The biographic and professional influences on adoption and fostering panel members’ recommendation-making

2021 ◽  
Vol 45 (4) ◽  
pp. 382-397
Author(s):  
Arlene Weekes
Keyword(s):  
Adoptive Parents ◽  
Group Level ◽  
Background Characteristics ◽  
Timely Manner ◽  
Senior Managers ◽  
The Uk ◽  
And Function ◽  
High Degree ◽  
Role And Function

In the UK, decisions to approve adoptive parents and foster carers and authorise adoptions rest with specialist panels. While their formal role and function are clear, there is concern that their composition and the biographies and background characteristics of members could introduce bias and influence the decisions made. This article examines the validity of these criticisms with findings from a study of eight agencies, 15 panels and 22 members. It was found that the panel system achieves its aims in terms of having a representative constitution and providing considered recommendations in a timely manner to senior managers, but that individual biography affects panel members in carrying out their role to an unexpectedly high degree, possibly leading to flawed decisions. Actions to remedy this problem, at both an individual and group level, are suggested.

The Political Context of Migration in the UK

2019 ◽  
pp. 528-541
Author(s):  
David Smith
Keyword(s):  
Social Integration ◽  
Central Europe ◽  
The Other ◽  
Social Boundaries ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Discourses ◽  
Integration Strategies ◽  
The Uk ◽  
And Function ◽  
Role And Function

This chapter considers the societal response to the arrival in the UK of significant numbers of Roma Gypsies from East and Central Europe in recent years through the framework of Imogen Tyler's (2013) ‘social abjection' concept. In particular the chapter examines the relations between media and political discourses surrounding Roma migrants in the context of growing anti-EU sentiment on one hand and a parallel critique of multiculturalism on the other in order to examine the role and function that the Roma have played in these debates. The interplay between these different fields of discourse draws on a ‘consensus of disgust' that affirms social boundaries and creates physical, social and moral distance from ‘Others' considered as ‘polluting' and of less worth. The promotion and incitement of disgust as a mechanism of governance serves wider political and ideological objectives while also inhibiting the potential of social integration strategies, restricting the inclusionary potential of such policies and the assimilation of Roma populations.

The Political Context of Migration in the UK

2016 ◽  
pp. 367-380 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Smith
Keyword(s):  
Social Integration ◽  
Central Europe ◽  
The Other ◽  
Social Boundaries ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Discourses ◽  
Integration Strategies ◽  
The Uk ◽  
And Function ◽  
Role And Function

This chapter considers the societal response to the arrival in the UK of significant numbers of Roma Gypsies from East and Central Europe in recent years through the framework of Imogen Tyler's (2013) ‘social abjection' concept. In particular the chapter examines the relations between media and political discourses surrounding Roma migrants in the context of growing anti-EU sentiment on one hand and a parallel critique of multiculturalism on the other in order to examine the role and function that the Roma have played in these debates. The interplay between these different fields of discourse draws on a ‘consensus of disgust' that affirms social boundaries and creates physical, social and moral distance from ‘Others' considered as ‘polluting' and of less worth. The promotion and incitement of disgust as a mechanism of governance serves wider political and ideological objectives while also inhibiting the potential of social integration strategies, restricting the inclusionary potential of such policies and the assimilation of Roma populations.

Part I Regulatory Structure, 1 UK Financial Services Reform

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Walker George ◽  
Purves Robert ◽  
Blair Michael
Keyword(s):  
Financial Services ◽  
Integrated System ◽  
Financial Control ◽  
Regulatory Structure ◽  
Bank Of England ◽  
Control Set ◽  
Set Up ◽  
The Uk ◽  
And Function ◽  
Role And Function

This chapter examines the reform of financial services regulation in the UK. The objective of the UK's most recent regulatory reforms has been to strengthen the role and function of the Bank of England at the centre of the UK financial system. This was considered necessary, in particular, in light of the need to monitor and manage the financial markets as a whole. The chapter outlines the regulatory background to the establishment of the integrated system of financial control set up under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 and its amendment, in particular, under the Banking Act 2009, Financial Services Act 2010, and Financial Services Act 2012 (FSA 2012). It also considers the principal events surrounding the financial crisis in the UK and the immediate official response to it. Finally, it discusses the role and function of the Bank of England under the revised regulatory structure.

The role and function of jazz competitions in Belgium, 1932–1939

Popular Music ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 39 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 439-458
Author(s):  
Matthias Heyman
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Professional Musicians ◽  
The 1950S ◽  
The Uk ◽  
And Function ◽  
Role And Function

AbstractThis article focuses on a series of regional, national and international jazz competitions organised by the Jazz Club de Belgique between 1932 and 1939. In the early 1930s, contests for amateur jazz bands began to emerge in various European countries such as the UK, the Netherlands, and Belgium. Using the Belgian competitions as a case study, this article demonstrates that these were instrumental in the development of certain local jazz scenes, not only by offering budding talents an opportunity to be discovered, but more importantly in establishing a much-needed network of amateur and professional musicians, intermediaries, critics and fans. Furthermore, the argument is made that these events foreshadowed the first European jazz festivals to appear in the 1950s. Overall, it aims to demonstrate that the jazz contest is a valuable yet under-researched site for the promotion, socialisation, mediation, dissemination and popularisation of this music.

scholarly journals Tony Blair and John Howard: Comparative Predominance and ‘Institution Stretch’ in the UK and Australia

2007 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 327-345 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Bennister
Keyword(s):  
Political System ◽  
Institutional Constraints ◽  
Executive Power ◽  
Similar System ◽  
Tony Blair ◽  
John Howard ◽  
The Uk ◽  
And Function ◽  
Role And Function ◽  
Resource Capacity

It has recently been argued that the UK premier enjoys a level of executive power unavailable to US presidents, but how does he or she compare to another prime minister operating within a broadly similar system? Commonalities of intra-executive influence and capacity exist under the premier-ships in the UK and Australia. Discrete institutional constraints and deviations are evident, but trends and similarities in resource capacity can be clearly identified. These include: the growth of the leaders’ office; broadening and centralising of policy advice and media operations; and strengthening of the role and function of ministerial advisers. I contend that this amounts to ‘institution stretch’, with new structures, processes and practices becoming embedded in the political system by the incumbents.

scholarly journals Staging Romanticism and Dissidence in Howard Brenton’s Bloody Poetry

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 12
Author(s):  
Ramin Farhadi ◽  
Mohammad Amin Mozaheb
Keyword(s):  
The Self ◽  
Literary Analysis ◽  
Politics Of Representation ◽  
Early Nineteenth Century ◽  
Disciplinary Power ◽  
Margaret Thatcher ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Uk ◽  
And Function ◽  
Role And Function

Staging history is an approach of historicism that is widely practiced by the post-1968 British playwrights. Historical playwriting not only helps to identify and unmask repressive power institutions, but also to question the conventional trends in writing history in general. One of these playwrights is Howard Brenton. By staging the history of romanticism in the early nineteenth century and the self-imposed exile of Romantic figures in his play Bloody Poetry (1984) Brenton attempts to achieve multiple purposes. By using literary analysis and historical reading, the researchers identify the causes of Shelley-Byron circle’s self-exile and the way in which a dissident discourse is formed as an opposition to the mechanism of disciplinary power and one of its powerful discourses which is journalism.  In addition to this, they explore Brenton’s main politics of representation of the role and function of poet-intellectual in public and how literature as a dissident discourse may function under the administration of Margaret Thatcher in the UK in the 1980s. 

Part III Financial Sectors and Activities, 16 Banks and Banking

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Walker George ◽  
Purves Robert ◽  
Blair Michael
Keyword(s):  
Financial Services ◽  
Banking Supervision ◽  
Bank Supervision ◽  
Recovery Planning ◽  
Banking Markets ◽  
Bank Of England ◽  
Banks And Banking ◽  
The Uk ◽  
And Function ◽  
Role And Function

This chapter examines the statutory regime for the regulation of banks and banking in the UK. It first considers the development of UK banking supervision before discussing the traditional nature of bank supervision and the role and function of the Bank of England. It then reviews earlier and more recent crises in UK banking markets, including with regard to Northern Rock, and the circumstances surrounding the transfer of responsibility for bank supervision initially from the Bank of England to the Financial Services Authority (FSA) and then from the FSA to the Prudential Regulation Authority. It also analyses the main provisions contained in the Bank of England Act 1998, later amendments under the the Banking Act 2009 and the Financial Services Act 2012, and relevant sections of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (FSMA). Finally, it explores the most recent changes announced with regard to ring-fencing, recovery planning, and resolution.

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