This article provides a comparative analysis of the opening sessions Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs) for last five Ministers in order to test general perception that PMQs has become increasingly focal point shallow political scoring rather than serious prime ministerial scrutiny. Our data appear confirm both rowdier and dominated by main party leaders. It also indicates are expected be able respond wider range questions, female MPs as likely ask helpful questions but less unanswerable male...

Governments have become increasingly concerned with improving the employability of university graduates in recent years, but most existing studies what graduate employers look for are limited by their reliance on self-reported preferences. This study, which focuses UK context, aims to develop our knowledge determinants perceived measuring relative importance a range personal characteristics, work-related skills and academic achievements using survey experiment rated fictitious based series...

Despite the numerous translations and popularity of Tang Dynasty poet Hanshan 寒山 (Cold Mountain) among Western audiences since mid-twentieth century, no one has produced a comprehensive ana...

This article contributes to the developing literature on prime ministerial performance in United Kingdom by applying a critical reading of Stephen Skowronek’s account leadership ‘political time’ evaluate David Cameron’s premiership. This, we propose, better understands inter-relationship structure and agency than existing frameworks, particularly those based Greenstein’s Bulpitt’s approaches. We identify Cameron as disjunctive minister, but find it necessary significantly develop model...

Premised on the assumption that depoliticisation is a crucial aspect of neo-liberal governmentality, this paper attempts to synergise these two, previously disparate, concepts. Borrowing from Foucault’s theorisation governmentality and drawing inclusive definitions politics/ political, argues for reformulation our understanding politicisation. The contends best understood as technique governing which works legitimise neo-liberalism dominant political rationality. As such, we argue acts tool...

This article reports the findings of a large-scale survey investigating experiences large number MPs who left Parliament following 2010 General Election. We have found that: widely held perception that make smooth transition into lucrative private sector employment after leaving is largely mistaken; MPs' expenses scandal has seriously undermined status and, as such, may also made career in less enticing for good prospective parliamentary candidates; and job an MP remains fraught with...

This article represents an early and, largely speculative, attempt to make sense of Cameronism as a distinctive political project. Herein, we present three separate, but potentially overlapping, narratives that could be employed locate the significance within broader trends in British and global party politics. In this respect, view as: continuation Thatcherism; development unfolding forms neo-liberal governmentality, linked process depoliticisation; movement towards cartelisation parties....

Through mapping the provision of teaching gender and sexuality studies on politics/political science international relations (IR) programmes, this article asserts that top-ranked politics IR departments in UK offer very little such teaching. We argue lack and, more so, is highly problematic for discipline. Moreover, we suggest not reflective staff research interests, potentially market (i.e. students), works against trend mainstreaming gender, wider sense are rendered invisible or as trivial...

This article aims to bring some definitional clarity the study of neoliberalism by investigating three most common conceptualisations project as an ideology, mode regulation, and market-oriented governmentality. It is argued that heretofore somewhat marginalised governmentality perspective offers untapped potential for new analytical insights due its ability avoid problems apparent in literature on neoliberalism: conflation governmental hegemonic politics neoliberalism; prevalence overly...

Theresa May’s premiership is widely acknowledged to have been a failure, but political commentators and the scholarly literature have, thus far, tended focus on misuse of her agency. This article argues that presents particularly powerful example need disentangle structure agency when assessing prime ministerial performance. Drawing upon work Stephen Skowronek, it sets out framework evaluating in ‘political time’. then used show how conditions circumstances which May governed limited...

Carbon-carbon composites used in friction systems are becoming increasingly popular aircrafts owing to their combination of low weight and high performance. Their current acceptance as brake materials is somewhat restrained due two factors: cost performance variations. Many manufacturers taking steps toward improving efficiency by utilizing lower precursor fibers processing methodologies. At the same time, modifications material properties made address issues oxidation, wear, variation...

If by the term ‘matter’ is meant extended, movable, and corporeal stuff out of which perceptible objects are made, then, according to one interpretative tradition, there nothing in Aristotle's account world that corresponds matter above sense physical stuff. Aristotle does indeed describe certain things as corporeal: for example, five elements, earth, water, air, fire, ether, well everything made them. He also has concept a material cause, is, raw materials something can be or generated, he...

Abstract NOTE: The first page of text has been automatically extracted and included below in lieu an abstract Integrating Social Justice Ideas into a Numerical Methods Course Bioengineering A newly developed course introduces students to the analytical numerical techniques that will be utilized subsequent bioengineering courses analyze behavior complex systems. illustrative case studies form modules employed this have as focus various issues related questions social justice include wealth...

The goals of the proposed special session are following: (1) Describe ongoing efforts at various institutions which attempt to integrate issues poverty, environmental degradation and war into existing engineering courses; (2) process(es) used in developing course modules; (3) Provide an interactive, experiential process whereby participants will begin develop their own modules for use respective (4) Further a community interested increasing awareness within education profession; (5) Explore...

Research Highlights and Abstract This article Contributes to the debates applying Foucauldian theory contemporary British Politics invigorates debate through a discussion with Bulley Sokhi Develops understandings of under Coalition government, particularly in light ‘Big Society’ project. Compares, framework, differences similarities between New Labour (1997–2010) (2010–) Governments Ultimately argues that Government is demonstrative hybrid neo-liberal governmentality typical governments...

Abstract Research on British politics has traditionally been too reliant a single model for understanding its field of inquiry—initially the Westminster and then, since 2000s, governance-focused ‘differentiated polity model’. It also criticised being preoccupied by institutions that make up system in terms substantive analytical focus, neglecting theory international comparisons, failing to learn from other disciplines, issues age, gender, ethnicity environment (Marsh Br Polit 7:43–54, 2012;...

Prime Matter and Actuality CHRISTOPHER BYRNE ATFIRSTGLANCE,the question concerning the nature of prime matter seems to be one more arcane marginal points Aristotelian scholarship. After all, it concerns ultimate material cause out which all perishable substances are made, this turns just four sublunary elements, since, on Aristotle's account, heavenly bodies eternal indestructible. Thus, isjust part only some latter, in turn, seem play a subordinate derivative role analysis nature....