STORRE Collection: Electronic copies of Management, Work and Organisation book chapters and sections.
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Electronic copies of Management, Work and Organisation book chapters and sections.2024-03-18T18:46:05ZThe United Kingdom
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Title: The United Kingdom
Author(s): Montgomery, Tom; Baglioni, Simone
Editor(s): Federico, Veronica; Lahusen, Christian
Abstract: First paragraph: Solidarity has been a key ingredient in the existence of the United Kingdom (UK) as a single political entity since its inception. As a pluri-national state (the country brings together four different nations: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland), the UK has had to find a balance between what would otherwise be competing solidarities located at different geo-political levels. Infra-national solidarity (e.g. solidarity among Scottish or Welsh people) must be combined with cross-national forms of solidarities (e.g. Scottish towards Welsh), as well as with a supra-national solidarity (e.g. Scottish towards British).2018-01-01T00:00:00ZSkills and Education for Youth Employment in Scotland: A Critical Discussion
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Title: Skills and Education for Youth Employment in Scotland: A Critical Discussion
Author(s): Montgomery, Tom; Baglioni, Simone
Editor(s): Boffo, Vanna; Federighi, Paolo; Torlone, Francesca
Abstract: Introduction: Issues surrounding youth employment have become the focus of attention for policymakers across Europe and Scotland is no different. In line with their contemporaries, policymakers in Scotland and the UK have focused upon the need to ensure that young workers are adequately skilled to gain opportunities within today’s labour markets and have therefore engaged in a number of programmes and initiatives designed to ensure that young workers are ‘ job ready’. This approach, whilst understandable, nevertheless requires greater scrutiny due to the risk of an imbalanced approach to youth employment which valorizes ‘supply-side issues’ such as skills, training and qualifications over ‘demand-side issues’ such as job creation strategies and the development of better quality employment. This chapter focuses on efforts in Scotland and asks whether a more integrated, balanced approach to youth employment issues may be possible.2015-01-01T00:00:00ZAgainst the Tide: Transnational Solidarity in Brexit Britain
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Title: Against the Tide: Transnational Solidarity in Brexit Britain
Author(s): Baglioni, Simone; Biosca, Olga; Montgomery, Tom
Editor(s): Lahusen, Christian; Zschache, Ulrike; Kousis, Maria
Abstract: This chapter discusses UK-based civil society organisations supporting vulnerable groups (migrants, refugees and asylum seekers; disabled people; and the unemployed) which have been on the front line of a decade of austerity and funding cuts. It does so by exploring the relationship between these organisations and policymakers; the impact of austerity on the organisations themselves; the mission and activities of these organisations and the cooperation between organisations at different scales (transnational, national and local). Our findings reveal a tale of ‘two Britains’: one of top-down policies and discourses which are anti-solidarity and re-activate decades-old discourses of dependency and deservingness; and another Britain of grassroots solidarity, (self-)organised from the bottom up, often in partnership with austerity-hit local government.2020-01-01T00:00:00ZRegulating Fortress Britain: Migrants, Refugees and Asylum Applicants in the British Labour Market
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Title: Regulating Fortress Britain: Migrants, Refugees and Asylum Applicants in the British Labour Market
Author(s): Calo, Francesca; Baglioni, Simone; Montgomery, Tom; Biosca, Olga
Editor(s): Federico, Veronica; Baglioni, Simone
Abstract: The purpose of this chapter is to provide a detailed overview of the UK legal and institutional factors at the macro-level that can be regarded as decisive for explaining the effective capacity of the country to integrate migrants, refugees and asylum seekers into the labour market. By doing so, we aim to better understand the conditions within which integration policies for migrants, refugees and asylum applicants (MRA) may take place. We begin by providing an insight into the social and cultural context of migration in the UK, firstly by looking at the history of migration and the social and political instabilities of the country. Furthermore, we investigate how legislation concerning migration and asylum has developed within the UK context across the decades and analyse how legislation has been translated by UK policymakers in recent years. We then examine the current constitutional organisation of the British state, highlighting the importance of case law in developing MRA integration. Following this, we outline key legislation concerning the integration of MRA in the British labour market. The chapter then provides a critical overview of the integration strategies (or the lack thereof) promoted at the national level, outlining the institutional challenges that affect integration. We then conclude by highlighting the possible impact that Brexit will have on an already ‘hostile environment’ for migration.2021-01-01T00:00:00Z