Synthetic Biology in the Social Context: The UK Debate to Date

The social context plays a role in entrepreneurial activity: it shapes perceptions, evaluations and the recognition of opportunity. But one aspect of context is relationships, where it has been found that the search for status provides a stimulus that not only promotes businesses, but affects how they are run. An ethnographic approach was used to examine the activities of 60 rural entrepreneurs in the UK, and six cases are presented to demonstrate the operation of the production of prestige. Conspicuous production provides a heuristic explanatory variable of process and outcome, and enriches our understanding of the entrepreneurial process.

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The Production of Prestige

The International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation ◽

10.5367/000000000101298504 ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 45-56 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Alistair R. Anderson ◽

Sarah L. Jack

Keyword(s):

Social Context ◽

Explanatory Variable ◽

Entrepreneurial Activity ◽

Entrepreneurial Process ◽

Ethnographic Approach ◽

The Social ◽

Process And Outcome ◽

The Uk

The social context plays a role in entrepreneurial activity: it shapes perceptions, evaluations and the recognition of opportunity. But one aspect of context is relationships, where it has been found that the search for status provides a stimulus that not only promotes businesses, but affects how they are run. An ethnographic approach was used to examine the activities of 60 rural entrepreneurs in the UK, and six cases are presented to demonstrate the operation of the production of prestige. Conspicuous production provides a heuristic explanatory variable of process and outcome, and enriches our understanding of the entrepreneurial process.

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Address to the World Bank Sociological Group

Social Development in the World Bank ◽

10.1007/978-3-030-57426-0_3 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 41-46

Author(s):

Huw Evans

Keyword(s):

Social Context ◽

World Bank ◽

Executive Director ◽

Social Impact ◽

Bank Lending ◽

The World Bank ◽

The Social ◽

The World ◽

The Uk ◽

The Imf

AbstractI feel myself to be an outsider amongst you: I am a macroeconomist by background, having worked in the UK Treasury for many years. Yet I have become convinced in my time at the World Bank of the importance of understanding the social context of the Bank’s work, and the social impact of Bank lending, especially because of the UK ODA’s experience in this field. As an Executive Director at the IMF too, I have gained important insights into how that institution uses its Board more effectively, with more cooperation, and much greater partnership between the Board and management.

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Accountability and the Juxtaposition of Civil Society and Policing in a Period of Changing Norms

The Journal of Intelligence Conflict and Warfare ◽

10.21810/jicw.v1i1.476 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Candyce Kelshall

Keyword(s):

Civil Society ◽

Social Context ◽

Community Engagement ◽

Social Contract ◽

Design Methodology ◽

The Social ◽

Police Accountability ◽

The Uk ◽

The Relationship

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the existing approaches to police accountability and how they may or may not address changing norms and expectations of civil society. It examines the role of independent police advisors and how they may contribute to bridging this divide. Design/Methodology/Approach The paper is a constructivist reflexive critique of the shortcomings of the mechanisms for policing accountability. It addresses human security considerations and the social contract in the existing populist charged social context and addresses other ways by which accountability may be achieved by challenging ideas and facilitating reconceptualization of accountability. Findings The advent of the independent advisor as employed by British Police forces is reviewed as a viable means of engaging communities to enable a constructive relationship built on accountability in advance of action rather than punitive recourse post crisis via complaint. Originality/Value An exploration of the relationship between the ‘critical friend’ Community engagement model of the UK independent police advisor and the role played by this approach in reconceptualizing police accountability. The author spent 10 years as an advisor.

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