on a massacre, killing 12 students and one teacher. The pair then committed suicide. The event provoked vigorous …

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Does the effect of media influence suicide rates?

Loureiro, Paulo Roberto Amorim; Moreira, Tito Belchior Silva - In: Journal of Economic Studies 42 (2015) 3, pp. 415-432

Purpose – An important question about the determinants of suicide refers to the role of media. In this context, the … purpose of this paper is to investigate if there are groups of people who are susceptible to suicide as a result of the effect … the impact of the media index, unemployment rate, divorce rate and other explanatory variables on the rate of suicide by …

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Fraud detection suicide: the dark side of white-collar crime

Brody, Richard G.; Perri, Frank S. - In: Journal of Financial Crime 23 (2016) 4, pp. 786-797

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the issue of suicide, a violent act against one’s self, as it relates … someone who is in a position to report a fraud they have perpetrated. Previous research has not addressed the issue of suicide … information consisted of published news media, scholarly articles and articles retrieved from the web. Findings A suicide may be …

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Reading the death of Mrs A: a serious case review

Foley, Marian; Cummins, Ian - In: The Journal of Adult Protection 17 (2015) 5, pp. 321-330

by Surrey Safeguarding Adults Board (SSAB) regarding the suicide of Mrs A in January 2013. Design …

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