Mike Tomlinson
Biographic Data
| ID | 3673739 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mike Tomlinson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mike |
| FAMILY NAME | Tomlinson |
| SIGNATURE | TOMLINSON M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Queen's University Belfast |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0197-956X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 33 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1980 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Unequal Unemployed
Risking peace in the ‘war against the poor’? Social exclusion and the legacies of the Northern Ireland conflict
Discourses around poverty, dependency and austerity take a particular form regarding Northern Ireland which is seen as ripe for economic ‘rebalancing’ and public sector reduction. The Welfare Reform Act 2012 is pivotal in that it provides the muscle for disciplining claimants for a low-waged, flexible labour market. But the Northern Ireland Assembly has not passed the Act or agreed a budget and the return of Direct Rule beckons as a result. The a…
Comparative Assessment of Methods for Measuring Consensual Poverty
Is everybody happy? The politics and measurement of national wellbeing
This article explores the political and intellectual influences behind the growth of interest in happiness and the emergence of the new ‘science of happiness’. It offers a critique of the use of subjective wellbeing indicators within indexes of social and economic progress, and argues that the proposed United Kingdom's National Well-being Index is over-reliant on subjective measures. We conclude by arguing that the mainstreaming of happiness indi…
From Counter‐terrorism to Criminal Justice
The article explores the extent to which criminal justice in N orthern I reland has been reconstructed over the past 15 years. The focus is on the framework provided in the G ood F riday A greement (1998) and the range of transition processes that followed. Post‐ A greement Inquiries are reviewed and the findings demonstrate the institutional rigidities facing the transformation of criminal justice. While the ideologies and practices of counter‐t…
Equity‐sensitive Indicators of Living Standards With an Application to Northern Ireland
The level of a region's achievement with respect to a particular outcome is usually measured by the mean value of that outcome. This, however, ignores the fact that the distribution of that outcome, between population or geographical subgroups in that region, may be unequal: in order to reflect this inequality, ‘equity‐sensitive’ indicators make a downward adjustment to the mean value of the outcome. This paper extends the notion of ‘equity‐sensi…
Frustrating Patten
Patterns of Policing and Policing Patten
In September 1999 the Independent Commission on Policing in Northern Ireland, chaired by Chris Patten, published its recommendations. This article examines the political context of policing reform, the contents of the report and the rejection of its core ideas in the Police (Northern Ireland) Bill published in May 2000. The central argument of the paper is that the Commission’s radical model of policing – a network of regulating mechanisms in whi…
Government Policies and Employers' Attitudes Towards Long-term Unemployed People in Northern Ireland
The article discusses government policies towards unemployed people in the context of the development of 'fair employment' policy in Northern Ireland. It presents results from a survey of long-term unemployed people in West Belfast which challenge the direction and content of existing training and employment schemes, and their capacity to address inequalities in unemployment between Catholics and Protestants. The article argues that current suppl…
Can Britain leave Ireland? The political economy of war and peace
From Labour to the Tories
Urban politics in Belfast
Is everybody happy? The politics and measurement of national wellbeing
This article explores the political and intellectual influences behind the growth of interest in happiness and the emergence of the new ‘science of happiness’. It offers a critique of the use of subjective wellbeing indicators within indexes of social and economic progress, and argues that the proposed United Kingdom's National Well-being Index is over-reliant on subjective measures. We conclude by arguing that the mainstreaming of happiness indi…
From Labour to the Tories
Risking peace in the ‘war against the poor’? Social exclusion and the legacies of the Northern Ireland conflict
Discourses around poverty, dependency and austerity take a particular form regarding Northern Ireland which is seen as ripe for economic ‘rebalancing’ and public sector reduction. The Welfare Reform Act 2012 is pivotal in that it provides the muscle for disciplining claimants for a low-waged, flexible labour market. But the Northern Ireland Assembly has not passed the Act or agreed a budget and the return of Direct Rule beckons as a result. The a…
Government Policies and Employers' Attitudes Towards Long-term Unemployed People in Northern Ireland
The article discusses government policies towards unemployed people in the context of the development of 'fair employment' policy in Northern Ireland. It presents results from a survey of long-term unemployed people in West Belfast which challenge the direction and content of existing training and employment schemes, and their capacity to address inequalities in unemployment between Catholics and Protestants. The article argues that current suppl…
Patterns of Policing and Policing Patten
In September 1999 the Independent Commission on Policing in Northern Ireland, chaired by Chris Patten, published its recommendations. This article examines the political context of policing reform, the contents of the report and the rejection of its core ideas in the Police (Northern Ireland) Bill published in May 2000. The central argument of the paper is that the Commission’s radical model of policing – a network of regulating mechanisms in whi…
Can Britain leave Ireland? The political economy of war and peace
Comparative Assessment of Methods for Measuring Consensual Poverty
Urban politics in Belfast
From Labour to the Tories
Can Britain leave Ireland? The political economy of war and peace
Government Policies and Employers' Attitudes Towards Long-term Unemployed People in Northern Ireland
The article discusses government policies towards unemployed people in the context of the development of 'fair employment' policy in Northern Ireland. It presents results from a survey of long-term unemployed people in West Belfast which challenge the direction and content of existing training and employment schemes, and their capacity to address inequalities in unemployment between Catholics and Protestants. The article argues that current suppl…
Frustrating Patten
Patterns of Policing and Policing Patten
In September 1999 the Independent Commission on Policing in Northern Ireland, chaired by Chris Patten, published its recommendations. This article examines the political context of policing reform, the contents of the report and the rejection of its core ideas in the Police (Northern Ireland) Bill published in May 2000. The central argument of the paper is that the Commission’s radical model of policing – a network of regulating mechanisms in whi…
Equity‐sensitive Indicators of Living Standards With an Application to Northern Ireland
The level of a region's achievement with respect to a particular outcome is usually measured by the mean value of that outcome. This, however, ignores the fact that the distribution of that outcome, between population or geographical subgroups in that region, may be unequal: in order to reflect this inequality, ‘equity‐sensitive’ indicators make a downward adjustment to the mean value of the outcome. This paper extends the notion of ‘equity‐sensi…
From Counter‐terrorism to Criminal Justice
The article explores the extent to which criminal justice in N orthern I reland has been reconstructed over the past 15 years. The focus is on the framework provided in the G ood F riday A greement (1998) and the range of transition processes that followed. Post‐ A greement Inquiries are reviewed and the findings demonstrate the institutional rigidities facing the transformation of criminal justice. While the ideologies and practices of counter‐t…
Is everybody happy? The politics and measurement of national wellbeing
This article explores the political and intellectual influences behind the growth of interest in happiness and the emergence of the new ‘science of happiness’. It offers a critique of the use of subjective wellbeing indicators within indexes of social and economic progress, and argues that the proposed United Kingdom's National Well-being Index is over-reliant on subjective measures. We conclude by arguing that the mainstreaming of happiness indi…
Comparative Assessment of Methods for Measuring Consensual Poverty
Risking peace in the ‘war against the poor’? Social exclusion and the legacies of the Northern Ireland conflict
Discourses around poverty, dependency and austerity take a particular form regarding Northern Ireland which is seen as ripe for economic ‘rebalancing’ and public sector reduction. The Welfare Reform Act 2012 is pivotal in that it provides the muscle for disciplining claimants for a low-waged, flexible labour market. But the Northern Ireland Assembly has not passed the Act or agreed a budget and the return of Direct Rule beckons as a result. The a…
Unequal Unemployed
Political science (11 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Law (8 works) · Law (8 works) · Economics (7 works) · Politics (7 works) · Irish and British Studies (6 works) · Northern ireland (5 works) · Criminology (3 works) · Economic growth (3 works)