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Labour turnover and considerations around work: temporary farm workers in South Africa
Anne Hilda WiltshireThe purpose of this paper is to delineates workers’ labour turnover and considerations around work, in a context of informalisation of work, through a case study of temporary…
The origins of the Jimmy Savile scandal
Mark Smith, Ros BurnettThe purpose of this paper is to explore the origins of the Jimmy Savile Scandal in which the former BBC entertainer was accused of a series of sexual offences after his death in…
A spatial and organisational analysis of Asian panethnic association in Perth, Western Australia
Catriona Stevens“Asian” is an aggregating descriptive term commonly used in Australian media, politics and everyday speech to describe people of diverse backgrounds. The purpose of this paper is…
Constructing composite indices: Some lessons from developing an economic and social rights fulfilment index for Egypt
Eman Refaat, Ali HadiThe purpose of this paper is to construct, for the first time, composite index for Egypt that measures the economic and social rights fulfillment (ESRF) based on socioeconomic…
Local childcare policy and the changing gender contract
Tiina SihtoThe purpose of this paper is to examine the changes in local childcare policy that have taken place between the years 2008 and 2016 in the city of Jyväskylä, Finland, and to study…
Sustainable farming entrepreneurship in the Sunraysia region
Vanessa RattenSustainable entrepreneurship is crucial for the ongoing viability and growth of rural economies. The purpose of this paper is to focus on the role of farm entrepreneurs in the…
Narrowing the gap: the middle class and the modernization of welfare in Italy
Remo SizaThe purpose of this paper is to offer a contribution to our understanding of the changing relations of the middle classes with the Italian welfare state. The paper argues that the…
Young adult occupational transition regimes in Europe: does gender matter?
Valentina Goglio, Roberto RizzaThe purpose of this paper is to achieve a greater understanding of the transitions young adults experience into and out of the labour market and the influence that gender and…
Young-adults NEET in Italy: orientations and strategies toward the future
Fabio GaspaniThe purpose of this paper is to examine the relation with the future of young-adults Not in Education, Employment or Training (NEET) in Italy. The study of temporal experiences…
Rural children’s work and school education in the context of rapid economic growth in South Korea
Chae-Young Kim, Heather MontgomeryThe purpose of this paper is to explore how children’s work, defined in a broad sense, and the related values and attitudes concerning childhood have evolved in the context of…
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