International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy: Volume 33 Issue 5/6

Industrial citizenship: a re‐conceptualisation and case study of the UK

Paul Bagguley

The purpose of this paper is to critically examine and reformulate T.H. Marshall's concept of industrial citizenship, and apply the reformulated model to a case study of the UK.

Transforming nationalism into social action with teachers from Yucatan, Mexico

Irma Leticia Pérez‐Rodríguez, Pedro Sánchez‐Escobedo, Liz Hollingworth

National basic education curriculum in Mexico emphasizes the need for the construction of a positive national identity. The purpose of this paper is to describe the perceptions…

Intensified activation for disadvantaged welfare recipients in Germany: does it work?

Katharina Dengler, Katrin Hohmeyer, Andreas Moczall, Joachim Wolff

The purpose of this paper is to analyse the implementation and effectiveness of an intensified activation scheme for very disadvantaged welfare recipients in Germany, used as a…

Policing class and race in urban America

Andrew R.M. Fisher, Guðmundur Oddsson, Takeshi Wada

The purpose of this paper is to integrate conflict theory's class and race perspectives to explain police force size in large cities in the USA.

Unpaid work among children currently attending school in Nigeria: With focus on gender, ethnicity, urban‐rural residence and poverty

Aramide Kazeem

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the associations of gender, ethnicity, urban‐rural residence, and poverty, on children's unpaid work. It examines whether the Nigerian…

Narratives of (in)active ageing in poor deprived areas of Liverpool, UK

Giles Barrett, Christine McGoldrick

Ageing populations are national and global phenomena. These older residents are likely to be among the most disadvantaged nationally and in comparison with younger neighbours. The…

Living arrangements among older population and perceptions on old age assistance among adult population in India

Javeed Ahamed Golandaj, Srinivas Goli, Kailash Chandra Das

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the pattern of living arrangements among the older population and perception about old age support in the Indian adult population.

A healthy scepticism towards water in South Australia

Eileen Willis, Meryl Pearce, Loreen Mamerow, Brad Jorgensen, John Martin

This paper examines citizen trust at both a rational and affect level in the water utility provider, SA Water.