Music First and Last

2015 ◽  
pp. 486-500
Author(s):  
Jonathan Savage
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
Music Education ◽  
Music Technology ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Key Characteristics ◽  
Social Backgrounds

This chapter explores issues of social justice in music education with technology in two key settings. The first of these relates to the provision of examinations in music and music technology within the United Kingdom. The second recounts a project conducted in Manchester, northwest England, that drew together two groups of students from very different musical and social backgrounds. These settings illustrate and highlight a number of issues relating to themes of social justice, technology, and music education. An alternative, more socially just, vision of music education with technology is envisaged, with key characteristics drawn from the work of other theorists, practitioners, and the research.

scholarly journals Renters Rising! Extending the analysis of housing activism in Europe to the UK

Araucaria ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 147-171
Author(s):  
Andrew Mathers
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Qualitative Methodology ◽  
Direct Action ◽  
Social Democracy ◽  
Party Politics ◽  
Comparative Case Study ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Social Backgrounds

The material effects of austerity in the United Kingdom (UK) have generated a resurgence of activist initiatives in the field of housing central to which is ACORN that has developed into a federated organisation contesting housing practices and policies at both local and national levels. ACORN is used to expand the examination of housing activism in Europe beyond the cases in Spain and Germany to the UK (Ordonez et al, 2015). This article also utilises the qualitative methodology of a comparative case study and the framework of ideological and social backgrounds, political repertoires and political logics to present and analyse ACORN. While ACORN displays striking similarities to other cases, it also represents a different trajectory in housing activism that combines direct action with an engagement with party politics as social democracy seeks to return to its roots.

Music Education in European Music Year – and Beyond

1985 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 279-284
Author(s):  
I. P. Salisbury
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Music Education ◽  
Advisory Committee ◽  
Present Condition ◽  
Future Prospects ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Educational Initiatives ◽  
The Future

From the viewpoint of European Music Year (EMY) the author, currently HM Staff Inspector for Music and Chairman of the EMY Advisory Committee for Education, makes some general observations about the present condition of and future prospects for music education in the United Kingdom. Reviewing educational initiatives which have been taken during EMY, he relates these to the wider issues which inevitably preoccupy many of us at the present time. Despite the gloomy prognostications being made by some concerning the future of music education, he prefers at this stage to point to positive achievements and to suggest possible lines of development for the future.

The Northern Ireland Civil Service under Direct Rule and Devolution

2003 ◽  
Vol 69 (2) ◽  
pp. 205-217 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Carmichael ◽  
Robert Osborne
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Northern Ireland ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Civil Service ◽  
The Public ◽  
Good Friday ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Asymmetrical Pattern ◽  
Key Characteristics

Although the United Kingdom is usually regarded as a unitary state in the mould of the Westminster model, in reality, complete political integration and administrative standardization have never existed. Recent political devolution consolidates an increasingly diverse and asymmetrical pattern of territorial governance. Frequently, however, notwithstanding some notable exceptions, this differentiation within the UK's governmental arrangements is overlooked in much of the literature. To help correct this oversight, this article reports on the longstanding differences in the public administration arrangements of one of the UK's smaller component countries, Northern Ireland. Specifically, the article focuses on the role of the Northern Ireland Civil Service and charts some of the key characteristics and trends that have emerged under both the period of Direct Rule from London (since the end of the Stormont devolution in 1972) and in the newly-restored devolved settlement that was introduced in 1999, following the Belfast (Good Friday) Agreement.

Care-leaving in South Africa: an international and social justice perspective

2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 76-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sue Bond
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
South Africa ◽  
Social Justice ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
United States Of America ◽  
Support Services ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Care Leavers ◽  
Poor Outcomes

AbstractInternationally, the care-leaving debate began in the 1970s. The poor outcomes associated with care-leaving in the United Kingdom, United States of America and Australia prompted attention resulting in policy change in recent years, which continues to develop. The experience and outcomes for care leavers in South Africa reflects that of their contemporaries in other countries, however, contextual factors compound the problems that they face and there is little support available to them. This paper discusses some of the challenges facing care leavers and the development of the care-leaving debate, legislation and policy in the United Kingdom, United States and Australia. A comparison of the care-leaving arena in South Africa and the support services available to care leavers in the different countries will be presented. The paper concludes by arguing that the absence of services for care leavers is a neglect of the state's responsibility as corporate parent, and represents an issue of social justice.

Social Justice and Music Technology in Education

2015 ◽  
pp. 472-486
Author(s):  
Paul Louth
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Music Education ◽  
Technology Use ◽  
Music Technology ◽  
Ethical Responsibility ◽  
Technology In Education ◽  
Mediating Effects ◽  
Musical Meaning

This chapter argues that educators have an ethical responsibility to be aware of the mediating effects of technologies, and that although technology in music education may either further the cause of social justice or hinder it, the latter will more likely occur when these mediating effects are left unexamined or assumed nonexistent. Following a brief introduction outlining this idea, the discussion is divided into two parts illustrating different sets of possible outcomes of mediation. First, the conditions under which technological instruction might either lead to a sense of empowerment or inculcate students into a consumerist mentality are examined. Second, the issue of whether technological instruction may indirectly cause musical meaning(s) to either become better contextualized or de-politicized is addressed. The chapter concludes that de-skilling, de-contextualizing, and consumerism, as potential impediments to social justice, are best countered by examining and drawing students’ attention to the mediating effects of technology use.

Timing it right or timing it wrong: how should income-tested benefits deal with changes in circumstances? : Winner ‐ 2019 Best Paper Prize of the Foundation for International Studies on Social Security (FISS) sponsored by the Journal of Poverty and Social Justice

2020 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jane Millar ◽  
Peter Whiteford
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
Social Security ◽  
International Studies ◽  
Adjustment Problems ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Welfare Systems ◽  
Working Age ◽  
Changing Patterns

This article examines the challenges in designing income-tested benefits for people of working age. This is particularly difficult in the context of changing patterns of work and volatility in earnings and income. Matching benefits to needs requires timely assessment and payment. We compare the treatment of timing issues in the working-age welfare systems of the United Kingdom and Australia. The article discusses how these different but similar systems deal with the timing of income receipt and benefit adjustment, problems of overpayment and debt, and draws out some lessons for the design of income-tested provisions.

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