scholarly journals Faith in Rights: the Struggle Over Same- Sex Adoption in the United Kingdom

2011 ◽  
Vol 17 (1, 2 & 3) ◽  
pp. 2008
Author(s):  
Carl F. Stychin
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Sexual Orientation ◽  
Same Sex ◽  
Labour Government ◽  
The Past ◽  
The United Kingdom

Over the past decade of Labour government in the United Kingdom (U.K.), the regulation of sexual orientation through law has frequently been explained by its supporters through a nar- rative of progress and even emancipation. The most recent junction in this journey came in 2007, with the coming into force of the Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations on 30 April 2007.1 These Regulations contain measures pro- hibiting discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation in the provision of goods, facilities and services, education, the use and disposal of premises, and the exercise of public functions.

Recent Industrial Relations Developments in the United Kingdom: Continuity and Change under New Labour 1997-2005

2006 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 401-414 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Nash
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Industrial Relations ◽  
New Labour ◽  
Labour Government ◽  
International Context ◽  
Continuity And Change ◽  
The Past ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Legislative Framework ◽  
The Uk

This article reviews the achievements of the first two terms of the New Labour government in the UK over the period 1997-2005. It analyses the legislative programme in the areas of individual and collective employment regulation and the promotion of partnership. The article argues that whilst there have been developments in the areas of extending employee protections and granting unions a statutory recognition procedure, much of the legislative framework of the previous Conservative administrations has remained unchanged. The achievements of the Labour government are placed in an international context and the relative merits of the ‘Europeanization’ and ‘Americanization’ theses are explored. The article concludes with the assessment that far from marking a radical break with the past, Labour’s Industrial Relations programme lacks consistency and coherence.

Waking Up in the Poll Booth

2009 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 901-910
Author(s):  
Robert E. Goodin ◽  
James Mahmud Rice
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
Panel Data ◽  
The United States ◽  
Election Campaign ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
The Past ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
General Elections ◽  
Waking Up

Judging from Gallup Polls in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia, opinion often changes during an election campaign. Come election day itself, however, opinion often reverts back nearer to where it was before the campaign began. That that happens even in Australia, where voting is compulsory and turnout is near-universal, suggests that differential turnout among those who have and have not been influenced by the campaign is not the whole story. Inspection of individual-level panel data from 1987 and 2005 British General Elections confirms that between 3 and 5 percent of voters switch voting intentions during the campaign, only to switch back toward their original intentions on election day. One explanation, we suggest, is that people become more responsible when stepping into the poll booth: when voting they reflect back on the government's whole time in office, rather than just responding (as when talking to pollsters) to the noise of the past few days' campaigning. Inspection of Gallup Polls for UK snap elections suggests that this effect is even stronger in elections that were in that sense unanticipated.

scholarly journals Challenging Media (Mis)Representation: An Exploration of Available Models

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 4-20
Author(s):  
Karla Perez Portilla
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
Sexual Orientation ◽  
Theoretical Analysis ◽  
Mental Health Stigma ◽  
Right Wing ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
The Uk

This article is a theoretical analysis aimed at articulating the harm caused by media (mis)representation, and at showing existing ways in which this harm can be contested. The approaches analysed are largely from the United Kingdom. However, the issues they raise are not unique and the models explored are potentially transferable. The examples cover a range of media, including British right-wing press, television and Facebook; and characteristics protected by equality legislation in the UK such as sex, sexual orientation, race, religion and mental health stigma. Crucially, all the initiatives presented demonstrate the group-based nature of media (mis)representations, which cannot be understood and, therefore, cannot be addressed through individualistic approaches. Therefore, the article concludes that the role of groups as the targets of media (mis)representation and as potential claimants should be fully acknowledged and enabled.

Revocation of Citizenship and Rule of Law: How Judicial Review Defeated Britain's First Denaturalization Regime

2018 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 295-354 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick Weil ◽  
Nicholas Handler
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Rule Of Law ◽  
Judicial Review ◽  
Political Order ◽  
Foreign Born ◽  
The Past ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Global Trend ◽  
The Right ◽  
Western Democracies

Over the past decade, the United Kingdom has deprived an increasing number of British subjects of their citizenship. This policy, known as “denaturalization,” has been applied with particular harshness in cases where foreign-born subjects have been accused of terrorist activity. The increase is part of a global trend. In recent years, Canada, Australia, France, and the Netherlands have either debated or enacted denaturalization statutes. But Britain remains an outlier among Western democracies. Since 2006, the United Kingdom home secretary has revoked the citizenship of at least 373 Britons, of whom at least 53 have had alleged links to terrorism. This is more than the total number of revocations by Canada, France, Australia, and Netherlands combined. These developments are troubling, as the right to be secure in one's citizenship has been a cornerstone of the postwar European liberal political order, and of the international community's commitment to human rights.

Sexual Orientation as a Human Right

2015 ◽  
pp. 70-85
Author(s):  
Despina A. Tziola
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Sexual Orientation ◽  
Sexual Identity ◽  
Complex Problem ◽  
Same Sex ◽  
Human Right ◽  
Cultural Rights ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Sexual Orientations ◽  
The Supreme Court

In this chapter, the authors examine the matter of sexual orientation as a human right. Human rights violations take many forms, from denials of the rights to life to discrimination in accessing economic, social, and cultural rights. More than 80 countries still maintain laws that make same-sex consensual relations between adults a criminal offence. Those seeking to peaceably affirm diverse sexual orientations or gender identities have also experienced violence and discrimination. A gay man was entitled to live freely and openly in accordance with his sexual identity under the Refugee Convention (“the Convention”) and it was no answer to the claim for asylum that he would conceal his sexual identity in order to avoid the persecution that would follow if he did not do so. The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom had to solve this complex problem as many issues were raised in the hearing.

Educación financiera y psicología económica: una breve discusión y algunas recomendaciones

2021 ◽  
pp. 222-249
Author(s):  
Vera Rita de Mello Ferreira ◽  
Cláudia M. J. Forte
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Financial Education ◽  
Economic Psychology ◽  
The Past ◽  
The United Kingdom

This chapter examines an intersection between the areas of financial education and economic psychology. The objective is to discuss the importance of dialogue between them, based on material produced by organizations and countries considered benchmarks in financial education, such as the OECD – Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, the United Kingdom, Australia and others, along with data collected over a 27-year trajectory in the area of economic psychology and, over the past 15 years, in efforts and analyses dedicated to financial education.

Aerial Operations Planning in the United Kingdom

1960 ◽  
Vol 64 (590) ◽  
pp. 93-101
Author(s):  
Peter J. W. King
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Operations Planning ◽  
Annual Basis ◽  
The Past ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Standard Set ◽  
The Law ◽  
Aerial Spraying

Sporadic commercial aerial spraying operations have been undertaken in the United Kingdom for more than a decade but only over the past two or three years has it been possible for companies to make a sustained attempt to plan their work in a way which will put operations on a self-supporting annual basis.Today, the degree to which an operator will plan his work is largely a matter for him to decide; there are few legislated requirements. The law as it stands specifically permits the work of the agricultural operator and leaves him—in the main—to order his affairs as he thinks proper. However, it cannot be long before the incidence of accidents and public anxiety about the effects of drifting chemicals brings about a change in the official attitude towards the Industry. Looking ahead we must expect some form of licensing to be introduced, which will require all operators to meet a standard set by the Ministries of Aviation and Agriculture.

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