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The Licensing (Scotland) Bill: an analysis of consultation responses
- Author:
- MacDONALD Fiona
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 35p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Europeanisation of social policies: national adaptations in south east Europe
- Author:
- GEROVSKA MITEV Maja
- Journal article citation:
- Revija Za Socijalnu Politiku Journal of Social Policy, 11(3-4), 2004, pp.321-341.
- Publisher:
- University of Zagreb
Looks at the process of Europeanisation and attempts to explore it in correlation with social policy reforms in south east Europe (SEE), focusing on those with different EU status such as Slovenia (EU), Bulgaria and Romania (candidates), and Croatia and Macedonia (applicants). Briefly explores the theoretical concept, and generally assesses different stages, of Europeanisation. Considers different institutional and legislative transformations as a starting point of capacity to democratise and adapt towards common EU standards. Countries can be divided into a 'performance league' with Slovenia and increasingly Croatia the leaders and Romania and Macedonia the laggards. The level of institutional Europeanisation is also compared. Further analysis focuses on EU instruments employed towards applicants and aspirants, analysing pre-accession strategy, the regional approach, the Stability Pact, the Stabilisation and Association Process and Agreements, the Community Assistance for Reconstruction, Development and Stabilisation programme, and the social part of the acquis communautaire (the entire body of EU legislation, of which a significant body relates to justice and home affairs; applicants must accept it before they can join). These instruments outline the scarcity of direct social policy interventions in candidates and applicants, reflecting the limited internal social policy agenda, encompassing only domains directly or indirectly concerned with labour market functioning. To explore the influence of these instruments in social policies in SEE countries a closer examination of Slovenian and Macedonian social policies is being carried out. Ends with recommendations for enhancement of the EU's role in designating further social policy trajectory in accession countries. [Article in Croatian.]
Consultation on reform of civil advice and assistance
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive. Justice Department
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 20p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
The Gender Recognition Act 2004: its impact on transsexual people's families
- Author:
- WHITTLE Stephen
- Journal article citation:
- Childright, 210, October 2004, pp.10-11.
- Publisher:
- Children's Legal Centre
States that over the past 10 years the British have greatly increased in understanding of transsexuals. The continuing failure to afford legal recognition of transsexuals' acquired genders created practical problems which also impacted on partners and the children of the families they formed. Describes the problems, the Act, the effect of the Gender Recognition Certificate, young people's applications for a certificate, and welfare benefits, concluding that for some families deciding whether to apply for a certificate will be very difficult: the process will not be cheap. Nonetheless, the Act will afford choices previously denied, provide privacy in many areas, assure family security and enable many children to have dads they never realised they did not have already.
Spot the difference
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Today, November 2004, pp.10-11.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
States that the revised draft Mental Health Bill (Improving Mental Health Law: Towards a New Mental Health Act, DH) has been given a unanimous thumbs down. Far from winning over its critics it seems only to have escalated opposition and swelled further the ranks of the Mental Health Alliance, now representing over 60 groups and organisations, the latest recruit being the BMA.
The state of asylum: an analysis of recent asylum policy
- Author:
- PURYEAR Tina
- Journal article citation:
- Inexile, 33, September 2004, pp.6-9.
- Publisher:
- Refugee Council
The Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants) Act is designed to reassure the public that the Government is in control of our borders. A significant drop in applicants enables them to boast it's right on track. Investigates how an approach that promises balance can reconcile deterrence with the needs of those seeking protection.
Modernising Scotland's social housing: consultation report: summary of responses to consultation paper
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 29p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This document sets out the responses to the consultation paper, Modernising Scotland's Social Housing, which was issued in March 2003.
Get in on the act: Children Act 2004 explained
- Author:
- LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
- Publisher:
- Local Government Association
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 63p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The Children Act aims to implement proposals outlined in the green paper, Every Child Matters, and the linked Every Child Matters: Next Steps. The Act seeks to make fundamental changes to the way children's services will be delivered across the range of agencies and organisations responsible for children's services. It has particular implications for local authorities in the way children's services are co-ordinated across the whole council and how the council works with local agencies.
The Community Care, Services for Carers and Children's Services (Direct Payments) (Wales) Regulations 2004: Welsh statutory instrument 2004 no. 1748 (W.185)
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Place of publication:
- London
These Regulations require Welsh local authorities to make direct payments to certain persons in order that they may themselves secure the provision of certain social services. The services in question are listed in the regulation.
The Crime and Disorder Act 1998
- Authors:
- SMITH Fergus, CARR Paul
- Publisher:
- Children Act Enterprises
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 107p.
- Place of publication:
- Croydon
- Edition:
- 4th
This edition incorporates all amendments introduced by the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001, Police Reform Act 2002, Criminal Justice Act 2003 and the Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003.The guide therefore offers a succinct summary of the legislative framework relevant to youth offending teams and to those in local authorities concerned with the management of anti-social behaviours of young people, or remands including those to secure accommodation.