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BEHIND THE HEADLINES OF THE NoW WHAT IS HAPPENING TO THE COALITION’S REFORM PROGRAMME ? 15/07/2011
Professor John Diamond (University’s Centre for Local Policy Studies) looks at two important developments in the Coalition’s plans which are (arguably) more important than who owns a national newspaper: ” The headlines for the past 10 days have been dominated by the phone hacking scandal and the fall out from that. But, really whilst there […]
‘Community resilience: managing tensions, promoting fairness and developing community trust in the Big Society’ 05/07/2011
‘Community resilience: managing tensions, promoting fairness and developing community trust in the Big Society’. Jayne Francis, MEL, and Harriss Beider, University of Coventry Abstract The large-scale regeneration programmes established by the previous government are being either substantially scaled back or entirely withdrawn; programmes and interventions d […]
‘THE POWER OF PULL’: MAXIMISING SERENDIPITY THROUGH QUALITY SOCIAL NETWORKS (FOR INNOVATION) 05/07/2011
‘THE POWER OF PULL’: MAXIMISING SERENDIPITY THROUGH QUALITY SOCIAL NETWORKS (FOR INNOVATION) John Diamond, CLPS -Edge Hill University, and Lorraine Johnston, Newcastle University Abstract Using Schumpeter’s notion of ‘the power of pull’, the article will argue that maximising serendipity is key for creating quality social networks. Such chance interactions b […]
Where next for ethnic diversity policy-making in the context of the ‘Big Society’? Reflections from a cross-national comparative study of Manchester and Copenhagen 05/07/2011
Where next for ethnic diversity policy-making in the context of the ‘Big Society’? Reflections from a cross-national comparative study of Manchester and Copenhagen Jessica Smith, Policy Researcher, Centre for Local Economic Strategies Abstract In the months since the election of the Conservative-Liberal coalition government, little has been said about what t […]
Big Society – Small Beer? Rural Places and the drive towards and enhanced localism 05/07/2011
Big Society – Small Beer? Rural Places and the drive towards and enhanced localism Ivan Annibal, Rose Regeneration Abstract The central premise of the Big Society is that communities will be keen to step up and take on the challenge of delivering public services in their own communities themselves. There is a powerful line of […]

In Macpherson’s footsteps: a journey through British racism

After Stephen Lawrence’s murder, a former High Court judge travelled round the country to produce the most significant report on racism in Britain for a generation. Ten years on, how much has changed?

Hugh Muir · guardian.co.uk

‘The police are still institutionally racist. The local authority doesn’t carry out the racial impact [...]

The Sikhs in Britain: 150 Years of Photographs

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/0956127029/ref=redir_mdp_mobile

Black Matters – TUC quarterly e-bulletin

The Great Pension Robbery

Wednesday 30th November 2011 saw the largest set of co-ordinated industrial action by trade unions in a generation over the Government’s proposals to change public sector pension schemes on the basis that the public purse can no longer afford them.

In the past pensions have not been burning issues for members [...]

Muslims proud to be British? There’s something to learn from the surprise

Crowds in London with Union flags welcome the Queen on her jubilee tour in 2007. Illustration: Tim Graham/Getty Images. – Mark Greer guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 23 November 2011 Bemusement at the findings of Muslim pride in Britain stems from stereotyping about religious groups.

The finding in Demos’s report A Place for Pride that 83% of Muslims said they [...]

Black Presence Web Site

Black Presence interview

Darcus Howe on the riots

Darcus Howe, a West Indian Writer and Broadcaster with a voice about the riots. Speaking about the mistreatment of youths by police leading to an up-roar and the ignorance of both police and the governement.

White male culture dominates police, says equality review

Alan Travis, home affairs editor guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 5 April 2011 20.40 BST

Neyroud report says greater diversity ‘would transform attitudes’ and urges qualifications to boost quality of recruits

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/apr/05/white-male-culture-dominates-police?CMP=twt_gu

The Neyroud review quotes estimates of 11 years before there is 7% of black and minority ethnic officers in senior ranks of the police.

The [...]

Black Environment Network

BEN is established to promote equality of opportunity with respect to ethnic communities in the preservation protection and development of the environment

BEN proposes there is no such thing as a pure environmental project – a so called pure environmental projects is one which has rejected its social and cultural context. BEN therefore works [...]

Councillor ‘Claude’ retires at age 95

MAN OF THE PEOPLE: Bernard ‘Claude’ Miller with his MBE

By Keith Rossiter and Graham Broach Herald reporters

17th March 2010

http://www.thisisplymouth.co.uk/news/Councillor-Claude-retires-age-95/article-1918049-detail/article.html

PLYMOUTH’S oldest councillor has retired at the age of 95.

Bernard ‘Claude’ Miller, who has been a Labour councillor for 29 years and was Lord Mayor in 2005, is said to [...]

Child asylum-seekers targeted in Home Office budget cuts

By Robert Verkaik, Home Affiars Editor, The Independent on Sunday Monday, 11 October 2010

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/child-asylumseekers-targeted-in-home-office-budget-cuts-2103184.html

Thousands of child asylum-seekers are to be removed from Britain under savage budget cuts being drawn up by the Home Office ahead of this week’s comprehensive spending review.

A briefing document sent to ministers sets out detailed proposals [...]

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