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The Policies and Politics of Managed Migration: Exploring Mature Labour Migration from Central and Eastern Europe into the UK (2012)
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Pemberton, S., & Scullion, L. (2012). The Policies and Politics of Managed Migration: Exploring Mature Labour Migration from Central and Eastern Europe into the UK. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 443 - 461. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2013.733863

Whilst studies have already focused on the inflow of labour migrants from Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries to the UK, most have centred on the experiences of younger migrants. Less attention has been paid to the motivations, experiences a... Read More about The Policies and Politics of Managed Migration: Exploring Mature Labour Migration from Central and Eastern Europe into the UK.

New Forms of Sub-regional Governance and Implications for Rural Areas: Evidence from England (2012)
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Pemberton, S., & Shaw, D. (2012). New Forms of Sub-regional Governance and Implications for Rural Areas: Evidence from England. Planning Practice and Research, 441-458. https://doi.org/10.1080/02697459.2012.682476

Across Europe, and beyond, there have been shifts towards reducing state intervention in ‘middle range’ governance spaces, such as regions, and attempts to devolve decision making to the most appropriate (local) level. Consequently, sub-regional scal... Read More about New Forms of Sub-regional Governance and Implications for Rural Areas: Evidence from England.

Facilitating Institutional Reform in England: Reconciling City-regions and Community Planning for Efficiency Gains? (2011)
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Pemberton, S., & Lloyd, G. (2011). Facilitating Institutional Reform in England: Reconciling City-regions and Community Planning for Efficiency Gains?. European Planning Studies, 501 - 517. https://doi.org/10.1080/09654313.2011.552567

Considerable debate has taken place in England around the concept of the city-region. While there is contestation over the terminologies and interpretations of city-regionalism, this paper considers the extent to which it can offer a more integrative... Read More about Facilitating Institutional Reform in England: Reconciling City-regions and Community Planning for Efficiency Gains?.

A Transnational Pig: Reconstituting Kinship Among Filipinos in Hong Kong (2010)
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McKay. (2010). A Transnational Pig: Reconstituting Kinship Among Filipinos in Hong Kong. Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology, 330 - 344. https://doi.org/10.1080/14442213.2010.513400

Migration may offer Filipinos abroad new ways to practice religious faith and opportunities to extend social networks, but many must at the same time sustain and renegotiate kinship ties at home. The obligations of kinship can mean declarations of fa... Read More about A Transnational Pig: Reconstituting Kinship Among Filipinos in Hong Kong.

On the Face of Facebook: Historical Images and Personhood in Filipino Social Networking (2010)
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McKay. (2010). On the Face of Facebook: Historical Images and Personhood in Filipino Social Networking. History and Anthropology, 479 - 498. https://doi.org/10.1080/02757206.2010.522311

Exchanging and manipulating digital images on social networking sites offers people new ways to renegotiate a wide variety of relationships. This paper examines how interactions on Facebook transform personhood and norms for relationships and belongi... Read More about On the Face of Facebook: Historical Images and Personhood in Filipino Social Networking.

Moving beyond the limits of joined-up government? Meta-governance, quality of relations and addressing the politics of joining-up. (2010)
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Pemberton, S., & Winstanley, R. (2010). Moving beyond the limits of joined-up government? Meta-governance, quality of relations and addressing the politics of joining-up. Urban Research and Practice, 26 - 39. https://doi.org/10.1080/17535060903534164

Recent research has questioned the ability of Local Strategic Partnerships (LSPs) to secure better coordination and management of regeneration across different branches of the state. In a period of economic recession and a curtailing of regeneration... Read More about Moving beyond the limits of joined-up government? Meta-governance, quality of relations and addressing the politics of joining-up..

Rethinking the changing structures of rural local government – State power, rural politics and local political strategies? (2010)
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Pemberton, S., & Goodwin, M. (2010). Rethinking the changing structures of rural local government – State power, rural politics and local political strategies?. Journal of Rural Studies, 272 - 283. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2009.12.005

There is a notable absence in contemporary rural studies – of both a theoretical and empirical nature – concerning the changing nature of rural local government. Despite the scale and significance of successive rounds of local government reorganisati... Read More about Rethinking the changing structures of rural local government – State power, rural politics and local political strategies?.

Local Area Agreements as a tool for addressing deprivation within UK cities (2010)
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Nurse, A., & Pemberton. (2010). Local Area Agreements as a tool for addressing deprivation within UK cities. Journal of Urban Regeneration and Renewal, 158 - 167 (9)

Despite a plethora of urban regeneration interventions introduced by UK Governments over the last 20 years, variation remains in respect of levels of deprivation that exist within many urban areas. This paper focuses on the extent to which Local Area... Read More about Local Area Agreements as a tool for addressing deprivation within UK cities.

Performing economy differently: Exploring economic personhood and local economic diversity (2009)
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McKay. (2009). Performing economy differently: Exploring economic personhood and local economic diversity. Australian Journal of Anthropology, 330 - 346. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1757-6547.2009.00040.x

Many popular conceptions of economy now delimit what counts as the ‘real’ economy by capitalist enterprises, market transactions and wage labour. Anthropologists describe such ideas of economy as abstract, dis-embedded (Polanyi 1957a, b) or virtual (... Read More about Performing economy differently: Exploring economic personhood and local economic diversity.

The Recruitment and Retention of Central and Eastern European Migrant Workers in the United Kingdom: A Panacea or a Problem under the New Policies of 'Managed Migration'? (2009)
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Pemberton, S., & Stevens, C. (2009). The Recruitment and Retention of Central and Eastern European Migrant Workers in the United Kingdom: A Panacea or a Problem under the New Policies of 'Managed Migration'?. Regional Studies, 1289 - 1300. https://doi.org/10.1080/00343400903365185

The latest changes in the UK government's managed migration policy with the introduction of a new Points-Based System have been recognized as privileging White European economic migrant workers – including those from Central and Eastern European (CEE... Read More about The Recruitment and Retention of Central and Eastern European Migrant Workers in the United Kingdom: A Panacea or a Problem under the New Policies of 'Managed Migration'?.

Economic Migration from the EU 'A8' Accession Countries and the Impact on Low-demand Housing Areas: Opportunity or Threat for Housing Market Renewal Pathfinder Programmes in England? (2009)
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Pemberton. (2009). Economic Migration from the EU 'A8' Accession Countries and the Impact on Low-demand Housing Areas: Opportunity or Threat for Housing Market Renewal Pathfinder Programmes in England?. Urban Studies, 1363 - 1384. https://doi.org/10.1177/0042098009104570

Since EU enlargement in 2004, there has been a substantial influx of economic migrants to the UK from the `A8' accession countries. A significant number have moved into Housing Market Renewal Pathfinder areas, which are focused on reshaping failing h... Read More about Economic Migration from the EU 'A8' Accession Countries and the Impact on Low-demand Housing Areas: Opportunity or Threat for Housing Market Renewal Pathfinder Programmes in England?.

Rethinking Indigenous Place: Igorot Identity and Locality in the Philippines (2009)
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McKay. (2009). Rethinking Indigenous Place: Igorot Identity and Locality in the Philippines. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1835-9310.2006.tb00065.x

Spanish and American colonisers ascribed the identity ‘Igorot’ to the peoples of the northern Philippine mountains, positioning them in the ‘tribal slot’, somewhere between ordinary peasants and ‘backward’ primitives. From this marginal position, con... Read More about Rethinking Indigenous Place: Igorot Identity and Locality in the Philippines.

Co-production and Sure Start Children's Centres: Reflecting upon Users', Perspectives and Implications for Service Delivery, Planning and Evaluation (2008)
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Pemberton, S., & Mason, J. (2008). Co-production and Sure Start Children's Centres: Reflecting upon Users', Perspectives and Implications for Service Delivery, Planning and Evaluation. Social Policy and Society, 13 - 24. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1474746408004545

In the UK, there has been a re-awakening of interest in the ‘co-production’ approach to involve service users in modernised public services. Within this context, Sure Start Children's Centres are being created to address child poverty and social excl... Read More about Co-production and Sure Start Children's Centres: Reflecting upon Users', Perspectives and Implications for Service Delivery, Planning and Evaluation.

Ghosts of Futures Present: Photographs in the Filipino Migrant Archive (2008)
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McKay. (2008). Ghosts of Futures Present: Photographs in the Filipino Migrant Archive. Visual Anthropology, 381 - 392. https://doi.org/10.1080/08949460802156466

This article explores the role of photographs in shaping the social selves of Filipino temporary labor migrants. Examining the production of photographic self-images by Filipino migrants in Hong Kong and their reception in the Philippines, I show how... Read More about Ghosts of Futures Present: Photographs in the Filipino Migrant Archive.

Social Inclusion and the `Get Heard' Process Implications for the Horizontal and Vertical Integration of Governance and Policy in the UK (2008)
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Pemberton. (2008). Social Inclusion and the `Get Heard' Process Implications for the Horizontal and Vertical Integration of Governance and Policy in the UK. Public Policy and Administration, 127 - 143. https://doi.org/10.1177/0952076707086251

Since 1997, there has arguably been a 'rediscovery' of those most at risk of poverty and social exclusion by New Labour. Within this context, it is important to consider the European, national and sub-national policy frameworks within which intervent... Read More about Social Inclusion and the `Get Heard' Process Implications for the Horizontal and Vertical Integration of Governance and Policy in the UK.

Tackling the NEET generation and the ability of policy to generate a 'NEET' solution - evidence from the UK (2008)
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Pemberton. (2008). Tackling the NEET generation and the ability of policy to generate a 'NEET' solution - evidence from the UK. Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, 243 - 259. https://doi.org/10.1068/c0654

Both within the UK and in a wider international context, there is an increasing concern with young people who are not in education, employment, or training (NEET). The author details research undertaken within Greater Merseyside (UK), which has relat... Read More about Tackling the NEET generation and the ability of policy to generate a 'NEET' solution - evidence from the UK.

'Sending Dollars Shows Feeling' - Emotions and Economies in Filipino Migration (2007)
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McKay. (2007). 'Sending Dollars Shows Feeling' - Emotions and Economies in Filipino Migration. Mobilities, 175 - 194. https://doi.org/10.1080/17450100701381532

This paper analyses the conceptualization of gender, relationships, and emotions that underpin ‘care chains’ approaches to Filipino labour migration. In a case study of long-distance intimacy and economic transfers in an extended Filipino family, I s... Read More about 'Sending Dollars Shows Feeling' - Emotions and Economies in Filipino Migration.

Introduction: Finding ‘the Field’: the Problem of Locality in a Mobile World (2007)
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McKay. (2007). Introduction: Finding ‘the Field’: the Problem of Locality in a Mobile World. Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology, 197 - 202. https://doi.org/10.1080/14442210600965141

Place is usually considered the backdrop for motion—the ‘where’ that people move to or from. Yet contemporary processes of migration and circulation produce increasingly porous and even mobile places. Mobility offers us new ways to perceive distance—... Read More about Introduction: Finding ‘the Field’: the Problem of Locality in a Mobile World.