Jill C Humphrey
Biographic Data
| ID | 243242 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jill C Humphrey |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jill C |
| FAMILY NAME | Humphrey |
| SIGNATURE | HUMPHREY J C |
| AFFILIATIONS | The Open University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 94 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
New Labour and the regulatory reform of social care
New Labour and the regulatory reform of social care
In its mission to modernize public services, the New Labour government has placed a great deal of faith in the ever expanding regulatory apparatus. A partnership between the Audit Commission and the Social Services Inspectorate has resulted in joint reviews of social services authorities, and these have become the vehicle for comparing performance across authorities and ascertaining compliance with central government policies. This article draws …
Bewitched or Bewildered? 'Facts' and 'Values' in Audit Commission Texts
The Audit Commission undertakes audits and inspections in relation to local government, housing, social services, education and the health service, and in effect presides over the local governance of welfare. It legitimates its work by reference to a peculiar fact-value nexus which has bewitched many proponents of welfare economics and evidence-based practice and bewildered many councillors and professionals, suggesting that the nexus itself need…
Researching Disability Politics, Or, Some Problems with the Social Model in Practice
This article arises from a research project involving the disabled members' group in UNISON, and problematises the social model which explicitly undergirds the discourses and practices of this group. In abstract terms, there are dangers that the social model can be interpreted in a way which privileges some impaired identities over others, sanctions a separatist ghetto which cannot reach out to other groups of disabled and disadvantaged people, a…
Cracks in the Feminist Mirror: Research and Reflections on Lesbians and Gay Men Working Together
This article is an offshoot of a research project on lesbian and gay self-organization in the UK's public sector union UNISON. The site upon which lesbians and gay men 'work together' is a complex and contradictory one, located at the juncture of several pathways - women's and men's movements, gendered politics and sexual politics, purist ghettos and queer rainbows. The UNISON group furnishes an ideal site for a case-study of sexual and gendered …
Self-Organization and Trade Union Democracy
This article is an offshoot of a three year study into the self-organized groups for women, black members, disabled members and lesbians and gay men which have been enshrined in the constitution of the UK's public sector union UNISON. The argument is that self-organization has become a significant axis around which trade union democracy is being reconstituted in the late twentieth century. However, our understanding of this phenomenon has been ob…
To Queer or Not to Queer a Lesbian and Gay Group? Sexual and Gendered Politics at the Turn of the Century
This article explores some emerging tensions between ‘lesbian and gay’ people and politics on the one hand, and ‘queer’ people and politics on the other. These are described by reference to a case-study of the lesbian and gay group in the public-sector trade union UNISON, which is the largest nationwide organization of lesbians and gay men in the UK. The article analyses the struggles over personal identities and political agendas which have been…
Disabled People and the Politics of Difference
Whilst the Disabled People's Movement has necessarily evolved from a consciousness of disability as central to its participants' identities, and a critique of disablism as endemic to institutional discrimination, academics and activists in various civil rights movements are increasingly perturbed by the personal and political dangers generated by an adherence to 'identity politics' simpliciter. The actual complexities of social life-in particular…
Organizing Sexualities, Organized Inequalities: Lesbians and Gay Men in Public Service Occupations
This article examines the experiences of lesbians and gay men who are employed in a variety of public service occupations in the UK, drawing upon interview material gathered during a broader research project on lesbian and gay self‐organization within the public sector trade union UNISON. It forges pathways through hitherto unexplored territories by concentrating upon career trajectories beyond the closet, arguing that those who dare to come out …
Self-organise and Survive: Disabled people in the British trade union movement
This article considers 'self-organisation' as a survival strategy for marginalised groups within the British trade union movement. It arises from an ongoing research project into the 'self-organised groups' for women, black members, disabled members, and lesbian and gay members within the public sector unions NALGO and UNISON. Initially, I provide an overview of the relevant literature on trade unions and their marginalised memberships, and argue…
Organizing Sexualities, Organized Inequalities: Lesbians and Gay Men in Public Service Occupations
This article examines the experiences of lesbians and gay men who are employed in a variety of public service occupations in the UK, drawing upon interview material gathered during a broader research project on lesbian and gay self‐organization within the public sector trade union UNISON. It forges pathways through hitherto unexplored territories by concentrating upon career trajectories beyond the closet, arguing that those who dare to come out …
Researching Disability Politics, Or, Some Problems with the Social Model in Practice
This article arises from a research project involving the disabled members' group in UNISON, and problematises the social model which explicitly undergirds the discourses and practices of this group. In abstract terms, there are dangers that the social model can be interpreted in a way which privileges some impaired identities over others, sanctions a separatist ghetto which cannot reach out to other groups of disabled and disadvantaged people, a…
Disabled People and the Politics of Difference
Whilst the Disabled People's Movement has necessarily evolved from a consciousness of disability as central to its participants' identities, and a critique of disablism as endemic to institutional discrimination, academics and activists in various civil rights movements are increasingly perturbed by the personal and political dangers generated by an adherence to 'identity politics' simpliciter. The actual complexities of social life-in particular…
Bewitched or Bewildered? 'Facts' and 'Values' in Audit Commission Texts
The Audit Commission undertakes audits and inspections in relation to local government, housing, social services, education and the health service, and in effect presides over the local governance of welfare. It legitimates its work by reference to a peculiar fact-value nexus which has bewitched many proponents of welfare economics and evidence-based practice and bewildered many councillors and professionals, suggesting that the nexus itself need…
Self-organise and Survive: Disabled people in the British trade union movement
This article considers 'self-organisation' as a survival strategy for marginalised groups within the British trade union movement. It arises from an ongoing research project into the 'self-organised groups' for women, black members, disabled members, and lesbian and gay members within the public sector unions NALGO and UNISON. Initially, I provide an overview of the relevant literature on trade unions and their marginalised memberships, and argue…
Self-Organization and Trade Union Democracy
This article is an offshoot of a three year study into the self-organized groups for women, black members, disabled members and lesbians and gay men which have been enshrined in the constitution of the UK's public sector union UNISON. The argument is that self-organization has become a significant axis around which trade union democracy is being reconstituted in the late twentieth century. However, our understanding of this phenomenon has been ob…
New Labour and the regulatory reform of social care
In its mission to modernize public services, the New Labour government has placed a great deal of faith in the ever expanding regulatory apparatus. A partnership between the Audit Commission and the Social Services Inspectorate has resulted in joint reviews of social services authorities, and these have become the vehicle for comparing performance across authorities and ascertaining compliance with central government policies. This article draws …
Cracks in the Feminist Mirror: Research and Reflections on Lesbians and Gay Men Working Together
This article is an offshoot of a research project on lesbian and gay self-organization in the UK's public sector union UNISON. The site upon which lesbians and gay men 'work together' is a complex and contradictory one, located at the juncture of several pathways - women's and men's movements, gendered politics and sexual politics, purist ghettos and queer rainbows. The UNISON group furnishes an ideal site for a case-study of sexual and gendered …
Self-organise and Survive: Disabled people in the British trade union movement
This article considers 'self-organisation' as a survival strategy for marginalised groups within the British trade union movement. It arises from an ongoing research project into the 'self-organised groups' for women, black members, disabled members, and lesbian and gay members within the public sector unions NALGO and UNISON. Initially, I provide an overview of the relevant literature on trade unions and their marginalised memberships, and argue…
To Queer or Not to Queer a Lesbian and Gay Group? Sexual and Gendered Politics at the Turn of the Century
This article explores some emerging tensions between ‘lesbian and gay’ people and politics on the one hand, and ‘queer’ people and politics on the other. These are described by reference to a case-study of the lesbian and gay group in the public-sector trade union UNISON, which is the largest nationwide organization of lesbians and gay men in the UK. The article analyses the struggles over personal identities and political agendas which have been…
Disabled People and the Politics of Difference
Whilst the Disabled People's Movement has necessarily evolved from a consciousness of disability as central to its participants' identities, and a critique of disablism as endemic to institutional discrimination, academics and activists in various civil rights movements are increasingly perturbed by the personal and political dangers generated by an adherence to 'identity politics' simpliciter. The actual complexities of social life-in particular…
Organizing Sexualities, Organized Inequalities: Lesbians and Gay Men in Public Service Occupations
This article examines the experiences of lesbians and gay men who are employed in a variety of public service occupations in the UK, drawing upon interview material gathered during a broader research project on lesbian and gay self‐organization within the public sector trade union UNISON. It forges pathways through hitherto unexplored territories by concentrating upon career trajectories beyond the closet, arguing that those who dare to come out …
Researching Disability Politics, Or, Some Problems with the Social Model in Practice
This article arises from a research project involving the disabled members' group in UNISON, and problematises the social model which explicitly undergirds the discourses and practices of this group. In abstract terms, there are dangers that the social model can be interpreted in a way which privileges some impaired identities over others, sanctions a separatist ghetto which cannot reach out to other groups of disabled and disadvantaged people, a…
Cracks in the Feminist Mirror: Research and Reflections on Lesbians and Gay Men Working Together
This article is an offshoot of a research project on lesbian and gay self-organization in the UK's public sector union UNISON. The site upon which lesbians and gay men 'work together' is a complex and contradictory one, located at the juncture of several pathways - women's and men's movements, gendered politics and sexual politics, purist ghettos and queer rainbows. The UNISON group furnishes an ideal site for a case-study of sexual and gendered …
Self-Organization and Trade Union Democracy
This article is an offshoot of a three year study into the self-organized groups for women, black members, disabled members and lesbians and gay men which have been enshrined in the constitution of the UK's public sector union UNISON. The argument is that self-organization has become a significant axis around which trade union democracy is being reconstituted in the late twentieth century. However, our understanding of this phenomenon has been ob…
Bewitched or Bewildered? 'Facts' and 'Values' in Audit Commission Texts
The Audit Commission undertakes audits and inspections in relation to local government, housing, social services, education and the health service, and in effect presides over the local governance of welfare. It legitimates its work by reference to a peculiar fact-value nexus which has bewitched many proponents of welfare economics and evidence-based practice and bewildered many councillors and professionals, suggesting that the nexus itself need…
New Labour and the regulatory reform of social care
New Labour and the regulatory reform of social care
In its mission to modernize public services, the New Labour government has placed a great deal of faith in the ever expanding regulatory apparatus. A partnership between the Audit Commission and the Social Services Inspectorate has resulted in joint reviews of social services authorities, and these have become the vehicle for comparing performance across authorities and ascertaining compliance with central government policies. This article draws …
Political science (10 works) · Law (9 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Gender Studies (7 works) · Politics (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Unison (6 works) · Healthcare innovation and challenges (5 works) · Social Policy and Reform Studies (5 works) · Economics (4 works)