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The making of Polish London through everyday life, 1956-1976
No full textThe wartime and postwar Polish emigration allows us to study a ‘parallel’
history of the Polish nation. Poles in Great Britain were free from the
restrictions imposed on Poles in the homeland by the communist
dictatorship; they were thus better able to continue in the intellectual
and cultural paths of interwar Poland. But by the later 1950s it was clear
that there would be no early return to a free Poland. Poles in exile had
to adapt to their condition, and interact with a rapidly changing British
society. As a result, their characteristics diverged from those of Poles
in the homeland and – despite their best efforts – from those of their
ancestors as well. This dissertation examines the distinctive ‘parallel
Polish world’ at the level of everyday life, rather than the central
institutions of ‘Polish London’. It focuses on three Gminy (Communities)
founded in the 1950s: the Polish Community of West London, the Polish
Community of South London, and the Polish Centre in Lewisham.
The diverse and enjoyable social activities undertaken or supported by
the Communities – dances, Saturday schools, sport, scouting and guiding,
charity, religious and national commemorations – were subordinated to the
aim of maintaining Polish national identity in exile, and transmitting it
to subsequent generations. This kind of ‘Polishness’ was heroic,
martyrological, and Roman Catholic. The organizational and fundraising
skills developed in the Communities’ pursuit of their own houses proved
invaluable in the building of the Polish Social and Cultural Centre in
London (POSK). However, among the casualties of POSK were the Polish
Communities of West and South London, which effectively came to an end in
1976. Only the more peripheral Lewisham Centre survived. POSK’s benefit
to everyday Polish life in London has been questionable. The Gminy may
yet offer an organizational model for a new, more numerous wave of Polish
emigrants to the UK
The economic regeneration of London docklands: a labour market analysis
No full textPhDIn 1980 the London Docklands Development Corporation
(LDDC) was designated as the organisation responsible for
the physical, economic and social regeneration of the area
in East London known as London Docklands. It-is argued
that an evaluation of LDDC policy impact on the labour
market will be useful for two reasons. First, it will
make a contribution to the academic discussion on the
causes of economic and social change in this part of
London. This is made all the more necessary because much
previous research has concentrated on political issues,
whilst paying only lip-service to many of the other
economic and social forces that cause change. Second, at
a practical level, the controversial nature of LDDC
initiatives necessitates a detailed study of policy
impact.
A conceptual model of the labour market is developed
based on segmented labour market theory. It includes the
key influences on the demand and supply side of the labour
market and the interaction process between demand and
supply. This allows the evaluation of LDDC policy to take
account of other forces that cause change in the labour
market. The broad conclusion is that LDDC policy has had
a very limited impact on the local labour market and an
explanation of change in London Docklands must include
other economic and social forces
Toeristekaart van Oos-London
No full textTourist map of East London showing places of interest. Produced by the East London Publicity Association in conjunction with Shell South Africa (Pty) Limited. Compiled and drawn by B. L. Walton, October 1955
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
No full textThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Proceedings of the Royal society of London.
No full textVoortgezet als: Proceedings of the Royal society of London. A: Mathematical and physical sciences; B: Biological sciencesVoortzetting van: Abstracts of the papers printed in the philosophical transactions of the Royal society of Londo
Economic study of the 2012 London Olympics, analysis of its economic and social impact on London
No full textSzakdolgozatom témája a 2012-es Londoni Olimpiához kötődik. Előbb a játékok bevételeinek és költségeinek összetételét, egymáshoz viszonyított arányát vizsgáltam meg. Ezt követően vizsgáltam London városára gyakorolt rövid és hosszú távú hatásait. A vizsgálat középpontjába a turizmust, az ingatlanpiacot, a foglalkoztatottságot, és a helyi GDP változását állítottam.Gazdálkodási és menedzsmentBSc/B
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
No full textWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
British immigration control procedures and Jewish refugees 1933-1942.
No full textPhDThis thesis is an historical account of the British
government's regulation of the immigration to the United
Kingdom of Jewish refugees in flight from Nazi persecution.
The focus of the study is the administration of immigration
controls, with particular emphasis on the groups of refugees
for whom entry was possible and the conditions subject to
which they were admitted. The administrative process is also
examined in the context of policy. The results of the
government's efforts to control the influx are set against
policy goals, in order to assess both the extent to which
the quest for control was successful, and the extent to
which it led to unintended consequences. The relationship
between policy and procedure is thus a key theme of this
study.
The bulk of the thesis is concerned with policy-making and
administration within government, and is based on documents
in the Public Record Office(PRO). Other sources used include
private papers of ministers and officials, records of Jewish
organisations, archives of refugee committees and
interviews, listed in the bibliography. The material largely
concerns the work of Whitehall departments, interdepartmental
relations and activities at Cabinet-level. Home
Office policy and practice are covered in particular detail.
The contributions of other government departments,
particularly the Foreign Office, the Ministry of Labour and
the Treasury, are also discussed. Another important topic is
the policy-making and administrative role of nongovernmental
organisations, especially refugee committees.
The introduction is followed by a chapter outlining the
legal and administrative history of immigration control
since 1905. succeeding chapters deal chronologically with
the British response to the immigration of Jewish refugees
from 1933 to 1942. The conclusion discusses whether British
policy was humanitarian or self-interested. Two appendixes
contain brief biographical notes on persons relevant to the
thesis and a list of Home Secretaries and Home Office
Permanent Under Secretaries
Techno-economic transition towards a hydrogen economy
No full textPhDThe research conducted is in the field of innovation and focuses on the UK energy sector. The key theme of the study is the transition towards a hydrogen economy with fuel cell technologies at the epicentre and takes into account the relevant scientific, technological, economic and policy issues. In order to provide an understanding of the factors that affect techno-economic transitions to alternative energy systems, the thesis investigates the historical transition processes such as the transition to electrification in the early 1900s and recent transitions to CCGT and renewable energy systems (wind, biofuels and solar) that have taken place since the late 1980s. As the developmental status of hydrogen technologies lay at the heart of these transitions, a thorough analysis of the hydrogen and fuel cell technologies, the R&D requirements, and innovations required in different scientific fields (including materials science) to develop these technologies is conducted. At the same time, as other factors such as sustainability, climate change and security of supply concerns can greatly affect the direction of the transition processes, that includes R&D activities and investment in alternative energy technologies, an overview of these factors is also provided. The analysis employs a new theoretical framework that combines two well established theories in the literature, Techno-economic Transitions and Large Technological Systems. By using this new framework, the technological transition towards a hydrogen energy system can be analysed at three levels, (global, national and local). The analysis is narrowed down to the local level in order to determine the timing of a transition in London and how it can form the foundation for a wider a transition at the national level based on alternative technologies
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