Employer associations: collective bargaining,services and power in historical perspective: the case of the EEF in the UK

ABSTRACT

This paper makes two major contributions: firstly, following on recent research, it offers a more detailed critical analysis of the historical role and structure of Employers’ Associations (EAs), concentrating on a detailed analysis of the range of member services offered by a local Employers’ Association within the Engineering Employers Federation (the EEF) during the 1970s. This focus is in contrast to the literature which has concentrated on the EAs national or ‘central peak’ level. It secondly addresses the ‘countervailing power’ hypothesis, and in so doing it illustrates the key roles of the disputes procedure. The study, as a typical or representative case, uses a qualitative methodology of documentary research combined with triangulation interviews of former officials: evidence which has so far not been prominent in the literature. This paper is, therefore, a significant addition to our understanding of these institutions.     

Family Representative Payeeship and Violence Risk in Severe Mental Illness

Although representative payeeship is prevalent among people with mental illness and shows promise to positively influence clinically relevant outcomes, research also suggests this legal mechanism could be implemented in ways that are problematic. The current study examined whether family representative payeeship was associated with elevated risk of family violence perpetrated by persons with severe mental illness (SMI). Data were collected every 4 months for 1 year in structured interviews with N = 245 persons with SMI who received disability benefits. Multivariate analyses showed that substance abuse, history of violence, frequency of family contact, and family representative payeeship were associated with elevated odds of family violence. Analyses also showed family contact and family representative payeeship had a cumulative effect on increasing the predicted probability of family violence (controlling for covariates such as violence history and substance abuse). The data shed light on the potential for family representative payeeship to be associated with increased risk of interpersonal conflict and violence in SMI.     

移动互联网环境下教育教学资源共建共享协同机制研究与探索

随着移动互联网的迅速发展,教育资源的呈现样式、展现方式、以及内容丰富性都已达到一定高度。但是如何实现教育教学资源共建共享是当前研究重要课题。通过从优质教学资源的收集与优化、各级教育平台的建立与合作,创建新型信息资源移动平台三个方面调查来深入研究如何提高教育学科课程教学资源共建共享过程中的协作能力,从而建设有效的资源共享的措施,提高资源服务的质量。     

中国养老制度设计问题与认识反思

当下的中国养老制度在服务体系定位、志愿者服务、居家养老服务、政府示范性养老基地建设、乘车优待与尊老金等制度安排和养老协议等诸多方面的合理性存在不少疑点。如养老服务体系"以家庭照料为主,社区照料为辅,机构照料为兜底"可能更加准确;志愿者服务只能作为养老服务之补充,而决不能作为制度性养老服务安排;示范性养老基地配置的设备主要是满足入住的普通老年人的基本生活需求,而绝不应该是专为极少数老年权贵服务的高级养老院等等。社会形成的老年服务市场非常广大、老人独居问题严重、不应轻老重幼等共识也有反思的必要。随着陌生社区的形成和城市建设中养老障碍的增加,校正政策制定中的价值取向对当下中国尤为重要。     

关于公安院校教育质量观的探讨

随着首批改制学生分期、分批进入各级各类公安院校学习,摆在公安教育工作者面前的首要问题就是如何开展实务教学以及开展什么样的实务教学,以期实现预期人才培养目标。转变教育观念,树立科学的教育质量观是推进公安院校招录培养体制改革、保障改革顺利进行的前提和关键。     

现代教育技术在高校政治理论课中的应用

现代教育技术在高校教育教学中的应用已越来越广泛。针对当前我国高校政治理论课面临的问题与挑战,阐述了在信息时代,现代教育技术的运用对高校政治理论课教学改革与创新具有重要的意义。     

Scenes from a mall: Retail training and the social exclusion of low-skilled workers

In this article we examine how post-industrial Britain and Denmark undertake vocational training for low-skilled retail workers. Specifically, we evaluate whether leaders in training skilled industrial workers are also doing the best job with low-skilled service workers. While Danish retail is increasingly becoming a haven for low-skilled workers, British workers are gaining in skills levels with the transition to services even in the retail sector. While some suggest that social democratic countries have sacrificed the political interests of low-skilled workers in order to protect core manufacturing workers, we find no evidence of this. Rather, the high expectations of vocational training in Denmark have forged barriers to the easy admission of low-skilled service workers, while the British system provides more entry points for vocational training at different levels. The structures of coordination that had narrowed the gap between white-collar and blue-collar manufacturing workers during the industrial age are creating new cleavages in the post-industrial economy.     

社团组织的发展路径研究：基于公共服务参与的考察

有关社团组织的发展与管理问题一直是我国学术界和政府管理部门的讨论热点.既有的研究和观点较为一致,大多集中在既有的体制钟罩限制了我国社团组织的兴起和发展等方面.社团组织的发展路径研究已经成为和谐社会建设的一个重要课题.从内生发展的角度来看,体制钟罩并未完全限制社团组织的活动与成长空间,制约我国社团组织发展壮大的根本性因素在于作为社团组织赖以生存和发展的公民社会这一基础性条件的缺失.在建设和谐社会的战略背景和当前我国政治社会语境下,有关社团组织的发展与管理问题的研究应当从实践逻辑的视角出发,即从社团组织参与公共服务的角度探察我国社团组织的现实发展路径.     

正规化建设是警察教育训练的关键

教育训练是警察从业的基础和保障,目前存在性质模糊,体系混乱、学用脱节等问题,应该按照“设置合理、体系完善、学以致用”的方针进行正规化建设。正规化建设的核心是建立《警察院校教育条例》。     

反腐倡廉教育制度有效性发挥的约束与对策

随着改革开放的深入推进和社会主义市场经济的不断发展，腐败有了更加隐蔽化、高科技化和国际化倾向，对如何深层次发挥反腐倡廉教育制度的有效性，提出了新的更高的要求。现阶段教育方法陈旧、教育观念滞后和缺乏系统性、统一性等问题严重制约着反腐倡廉教育制度有效性的发挥，因此应该将提高教育对象参与廉政建设的能动性作为出发点，依靠群众，注重方法的科学性与实用性，在增强执行力的基础上不断提高自身防腐拒变的能力，从而形成防腐倡廉教育制度的长效机制。