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Early Problems

Lawrence W. R. Mills

in Protecting Free Trade: The Hong Kong Paradox, 1947–97

This chapter introduces Hong Kong in the aftermath of World War II – a time of upheaval, reconstruction and industrialisation. The author recalls his early years as an executive officer in the ... More

This chapter introduces Hong Kong in the aftermath of World War II – a time of upheaval, reconstruction and industrialisation. The author recalls his early years as an executive officer in the colonial government’s Commerce and Industry Department in the late 1950s. The chapter discusses small-scale industry and entrepreneurialism in the 1950s and 1960s.Less

Local authorities: Powerhouses or scapegoats?

John Sturzaker and Alexander Nurse

in Rescaling Urban Governance: Planning, Localism and Institutional Change

Some have argued that reforms to urban governance in the UK in recent years have “hollowed out” the local level, emphasising the levels “above” and “below” it. This reflects a broader perceived loss ... More

Some have argued that reforms to urban governance in the UK in recent years have “hollowed out” the local level, emphasising the levels “above” and “below” it. This reflects a broader perceived loss of focus on cities themselves, but a great deal of power and responsibility still remains at the local authority level. This chapter considers how local government autonomy has changed in recent years, within the context of a broader history of local government in the UK. It then reflects upon the “entrepreneurial turn” in local government, for some a consequence of reduced funding for local authorities, and considers recent evidence of a return to “municipal socialism” in England and beyond.Less

Community Heroes, Survivors or Casualties? Exploring Risk and Resilience in the Voluntary Sector

Linda Milbourne

in Voluntary sector in transition: Hard times or new opportunities?

This chapter considers the recent climate of recession affecting the voluntary sector, seeking to understand both external and internal factors contributing to organisational survival in adverse ... More

This chapter considers the recent climate of recession affecting the voluntary sector, seeking to understand both external and internal factors contributing to organisational survival in adverse circumstances. The chapter draws on case studies of three voluntary sector organisations to explore questions of risk and resilience among survivors and casualties, considering the extent to which compliance and conformity are requisites for survival in this new organisational order. The chapter first explores ideas of risk and resilience, providing a lens through which to consider how organisations can navigate recent changes. Drawing on an analysis of organisational cases, the chapter identifies a typology of entrepreneurs, resisters and accommodators, considering how each of these positions can construct survivors and casualties. Any typology necessarily highlights differences at the expense of similarities but offers a conceptual map for understanding the different ways that voluntary organisations have approached potential threats to survival. It argues that the myths of growth and diversification as protective strategies chime well with policy priorities but may serve voluntary sector interests poorly.Less

Introduction

Sarah Ruth Hammond

Darren Dochuk (ed.)

in God's Businessmen: Entrepreneurial Evangelicals in Depression and War

Much like George Babbitt, then, Herbert Taylor, R. G. LeTourneau, and their cohort of deep-pocketed powerbrokers faced the disruptions of their day by holding tightly to the conformities, and shared ... More

Much like George Babbitt, then, Herbert Taylor, R. G. LeTourneau, and their cohort of deep-pocketed powerbrokers faced the disruptions of their day by holding tightly to the conformities, and shared faith in Christ and capitalism, that profoundly shaped their church environment between WWI and the Cold War. As in Zenith, so to in Peoria, Chicago, and emerging commercial centers across middle America: these resident corporate evangelicals’ entry into the theological and economic revolutions of the local produced real and lasting political change, and the nation felt (and continues to feel) the effects.Less

“I’m Working, You Know”: The Serious Business of Spectacularity

Simidele Dosekun

in Fashioning Postfeminism: Spectacular Femininity and Transnational Culture

This chapter concerns the practicalities of how the women achieved or attained their spectacularly feminine style, from how they shopped for the look to how they managed its myriad elements and ... More

This chapter concerns the practicalities of how the women achieved or attained their spectacularly feminine style, from how they shopped for the look to how they managed its myriad elements and afforded it all. The chapter argues that the women took a rationalized and calculative or, in a word, entrepreneurial approach to their self-fashioning, including by risk-managing their use of dress and beauty technologies deemed potentially harmful. It argues also that the women’s claims that they paid for their expensive style by themselves were less an assertion of postfeminist independence than a repudiation of local moral suspicions that young Lagos women consume via engagement in transactional heterosexual relationships.Less