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Can’t, won’t and what’s the point? Explaining the UK public’s muted response to austerity
No full textSince 2010, the government has undertaken extensive spending cuts, subsequently linked with rising poverty, food bank use, and serious health issues. Kate Harrison identifies key factors that explain why the public’s response to austerity has been relatively muted
Can’t, won’t and what’s the point? A theory of the UK public’s muted response to austerity
No full textSince 2010 the UK government has undertaken extensive spending cuts which have manifested in significant reductions in welfare, local authority and justice system spending. The cuts have been linked with rising poverty, food bank use and serious health issues. Such extreme cuts are likely to affect how citizens view and interact with government. This paper argues that the theories of civic voluntarism, grievance and policy feedback in combination explain why austerity has provoked relatively little political participation in the UK
Comparison of Shear Modulus Test Methods
No full textThis research compared the results of three tests: ASTM D 198 torsion, ASTM D 198 three-point bending and the five-point bending test (FPBT) using machine-stress-rated (MSR) lumber and laminated veneer lumber (LVL) to determine if the shear properties evaluated by the different test methods were equivalent. Measured E:G ratios were also compared to the E:G ratio of 16:1 commonly assumed for structural wooden members.
The average shear moduli results showed significant differences between the three test methods. For both material types, the shear moduli results determined from the two standard test methods (ASTM D 198 three-point bending and torsion), both of which are presently assumed to be equivalent, were significantly different.
Most average E:G ratios from the two material types and three test methods showed differences from the E:G ratio of 16:1 commonly assumed for structural wooden members. The average moduli of elasticity results for both material types were not significantly different. Therefore, the lack of significant difference between moduli of elasticity terms indicates that differences between E:G ratios are due to the shear modulus terms.
This research has shown differences in shear moduli results of the three test types (ASTM D 198 torsion, ASTM D 198 three-point bending, and the FPBT). Differences in the average E:G ratios per material and test type were also observed.Master of Scienc
Book review: 'This mother-house anthology' by Jennifer Harrison and Kate Waterhouse
No full textReview of the book 'Motherlode: Australian women's poetry 1986-2008', edited by Jennifer Harrison and Kate Waterhouse, published by Puncher and Wattmann, Glebe, NSW, 2009
Data repository: Harrison Day et al 2023 New Phytologist
No full textSource data and analysis files in support of -"The root of the problem: diverse vulnerability to xylem cavitation found within the root system of wheat plants", by Beatrice L. Harrison Day, Kate M. Johnson, Vanessa Tonet, Ibrahim Bourbia, Chris Blackman, Timothy J. Brodribb. Published in New Phytologist 2023
The impact of austerity on political participation in the UK
No full textSince 2010, the UK government has undertaken extensive cuts and reforms to spending in order to reduce the budget deficit. These cuts have manifested in significant reductions in welfare, local authority and justice system spending and a long-term freeze in public sector pay. The cuts have been linked with rising poverty, food bank use and serious health issues, including rising suicide rates. Such extreme cuts are likely to affect how citizens view and interact with government, yet there is little evidence of sustained public political participation to either support or oppose austerity. Given the negative consequences for so many people, it is surprising that the response from the public has been so muted. Thus far, research on the connection between austerity and political participation has been limited. Much of the literature focuses on those who are participating in response to austerity, rather than the majority who are not. Using a mixed methods approach, this thesis examines whether the theories of civic voluntarism, grievance or policy feedback could explain why austerity appears to have provoked relatively little political participation in the UK. Interview evidence shows that all these theories have a role to play in explaining the apparent lack of political activism in response to austerity. Political activism in response to austerity varied according to personal experience of cuts, attitudes to austerity and prior levels of participation. This thesis demonstrates that austerity has largely failed to provoke participation because people are either not affected by it personally, do not have the resources to participate or do not believe that participation would change anything. This topic has implications for economic policy, as well as literature on both political participation and austerity
Viola M. Harrison letter to Lucile Atcherson, August 14, 1914
No full textOn August 14, 1914, the executive secretary of the Nebraska Woman Suffrage Association, Viola M. Harrison, sent this letter to Lucile Atcherson, a suffragist in central Ohio and executive secretary of the Franklin County Woman Suffrage Association. Harrison wrote to Atcherson to confirm that the Nebraska Woman Suffrage Association's state banner, which had been on loan with the FCWSA, had arrived safely in Lincoln, Nebraska. Harrison also congratulated Atcherson on a successful petition event in Ohio, and expressed her hopes for both Ohio and Nebraska to achieve equal suffrage for women.
The Franklin County Woman Suffrage Association was formed in 1912, after the Ohio Constitutional Convention elected to bring to a vote the question of removing the words "white male" from the state constitution with regard to voting rights. Headquartered in the Chamber of Commerce building in Columbus, Ohio, the organization put out regular publications, organized public speeches and meetings, distributed literature and held parades in support of the suffrage movement. Women's suffrage in Ohio was defeated in a special election in 1912 and again in 1914 and 1916 before a resolution narrowly passed in 1917 allowing municipal voting by women in Columbus. In 1920, the 19th Amendment passed, extending the vote to women and prohibiting state and federal government from denying suffrage on the basis of sex
Kate Lindsay Hall Groundbreaking
No full textMay 26, 1959 Ground breaking for new Kate Lindsay Hall. From left to right: Evelyn Stone Harrison, Carolyn Ann West, Frieda Paul Applegate20 x 25 c
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