Robert Jupe
Biographic Data
| ID | 2262376 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robert Jupe |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robert |
| FAMILY NAME | Jupe |
| SIGNATURE | JUPE R |
| AFFILIATIONS | a Kent Business School , Kent University , Canterbury, Kent, UK |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
A Poll Tax on wheels’
Rail privatisation was a controversial, widely unpopular policy whose implementation was not inevitable. This article employs counterfactual history methodology to examine whether the move to rail privatisation in Britain might have failed. It places the privatisation proposals in context by examining opposition within the Conservative Party and British Rail. The paper then focuses on three key counterfactual questions, including the significance…
Human Rights and Social Movements
Annotation
Public (Interest) or Private (Gain)? The Curious Case of Network Rail's Status
This paper develops Whitehouse's 2003 examination of the creation of Network Rail, a case study of New Labour's attempt to operationalize the ‘third way’. Significant changes have occurred since 2003 which make Network Rail's position as a private company with private sector debt appear increasingly anomalous. These changes include: the reclassification of the debt of another rail company from private to public, and the introduction of‘imputed de…
Network Rail – forward or backward? Not-for-profit in British transport
This article examines the brief and unsuccessful career of the privately-owned infrastructure company, Railtrack, and its part in the privatised railway system in the UK between 1996 and 2001. It discusses the decision of the British government to discontinue public support for Railtrack and to set up a new not-for-profit company, Network Rail, to replace it. The ongoing public debate over these events and the prospects for the new company are an…
Network Rail – forward or backward? Not-for-profit in British transport
This article examines the brief and unsuccessful career of the privately-owned infrastructure company, Railtrack, and its part in the privatised railway system in the UK between 1996 and 2001. It discusses the decision of the British government to discontinue public support for Railtrack and to set up a new not-for-profit company, Network Rail, to replace it. The ongoing public debate over these events and the prospects for the new company are an…
A Poll Tax on wheels’
Rail privatisation was a controversial, widely unpopular policy whose implementation was not inevitable. This article employs counterfactual history methodology to examine whether the move to rail privatisation in Britain might have failed. It places the privatisation proposals in context by examining opposition within the Conservative Party and British Rail. The paper then focuses on three key counterfactual questions, including the significance…
Public (Interest) or Private (Gain)? The Curious Case of Network Rail's Status
This paper develops Whitehouse's 2003 examination of the creation of Network Rail, a case study of New Labour's attempt to operationalize the ‘third way’. Significant changes have occurred since 2003 which make Network Rail's position as a private company with private sector debt appear increasingly anomalous. These changes include: the reclassification of the debt of another rail company from private to public, and the introduction of‘imputed de…
Public (Interest) or Private (Gain)? The Curious Case of Network Rail's Status
This paper develops Whitehouse's 2003 examination of the creation of Network Rail, a case study of New Labour's attempt to operationalize the ‘third way’. Significant changes have occurred since 2003 which make Network Rail's position as a private company with private sector debt appear increasingly anomalous. These changes include: the reclassification of the debt of another rail company from private to public, and the introduction of‘imputed de…
Network Rail – forward or backward? Not-for-profit in British transport
This article examines the brief and unsuccessful career of the privately-owned infrastructure company, Railtrack, and its part in the privatised railway system in the UK between 1996 and 2001. It discusses the decision of the British government to discontinue public support for Railtrack and to set up a new not-for-profit company, Network Rail, to replace it. The ongoing public debate over these events and the prospects for the new company are an…
Human Rights and Social Movements
Annotation
A Poll Tax on wheels’
Rail privatisation was a controversial, widely unpopular policy whose implementation was not inevitable. This article employs counterfactual history methodology to examine whether the move to rail privatisation in Britain might have failed. It places the privatisation proposals in context by examining opposition within the Conservative Party and British Rail. The paper then focuses on three key counterfactual questions, including the significance…
Economics (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Transport and Economic Policies (3 works) · Aviation Industry Analysis and Trends (2 works) · Economy (2 works) · Finance (2 works) · Labor Movements and Unions (2 works) · Business (1 works)