Neoliberal Welfare, Minorities and Tenancy Support

Solidarity in diverse societies: beyond neoliberal multiculturalism and welfare chauvinism

In the postwar period, projects of social justice have often drawn upon ideas of national solidarity, calling upon shared national identities to mobilize support for the welfare state. Several commentators have argued that increasing immigration, and the multiculturalism policies it often gives rise to, weaken this sense of national solidarity. This creates a potential “progressive’s dilemma”, ...

Sampling Asian minorities to assess health and welfare.

STUDY OBJECTIVE The aims were (1) to sample a specified subgroup of the Asian minority; (2) to give proper representation to those outside the areas of concentration; and (3) to evaluate the costs and benefits of the method. DESIGN Glasgow postcodes with varying concentrations of Asians were sampled, and 173 Asians aged 30-40 were interviewed after household screening of 1439 Asian names iden...

Family Matters: Neoliberal Narratives of Welfare Capitalism in Undercover Boss

This paper examines media representations of labor and working conditions under late capitalism. Specifically, it presents an interdiscursive analysis of the “reality” television series Undercover Boss, drawing attention to themes that reflect and react against the vicissitudes of the Great Recession and recent labor struggles within service and hospitality industries in the US. With corporate ...

Tenancy and Soil Conservation Revisited

Mixed-Tenancy Systems - A hybrid Approach between Single and Multi-Tenancy

Multi-Tenancy is an architectural paradigm that is supposed to allow operators to exploit economies of scale. This is due to the fact that a single instance of MultiTenancy application serves multiple customers at the same time. Thus, operators may utilize resources and facilitate application operations more efficiently. On the other hand, however, a major drawback of Multi-Tenancy is the custo...