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The viscious circle of competitive unemployment
Robert M. BlackburnInvestigates the possible social causes of unemployment; focuses on how competition among employers can increase and perpetuate already high levels of unemployment. Starts from…
Planning for the unknown: social policy‐making in Hong Kong 1990‐1997
Kwong‐leung TangExamines the extent to which social policy adopted by the colonial government in Hong Kong (prior to its hand‐over China in 1997) has set the agenda for the government of the…
Behavioural acculturation and demographic characteristics of Asian‐Indian immigrants in the United States of America
Durriya Z. Khairullah, Zahid Y. KhairullahTests the reliability of an empirical model designed by Szapocznik et al to measure acculturation levels of first‐generation immigrants. Applies model to a demographically diverse…
The violent character of sexual‐eroticism in cross‐cultural comparison
Andreas SchneiderDetails a cross‐cultural study to expose the extent to which public concern regulates sexual‐eroticism and withdraws it from public attention; identifies a propensity towards the…
The bane and benefits of computers in Australia’s Department of Social Security
Paul HenmanAttempts to establish the extent to which the use of computers in Australia’s Department of Social Security (DSS) has facilitated changes in social security policy and its…
New right, new Labour, new welfare?
Katy Cigno, Greta Bradley, Tony EllinghamDiscusses attempts by the government’s political opposition (in the UK) to break the consensus on welfare and considers whether the recent change in political power has materially…
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