Scandals of abuse: policy responses in intellectual disabilities
International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, Volume 35, Issue 1/2, March 2015. Purpose This study compares two scandals related to the care of individuals with intellectual and developmental...
View ArticleRelationship between organizational commitments and organizational...
International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, Volume 35, Issue 1/2, March 2015. Purpose The purpose of this study was to investigate whether there was a relationship between commitment and the...
View ArticleUnemployed and alone? Unemployment and social participation in Europe
International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, Volume 35, Issue 1/2, March 2015. Purpose In this article we examine the relationship between unemployment and social participation and aim to...
View ArticleDo Finnish young people support the Nordic welfare state?
International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, Volume 35, Issue 1/2, March 2015. Purpose This study examined young people’s attitudes toward social welfare and their perceptions of who is...
View ArticleActive labour market policy and its outcomes – does workfare programme...
International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, Volume 35, Issue 1/2, March 2015. Purpose This paper examines the effect of workfare programme participation on self-efficacy, because many studies...
View ArticleFoundations of subjective well-being in turbulent times: a comparison of four...
International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, Volume 35, Issue 1/2, March 2015. Purpose This paper examines the relationship between the individual and aggregate level foundations of subjective...
View ArticleExamining the influence of business environment on socio-economic performance...
International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, Volume 35, Issue 3/4, April 2015. Purpose This study realize that the relationships between business environment and firm performance in context of...
View ArticleContinuing caste inequalities in rural Uttar Pradesh
International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, Volume 35, Issue 3/4, April 2015. Purpose A continuous mixed opinion on the relevance of caste based reservations and caste as a factor of...
View ArticleAdvocacy research and social policy: Action for Children and the National...
International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, Volume 35, Issue 3/4, April 2015. Purpose Much social policy research today is commissioned, published and publicised by organisations with direct...
View ArticleBridging the social divides: a school-based model from India
International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, Volume 35, Issue 3/4, April 2015. Purpose This paper examines the transformative potential of a school-based model in India that makes middle class...
View ArticleDocumenting the UK ‘Black Fish Scandal’ as a case study of Criminal...
International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, Volume 35, Issue 3/4, April 2015. Purpose This case study considers the industrial exploitation of fishing quotas as a case of organized criminal...
View ArticlePost-Soviet informality: towards theory-building
International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, Volume 35, Issue 3/4, April 2015. Purpose This study suggests that informal practices and institutions of post-Soviet countries differ from...
View ArticleRe-thinking queue culture: the commodification of thick time
International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, Volume 35, Issue 3/4, April 2015. Purpose This work highlights both the contribution and the present need to reconfigure the literature on ‘queue...
View ArticleFamily socio-cultural values affecting early marriage between Muslim and...
International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, Volume 35, Issue 3/4, April 2015. Purpose Family socio-cultural values and its practices have pervasive effects on early age at first marriage in...
View ArticleExpectations towards home care re-ablement in Danish municipalities
International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, Volume 35, Issue 3/4, April 2015. Purpose Re-abling care of frail older people is highly on the agenda in several countries. The purpose of this...
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