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How the media in the UK represents poverty and its effect on wider public understanding. The medi... more How the media in the UK represents poverty and its effect on wider public understanding. The media fulfi ls an important role in shaping, amplifying and responding to public attitudes toward poverty. This study, part of the 'Public Interest in Poverty Issues' research programme, explores the role of national, local and community media in refl ecting and infl uencing public ideas of poverty and welfare. The research aimed to: • compare representations of poverty across different contemporary UK media; • identify the principal factors and considerations infl uencing those involved in producing media coverage of poverty; • understand how UK media representations of poverty relate to the public's understanding of poverty, and any differences between the responses of different groups; • identify examples of effective practice in communicating poverty issues to the public and derive transferable lessons from these. The researchers analysed coverage of poverty in news reporting...

Journal of Youth Studies, 2007

Education, Citizenship and Social Justice, 2010

Recent UK government statements and education policies have emphasized the need to instil a ‘cult... more Recent UK government statements and education policies have emphasized the need to instil a ‘culture of aspiration’ among young people in deprived communities to address social exclusion. Specific proposals include raising the school leaving age to 18 and extending compulsory employment training.These statements and measures express the employment-oriented model of citizenship that underpins New Labour’s approach to social justice. This article reflects on this approach by discussing survey evidence that explored the attitudes towards education and employment among young people in a deprived community in Glasgow. These data show that the majority of these young people were ambitious regarding their post-school career paths and optimistic about their employment prospects. Emphasizing the alleged low aspirations of young people in deprived communities fails to address the socio-economic conditions and opportunities that limit educational attainment and inhibit their accomplishment of ...

The media fulfils an important role in shaping, amplifying and responding to public attitudes tow... more The media fulfils an important role in shaping, amplifying and responding to public attitudes toward poverty. This study, part of the 'Public Interest in Poverty Issues' research programme, explores the role of national, local and community media in reflecting and influencing public ideas ...

Ethics and Social Welfare, 2016

This paper focuses on the extent to which issues of equality, social justice and social welfare h... more This paper focuses on the extent to which issues of equality, social justice and social welfare have been mobilised in the most prominent imaginings of an independent Scotland. Since 2011 the SNP Scottish Government has repeatedly argued that any future independent Scotland will be characterised by a strong commitment to a distinctively Scottish social welfarism. This paper explores the main tenets of such claims noting that while the myths of Scottish distinctiveness in this respect have long been critiqued, they remain central to the visions of what Scottish society is, and what it could become. Drawing on specific framings and understandings of Scotland's past, leading SNP politicians have made claims that a new Enlightenment in Scotland could act as a 'beacon' for progressive policy making across the rest of the UK and Europe. This new Enlightenment would be underpinned by the ethics of equality and social justice and the market and economic growth would be servants rather than drivers of social change. In critically exploring these claims to Scottish distinctiveness, this paper focuses on a particular area of social policy, which is childcare. It is argued that policy making in Scotland today, as well as the SNP vision for the future, focus on areas of concern that have a lineage back to Enlightenment ideas-investing in childhood as a means to make a better society. It highlights the challenges of combining a market driven childcare strategy with a social investment approach. The paper aims to promote a critical engagement with the unfolding 'imaginary' of any independent (or more devolved) Scottish society, a society in which a globally competitive economy can deliver important socially just goals.

2003 Further copies of this report are available priced £5.00. Cheques should be made payable to ... more 2003 Further copies of this report are available priced £5.00. Cheques should be made payable to The Stationery Office Ltd and addressed to:

Exploring social policy in the 'new' Scotland is the first book specifically aimed at stu... more Exploring social policy in the 'new' Scotland is the first book specifically aimed at students that integrates the description and analysis of social policy in Scotland since devolution in 1999. It has been designed to support the delivery of social policy and related courses in Scotland itself but also to appeal to students on social policy, politics, sociology, public policy and regional studies courses across the United Kingdom, on which devolution and its impact are examined.

Journal of Poverty and Social Justice, 2015

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About the book: The takeover of the economic policy agenda by business corporations and their sup... more About the book: The takeover of the economic policy agenda by business corporations and their supporters in the political mainstream is one of the defining characteristics of the age. The'free'market, trade liberalisation, privatisation and the protection of property rights now ...

Gendered Choices: Learning, Work, …, 2011

... 154 N. Mehdizadeh and G. Scott Table 12.3 Potential demand for skills development at differen... more ... 154 N. Mehdizadeh and G. Scott Table 12.3 Potential demand for skills development at different educational levels, 1996–2011 (in'000).(Source: ILO Report 2005, p. 23) 1996 ... Courses have often been too short, and their quality according to one ILO report is often questionable. ...

Policy and Politics International Conference: Policy and …, 2003

annual conference of ESPANET, University of Fribourg, …, 2005

How the media in the UK represents poverty and its effect on wider public understanding. The medi... more How the media in the UK represents poverty and its effect on wider public understanding. The media fulfi ls an important role in shaping, amplifying and responding to public attitudes toward poverty. This study, part of the 'Public Interest in Poverty Issues' research programme, explores the role of national, local and community media in refl ecting and infl uencing public ideas of poverty and welfare. The research aimed to: • compare representations of poverty across different contemporary UK media; • identify the principal factors and considerations infl uencing those involved in producing media coverage of poverty; • understand how UK media representations of poverty relate to the public's understanding of poverty, and any differences between the responses of different groups; • identify examples of effective practice in communicating poverty issues to the public and derive transferable lessons from these. The researchers analysed coverage of poverty in news reporting...

Journal of Youth Studies, 2007

Education, Citizenship and Social Justice, 2010

Recent UK government statements and education policies have emphasized the need to instil a ‘cult... more Recent UK government statements and education policies have emphasized the need to instil a ‘culture of aspiration’ among young people in deprived communities to address social exclusion. Specific proposals include raising the school leaving age to 18 and extending compulsory employment training.These statements and measures express the employment-oriented model of citizenship that underpins New Labour’s approach to social justice. This article reflects on this approach by discussing survey evidence that explored the attitudes towards education and employment among young people in a deprived community in Glasgow. These data show that the majority of these young people were ambitious regarding their post-school career paths and optimistic about their employment prospects. Emphasizing the alleged low aspirations of young people in deprived communities fails to address the socio-economic conditions and opportunities that limit educational attainment and inhibit their accomplishment of ...

The media fulfils an important role in shaping, amplifying and responding to public attitudes tow... more The media fulfils an important role in shaping, amplifying and responding to public attitudes toward poverty. This study, part of the 'Public Interest in Poverty Issues' research programme, explores the role of national, local and community media in reflecting and influencing public ideas ...

Ethics and Social Welfare, 2016

This paper focuses on the extent to which issues of equality, social justice and social welfare h... more This paper focuses on the extent to which issues of equality, social justice and social welfare have been mobilised in the most prominent imaginings of an independent Scotland. Since 2011 the SNP Scottish Government has repeatedly argued that any future independent Scotland will be characterised by a strong commitment to a distinctively Scottish social welfarism. This paper explores the main tenets of such claims noting that while the myths of Scottish distinctiveness in this respect have long been critiqued, they remain central to the visions of what Scottish society is, and what it could become. Drawing on specific framings and understandings of Scotland's past, leading SNP politicians have made claims that a new Enlightenment in Scotland could act as a 'beacon' for progressive policy making across the rest of the UK and Europe. This new Enlightenment would be underpinned by the ethics of equality and social justice and the market and economic growth would be servants rather than drivers of social change. In critically exploring these claims to Scottish distinctiveness, this paper focuses on a particular area of social policy, which is childcare. It is argued that policy making in Scotland today, as well as the SNP vision for the future, focus on areas of concern that have a lineage back to Enlightenment ideas-investing in childhood as a means to make a better society. It highlights the challenges of combining a market driven childcare strategy with a social investment approach. The paper aims to promote a critical engagement with the unfolding 'imaginary' of any independent (or more devolved) Scottish society, a society in which a globally competitive economy can deliver important socially just goals.

2003 Further copies of this report are available priced £5.00. Cheques should be made payable to ... more 2003 Further copies of this report are available priced £5.00. Cheques should be made payable to The Stationery Office Ltd and addressed to:

Exploring social policy in the 'new' Scotland is the first book specifically aimed at stu... more Exploring social policy in the 'new' Scotland is the first book specifically aimed at students that integrates the description and analysis of social policy in Scotland since devolution in 1999. It has been designed to support the delivery of social policy and related courses in Scotland itself but also to appeal to students on social policy, politics, sociology, public policy and regional studies courses across the United Kingdom, on which devolution and its impact are examined.

Journal of Poverty and Social Justice, 2015

For guidance on citations see FAQs.

About the book: The takeover of the economic policy agenda by business corporations and their sup... more About the book: The takeover of the economic policy agenda by business corporations and their supporters in the political mainstream is one of the defining characteristics of the age. The'free'market, trade liberalisation, privatisation and the protection of property rights now ...

Gendered Choices: Learning, Work, …, 2011

... 154 N. Mehdizadeh and G. Scott Table 12.3 Potential demand for skills development at differen... more ... 154 N. Mehdizadeh and G. Scott Table 12.3 Potential demand for skills development at different educational levels, 1996–2011 (in'000).(Source: ILO Report 2005, p. 23) 1996 ... Courses have often been too short, and their quality according to one ILO report is often questionable. ...

Policy and Politics International Conference: Policy and …, 2003

annual conference of ESPANET, University of Fribourg, …, 2005