Flexibility and work-life conflict in times of crisis: a gender perspective
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AbstractPurpose - This paper explores recent changes in Australia’s work-family policies and programs and their implications for gender (in)equality.Design/methodology/approach - We critically assess a...
View ArticleClouds over Spain: Work and family in the age of austerity
AbstractPurpose - This paper aims to contribute to the academic literature in two ways. Firstly, the paper will analyse the impact of the economic crisis on the level of flexibility, autonomy and...
View ArticleWorkplace work-family interventions: Italy in times of welfare state...
AbstractPurpose - The purpose of this article is to investigate work-family interventions in Italian organizations within the context of a national welfare regime and at time of...
View ArticleFitting Fathers into work-family policies: international challenges in...
AbstractPurpose - To examine the international challenges of fitting fathers into work-family policies at a time of global economic turbulence.Design/methodology/approach - A comparative policy...
View ArticleRisk factors for suicide among rural men: Are farmers more socially isolated?
AbstractPurpose - International evidence demonstrates elevated suicide rates among farming occupations, relative to other occupations. A psychosocial factor commonly argued to contribute to farmer...
View ArticleAnimating ‘Bottom-Up sustainable strategies in village settings.
AbstractPurpose - The key purpose of the paper is to consider the challenges facing local authorities in supporting sustainable rural settlements in their efforts to be enterprising and sustainable in...
View Article‘New Capitalism’, Colonisation and the Neo-Philanthropic Turn in Social...
AbstractPurpose - Drawing on the functional structural systems theory of Niklas Luhmann and the theory of colonisation of the social lifeworld advanced by Jurgen Habermas, it is argued that the Big...
View ArticleGovernment versus Private Primary Schools in India: An Assessment of Physical...
AbstractPurpose - Purpose –This paper is an effort to identify the difference between government and private primary schools in terms of physical infrastructure, schooling costs and student’s...
View ArticleUndocumented Childhood Immigrants, The Dream Act and Deferred Action for...
AbstractPurpose - The purpose of this article is to critically examine two possible solutions to the lack of citizenship rights of children who lack documentation. Many industrialized countries must...
View ArticleLabour Migration and Informalisation: East meets West
AbstractPurpose - Against a theoretical discussion of informalisation the purpose of this paper is to trace wider commonalities and migratory interconnections that are leading to informalised or...
View ArticleFinancial Inclusion And Social Financialisation: Britain In A European Context
AbstractPurpose - The article discusses findings from a knowledge exchange review of financial inclusion in Britain and compares these to key features of financial exclusion evident from European...
View ArticleAre More Equal Societies the Most Cohesive?
AbstractPurpose - In recent decades, research across the social sciences has linked higher income inequality to poorer health and social outcomes in advanced market democracies. According to general...
View ArticleRisk factors for suicide among rural men: are farmers more socially isolated?
AbstractPurpose– International evidence demonstrates elevated suicide rates among farming occupations, relative to other occupations. A psychosocial factor commonly argued to contribute to farmer...
View ArticleAnimating “bottom-up” sustainable strategies in village settings
AbstractPurpose– The key purpose of the paper is to consider the challenges facing local authorities in supporting sustainable rural settlements in their efforts to be enterprising and sustainable in...
View Article“New capitalism”, colonisation and the neo-philanthropic turn in social...
AbstractPurpose– Drawing on the functional structural systems theory of Niklas Luhmann and the theory of colonisation of the social lifeworld advanced by Jurgen Habermas, it is argued that the Big...
View ArticleGovernment versus private primary schools in India: An assessment of physical...
AbstractPurpose– This paper is an effort to identify the difference between government and private primary schools in terms of physical infrastructure, schooling costs and student's performance....
View ArticleUndocumented childhood immigrants, the Dream Act and Deferred Action for...
AbstractPurpose– The purpose of this article is to critically examine two possible solutions to the lack of citizenship rights of children who lack documentation. Many industrialized countries must...
View ArticleLabour migration and informalisation: East meets West
AbstractPurpose– Against a theoretical discussion of informalisation, the purpose of this paper is to trace wider commonalities and migratory interconnections that are leading to informalised or...
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