Educational Administration and Leadership in Greece and the UK: A Comparative Study on the Interplay between the Policy Context and the Relevant Postgraduate Courses in the Two Countries

This article examines how intensifying inequality in the UK plays out at a local level, in order to bring out the varied ways polarisation takes place ‘on the ground’. It brings a community analysis buttressed by quantitative framing to the study of economic, spatial and relational polarisation in four towns in the UK. We distinguish differing dynamics of ‘elite-based’ polarisation (in Oxford and Tunbridge Wells) and ‘poverty-based’ polarisation (in Margate and Oldham). Yet there are also common features. Across the towns, marginalised communities express a sense of local belonging. But tensions between social groups also remain strong and all towns are marked by a weak or ‘squeezed middle’. We argue that the weakness of intermediary institutions, including but not limited to the ‘missing middle’, and capable of bridging gaps between various social groups, provides a major insight into both the obstacles to, and potential solutions for, re-politicising inequality today.

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Systematic risk and innovativeness influencing the market rate of return on the alternative exchanges in Poland and the UK: a comparative study

International Journal of Decision Sciences Risk and Management ◽

10.1504/ijdsrm.2021.117563 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 (1/2) ◽

pp. 93

Author(s):

Katerina Lyroudi ◽

Monika Bolek ◽

Anna Pluskota

Keyword(s):

Comparative Study ◽

Systematic Risk ◽

Rate Of Return ◽

Market Rate ◽

The Uk

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Improving lives? Child poverty and social exclusion

Poverty and Social Exclusion in the UK: Vol 1 ◽

10.1332/policypress/9781447332152.003.0007 ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Gill Main ◽

Jonathan Bradshaw

Keyword(s):

Social Exclusion ◽

Child Poverty ◽

Policy Context ◽

The Stability ◽

The Uk ◽

Over Time

This chapter details findings on child poverty and social exclusion from the 2012 UK Poverty and Social Exclusion Survey (PSE2012).It details the turbulent policy context in relation to child poverty in the years between the PSE1999 and PSE2012.It details the stability in perceptions of child necessities over time, and adult perspectives on children’s needs in 2012.The use of adult respondents in research on child poverty, and the implications of this in relation to how data can be interpreted, are detailed – and we recommend the inclusion of children in future similar studies.Findings indicate disturbingly high levels of child poverty in the UK, within a policy context which is likely to exacerbate this even further.Contrary to policy and popular rhetoric, we find no support for the idea that parental behaviours rather than ‘genuine’ poverty are the cause of children going without.Rather, parents are making substantial and personally detrimental sacrifices to ensure that their children are provided for.

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