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UNITED STATES: Freedom Caucus threatens funding bill
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES281394
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UNITED STATES: Republicans will push for debt talks
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES278688
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Biden will request USD2bn in additional military aid to Israel following the Hamas attacks, and is expected to tie this to a broader emergency assistance package that would unlock…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB282706
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This paper presents an historical reconstruction of the radicalisation of Alan Fox, the industrial sociologist and a detailed analysis of his early historical and sociological…
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This paper presents an historical reconstruction of the radicalisation of Alan Fox, the industrial sociologist and a detailed analysis of his early historical and sociological writing in the classical pluralist phase.
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An intellectual history, including detailed discussion of key Fox texts, supported by interviews with Fox and other Biographical sources.
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Fox’s radicalisation was incomplete, as he carried over from his industrial relations (IR) pluralist mentors, Allan Flanders and Hugh Clegg, a suspicion of political Marxism, a sense of historical contingency and an awareness of the fragmented nature of industrial conflict.
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Recent academic attention has centred on Fox’s later radical pluralism with its “structural” approach to the employment relationship. This paper revisits his early, neglected classical pluralist writing. It also illuminates his transition from institutional IR to a broader sociology of work, influenced by AH Halsey, John Goldthorpe and others and the complex nature of his radicalisation.
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This study investigates the origins and elaboration of the managerial “unitary” frame of reference associated with Alan Fox, focusing on unionised firms: the industrial relations…
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This study investigates the origins and elaboration of the managerial “unitary” frame of reference associated with Alan Fox, focusing on unionised firms: the industrial relations context, intellectual roots, elaboration, adaptation by other writers, and international applicability.
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Tracing the above requirements through contemporaneous sources.
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Fox’s designation of the unitary frame needs to be understood in its 1960s’ context, particularly the promotion of “productivity bargaining”, and its furthering through management training and education. Fox’s specific contribution is identified. Subsequent UK writers have underplayed the importance of the legal dimension of managerial authority, especially relevant in the US context, while other extra-economic factors bolster the managerial unitary frame in authoritarian societies such as China.
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The use of Fox's neglected 1960s’ writings; tracking how Fox developed the unitary frame concept and how it was funnelled into the narrow parameters of non-unionism by subsequent writers; identifying its applicability beyond the UK (with the USA as a historical example and China as a contemporary one).
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The speaker is the most important officeholder in the legislative branch. Having the role vacant since October 3 -- a result of Republican party in-fighting and the party’s…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB282869
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UNITED STATES: Shutdown averted, at least for now
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES282338
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UNITED STATES: Possible shutdown is back on the agenda
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES281673
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UNITED STATES: Johnson moves aid bills towards vote
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES286503
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UNITED STATES: Congress averts debt default threat