Did Labour fundamentally change Britain in its thirteen years of power? Hardly at all

The ‘new Labour’ governments of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown altered the societal landscape in the UK. But did they fundamentally change Britain? In a new book, David Walker and Polly Toynbee take an in-depth and balanced look at the achievements of the Labour project. There were some policy successes, and the authors give Labour 6 out of 10 for these. Yet the party lacked an overall vision or narrative, and so squandered its opportunity to push the UK in a more social democratic directio

Aesthetic labour, emotional labour and masculinity

This special issue of the journal focuses on the topic of service work and gender. The theme for this special issue arose out of a stream on service work and gender at the 2005 Gender Work and Organization conference. In many respects this special edition can be considered as complementary to an earlier special edition on gender and service work that came out in 2005. In the editorial for the 2005 special edition Kerfoot and Korczynski raised a number of issues, questions and points for debate. It is worth briefly reprising some of these here as in many respects they provide a point of departure for a number of the concerns of this particular special edition

Gordon Brown's misplaced Smithian appeal : the eclipse of sympathy in changing British welfare norms

Gordon Brown has eagerly lauded his fellow Kirkcaldy citizen, Adam Smith, as his main policy inspiration. This article tests the rigour of such a claim by matching Brown's promotion of Smithian ‘sympathy’ as the centrepiece of his programme for government with the changes introduced by his Treasury to the British welfare model. In the 1970s, Thomas Wilson showed that the traditions of the post-war British welfare state were compatible with a modified form of Smithian sympathy socialised at the level of the state. New Labour has set about reforming the welfare model with respect to both its underlying institutions and the basic subjectivities of its recipients. I show that Brown's substantive preference for an asset-based system of welfare moves those subjectivities away from the ‘relational self’ of Smithian sympathy and towards a much more ‘autonomous self’. Consequently, I conclude that it is stretching Smith's concept of sympathy too far, even in a modified socialised form, to associate it with New Labour's asset-based system of welfare

TMEM67 is required for the maintenance of the perinuclear actin cap

Meckel-Gruber syndrome (MKS) is a genetically heterogeneous disease characterised by the phenotypic triad of occipital encephalocele, polycystic kidneys, and polydactyly. MKS is classified as a ciliopathy as mutations to the MKS proteins result in dysfunction to the primary cilium. Recent research has expanded the aetiology of MKS, as increasing evidence for non-ciliary roles for the MKS proteins are uncovered. Evidence includes their presence at focal adhesions and a role in controlling extracellular matrix (ECM) morphology. The relative contributions of ciliary and non-ciliary cellular phenotypes to the clinical presentations of MKS are not currently known. This thesis identifies ECM-dependent aberrations to the perinuclear actin cap in MKS patient cells lacking the MKS type 3 transmembrane protein TMEM67, likely contributing to migration defects previously identified in patient cells. Furthermore, GFP-Trap analysis identifies a number of myosins as potential binding partners of TMEM67; a previously unreported association. Analysis of these binding partners reports the top biological processes for TMEM67 as myosin-motor activity and actin-based movement, adding to the potential non-ciliary roles of the protein already reported. By expanding our understanding of the role of ciliopathy proteins outside of the cilium, we better comprehend the aetiology of the diseases, providing an opportunity to find new therapeutic interventions

Higher education, mature students and employment goals: policies and practices in the UK

This article considers recent policies of Higher Education in the UK, which are aimed at widening participation and meeting the needs of employers. The focus is on the growing population of part-time students, and the implications of policies for this group. The article takes a critical perspective on government policies, using data from a major study of mature part-time students, conducted in two specialist institutions in the UK, a London University college and a distance learning university. Findings from this study throw doubt on the feasibility of determining a priori what kind of study pathway is most conducive for the individual in terms of employment gains and opportunities for upward social mobility. In conclusion, doubts are raised as to whether policies such as those of the present UK government are likely to achieve its aims. Such policies are not unique to the UK, and lessons from this country are relevant to most of the developed world

PELAKSANAAN PERJANJIAN KTA (KREDIT TANPA AGUNAN) PADA PT TIMEX INDONESIA (BANK DBS)

Perjanjian Kredit Tanpa Agunan (KTA) merupakan salah satu produk bank yang memberikan kemudahan dalam memenuhi kebutuhan masyarakat untuk melakukan pinjaman. Dengan limit pinjaman dana yang cukup membantu untuk seseorang yang ingin memiliki dana untuk kebutuhannya. Perumusan masalah dalam pelaksaan adalah bagaimana pelaksanaan perjanjian kredit tanpa agunan pada PT. Timexs indonesia (Bank DBS) Cabang Harmoni Jakarta , akibat hukum apakah yang timbul dalam perjanjian kredit tanpa agunan pada PT. Timexs Indonesia (Bank DBS)  Cabang  Harmoni Jakarta . Pelaksanaan perjanjian kredit tanpa agunan sebelum ditandatangani, hendaknya pihak bank menjelaskan secara detail dan terperinci kepada debitur mengenai ketentuan yang telah ditetapkan. Pemberian produk KTA menuntut suatu perubahan sikap dari perilaku dari perbankan di Indonesia yang dalam pemberian kreditnya sebelumnya aman dalam lindungan regulasi jaminan yang berbentuk agunan. Oleh karena itu perlu dilakukan perubahan dan pengembangan kebijakan pemberian kredit dari perbankan itu sendiri beserta sumber daya manusianya agar lebih mampu meningkatkan daya inovasi dan analisisnya secara efisien dan efektif secara profesional dan beritikad baik dengan berlandaskan pada peraturan dan perundang-undangan yang berlaku sebagai penerapan dari prinsip kehati-hatian

Race, consecration and the music outside? The making of the British jazz avant-garde 1968-1973

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