International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy: Volume 25 Issue 8

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Engaging with SMEs: Power, Politics and Communication

Terry Nolan

This article explores the situation whereby small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) communicate with the many agencies that attempt to provide information, training programmes…

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Children Raised by Grandparents: Implications for Social Policy

Oliver W. Edwards, Vincent E. Mumford

Purpose. This work provides information about households where grandparents assume roles as full‐time surrogate parents to their grandchildren. Social policy implications of these…

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Smart Partnership or Cronyism? A Malaysian Perspective

Mariati Norhashim, Kamarulzaman Ab. Aziz

Proposes that, arms length economic system (ALS) is not always appropriate for developing nations. The alternative of a relationship based system (RBS) which is often mistaken for…

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Education Reform for At‐Risk Youth: A Social Capital Approach

Bradley Jorgensen

Using the Education Queensland Reform Agenda to illustrate examples and approaches to education reform, this article discusses education reform for at‐risk youth. It argues that…

Ageing in the ‘Risk Society’

Jason L. Powell, Azrini Wahidin

This article explores the concept of ‘risk’ that is both an epistemological tool and major facet of “late modernity” (Delanty, 1999). During the 1970s, the use of the notion…

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ISSN:

0144-333X

Online date, start – end:

1981

Copyright Holder:

Emerald Publishing Limited

Open Access:

hybrid

Editor:

  • Prof Colin Williams