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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regeneration programmes established by the previous government are being either substantially scaled back or entirely withdrawn; programmes and interventions d […]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 […]

EU Parliament Criticizes Roma Expulsion by France

The European Parliament has criticized the move by the French government to expel its Roma migrants.

Since August, France has deported about 1,000 ethnic Roma to Romania and Bulgaria. In a resolution passed Thursday, the European Union called for France to bring it to a stop.

European Parliament member for London Jean Lambert says France’s [...]

European Roma Rights Centre

The European Roma Rights Centre (ERRC) is an international public interest law organisation engaging in a range of activities aimed at combating anti-Romani racism and human rights abuse of Roma. The approach of the ERRC involves, in particular, strategic litigation, international advocacy, research and policy development, and human rights training of Romani activists. Since its [...]

European Network Against Racism

The European Network Against Racism (ENAR) is an EU-wide network of more than 600 organisations working to combat racism in all the EU member states and acts as the voice of the anti-racist movement in Europe. ENAR is determined to fight racism, xenophobia, anti-Semitism and Islamophobia, to promote equality of treatment between European Union citizens [...]

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Statewatch database monitors the state and civil liberties in the UK and Europe. The database contains over 21,000 entries with news, features, books, pamphlets, reports, EU resolutions and agreements.

For full contents see: Statewatch News online with analysis, documentation, news in brief and News Archives 2000-ongoing or What’s New: which lists all News Online and News [...]

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