Simon Pemberton
Biographic Data
| ID | 3754338 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Simon Pemberton |
| GIVEN NAMES | Simon |
| FAMILY NAME | Pemberton |
| SIGNATURE | PEMBERTON S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Liverpool |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3485-7929 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 45 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 297 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 45 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 9 |
Examining the Effectiveness of Interventions for Criminal Justice-Involved Women: A Meta-Analytic Review
Academic understanding of women’s gendered pathways into the criminal justice system has grown significantly over the last 20 years. Allied to this development has been an increasing number of gender-responsive practices and interventions designed to address the needs of criminal justice-involved women. This meta-analysis summarizes the trends in 71 interventions extracted from 64 papers involving justice-involved women. Subgroup analysis and met…
The actions of key agents in facilitating rural super-gentrification: Evidence from the English countryside
Whilst the process of gentrification in rural spaces is widely recognised, there has been less focus to date on the emergence of rural super-gentrification - defined as the displacement of the wealthy from rural communities by the super-wealthy. Of the limited work which has been conducted on super-gentrification, this has focused on the nature and outcomes of displacement taking place in different rural settings without considering the actions o…
Superdiversity and Urban Planning
Previous research exploring the relationship between diversity and urban planning has overwhelmingly focused on the multicultural city. In contrast, there has been much less focus to date on the challenges of increasing superdiversity for urban planning. The chapter initially highlights how superdiversity is leading to changes in the spatial distribution of migrants in the city and away from traditional thinking that there are just one or two lar…
Rapid charging provision, multiplicity and battery electric vehicle (BEV) mobility in the UK
Staying’ as climate change adaptation strategy: A proposed research agenda
After encounters: Revealing patients’ unseen work through their pathways to care
Purpose Research has long focused on the notion of access and the trajectory towards a healthcare encounter but has neglected what happens to patients after these initial encounters. This paper focuses attention on what happens after an initial healthcare encounter leading to a more nuanced understanding of how patients from a diverse range of backgrounds make sense of medical advice, how they mix this knowledge with other forms of information an…
The paradox of mobility for older people in the rural-urban fringe
Rural Regeneration in the UK
Understanding social exclusion: The views of the UK public
Understanding social exclusion: The views of the UK public
Despite considerable policy interest, how the public understand and respond to the concept of social exclusion is not well understood within academic social research. Involving the public in such debates is important in establishing the political acceptability of social scientific concepts and in ensuring that operational definitions and measures faithfully reflect lived experiences. This paper draws on qualitative development work preparatory to…
Access to healthcare in superdiverse neighbourhoods
New representations of rural space: Eastern European migrants and the denial of poverty and deprivation in the English countryside
Migrant place-making in super-diverse neighbourhoods: Moving beyond ethno-national approaches
Whilst attention has previously focused on the importance of monolithic ethnic identities on migrant place-making, less attention has been paid to how place-making proceeds in super-diverse urban neighbourhoods where no single ethnic group predominates. This paper makes an original contribution by identifying the factors that shape migrants’ affinity with, or alienation from, super-diverse neighbourhoods. Through using and critiquing an analytica…
Endless Pressure: Life on a Low Income in Austere Times
Much has been written that details the decline in living standards following the ‘credit crunch’ in the UK. It remains that we understand to a lesser degree the lived reality of poverty through the Great Recession and into the era of austerity. This article draws on testimonies of 62 participants from low income households conducted in three different areas of the UK during 2012–13 to document the pressures that this period brought to bear on the…
Urban planning and the challenge of super-diversity
Little attention to date has focused on the role of urban planning in responding to migration-related super-diversity. Through a focus on a city (Liverpool, UK) which is becoming increasingly superdiverse, the paper highlights the importance of class based differences – over and above ethnic and cultural differences – in shaping the practices of urban planners. Along with the recency and speed of population change, the importance of legal status …
Navigating the stigmatised identities of poverty in austere times: Resisting and responding to narratives of personal failure
Behavioural explanations of poverty and disadvantage have figured heavily in political rhetoric in the era of austerity, as a means to understand trajectories into poverty and subsequent relationships between benefit claimants and the state. These discourses are not restricted to political debate, as previous studies demonstrate they impact upon public consciousness and structure the ways that the general public think about poverty, as well as sh…
Strategies and tactics for local market making in the Temporary Staffing Industry
Understanding healthcare practices in superdiverse neighbourhoods and developing the concept of welfare bricolage: Protocol of a cross-national mixed-methods study
BACKGROUND: Diversity in Europe has both increased and become more complex posing challenges to both national and local welfare state regimes. Evidence indicates specific barriers for migrant, faith and minority ethnic groups when accessing healthcare. However, previous studies of health in diverse cities in European countries have mainly adopted an ethno-national focus. Taking into account the new complexity of diversity within cities, a deeper …
The 'filling in' of community-based planning in the devolved UK
Political devolution in the UK has afforded opportunities for studying policy differences and similarities in relation to local-level community-based planning initiatives in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Organised around the concepts of 'lesson-drawing' and the 'filling in' of local governance, this paper critically considers aspects of policy design and development associated with community-based planning within and between the …
Are We All Agreed? Consensual Methods and the 'Necessities of Life' in the UK Today
In recent decades, consensual approaches to poverty measurement have been widely adopted in large-scale survey research both in the UK and internationally. However, while ascertaining the extent of public agreement on the 'necessities of life' has been central to this approach, long-standing critiques have questioned the nature of public consensus on poverty derived using survey methods. By drawing on new primary research preparatory to the2012 U…
The Rescaling of Economic Governance: Insights into the Transitional Territories of England
The development of functional economic areas and their relationship to governance has been attracting considerable attention. New forms of sub-regional governance have emerged that have been interpreted in a variety of ways. Within this context, a different approach to multiscalar governance linked to economic space is emerging at a European level in relation to the implementation of the Lisbon Treaty. This is embedding the principles of subsidia…
‘Regions Out—Sub-regions In’—Can Sub-regional Planning Break the Mould? The View from England
A number of fundamental concerns have been raised over the recent abolition of regional economic and planning institutions processes and associated plans and strategies in England. In particular, questions have arisen over the strength and democratic accountability of the new arrangements emerging at a sub-regional scale—namely local enterprise partnerships (LEPs) that as yet have neither legal powers nor any formal planning role. Consequently, t…
Resisting the advance of the security state: The impact of frameworks of resistance on the UK'S securitisation agenda
The UK Migrant Cap, Migrant Mobility and Employer Implications
Advocates of the “borderless world” thesis suggest that migrant workers can benefit from employment opportunities available everywhere, with workers simply migrating towards these opportunities. However, as global inequalities widen and potential global mobilities develop, states are “managing” migration. Individual migrant “agency”, its structuration, and the subsequent experiences of migrants and employers, can restrict such mobility. Consequen…
The Policies and Politics of Managed Migration: Exploring Mature Labour Migration from Central and Eastern Europe into the UK
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 and policy impacts of ‘mature’ CEE labour migrants. This paper draws on a recent study in North-West England to highlight how structural factors and individual agency intersect in different ways for su…
From the 'Old' to the 'New' Suspect Community: Examining the Impacts of Recent UK Counter-Terrorist Legislation
The ‘war on terror’ has emerged as the principal conflict of our time, where ‘Islamic fanaticism’ is identified as the greatest threat to Western liberal democracies. Within the United Kingdom, and beyond, this political discourse has designated Muslims as the new ‘enemy within’—justifying the introduction of counter-terrorist legislation and facilitating the construction of Muslims as a ‘suspect community’. In this paper, we develop Hillyard's (…
Navigating the stigmatised identities of poverty in austere times: Resisting and responding to narratives of personal failure
Behavioural explanations of poverty and disadvantage have figured heavily in political rhetoric in the era of austerity, as a means to understand trajectories into poverty and subsequent relationships between benefit claimants and the state. These discourses are not restricted to political debate, as previous studies demonstrate they impact upon public consciousness and structure the ways that the general public think about poverty, as well as sh…
Migrant place-making in super-diverse neighbourhoods: Moving beyond ethno-national approaches
Whilst attention has previously focused on the importance of monolithic ethnic identities on migrant place-making, less attention has been paid to how place-making proceeds in super-diverse urban neighbourhoods where no single ethnic group predominates. This paper makes an original contribution by identifying the factors that shape migrants’ affinity with, or alienation from, super-diverse neighbourhoods. Through using and critiquing an analytica…
Rethinking the changing structures of rural local government – State power, rural politics and local political strategies
Demystifying Deaths in Police Custody: Challenging State Talk
This article seeks to understand the processes which occur after a death in police custody in England and Wales. The analytical focus falls upon the identities which are attributed to the victim by state actors. It will be argued that these identities are part of a discursive formation `state talk' which seeks to inflate the dangers faced by state actors in order to legitimate their often oppressive interventions in the lives of marginalized grou…
New representations of rural space: Eastern European migrants and the denial of poverty and deprivation in the English countryside
Staying’ as climate change adaptation strategy: A proposed research agenda
Restating the case for the 'suspect community: A Reply to Greer
Journal Article Restating the case for the 'suspect community': A Reply to Greer Get access Christina Pantazis, Christina Pantazis * *Centre for the Study of Poverty and Social Justice, School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol, 8 Priory Road, Clifton, Bristol, BS8 ITZ, UK; [email protected]. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Simon Pemberton Simon Pemberton Search for other works by this author…
Policy transfer and the UK's ‘war on terror: A Political Economy Approach
Utilising a political economy perspective in examining the UK's counter-terrorist strategy since September 2001, we argue that there are observable economic and political interests influencing the development and implementation of policy. Specifically, there are significant electoral gains to be made and also lucrative contracts to be won in the new security environment. These interests have culminated in the UK being both an ‘importer’ of policy…
The actions of key agents in facilitating rural super-gentrification: Evidence from the English countryside
Whilst the process of gentrification in rural spaces is widely recognised, there has been less focus to date on the emergence of rural super-gentrification - defined as the displacement of the wealthy from rural communities by the super-wealthy. Of the limited work which has been conducted on super-gentrification, this has focused on the nature and outcomes of displacement taking place in different rural settings without considering the actions o…
Responding to the crisis: Economic Stabilisation Grants
This article reviews some of the mainstream policies proposed to tackle the economic crisis of 2008-09 and its aftermath, and goes on to advocate a policy of economic stabilisation grants (ESGs). It argues that ESGs, which would be paid to every citizen at a rate that could be varied according to the severity of the crisis, would be more effective in boosting aggregate demand and more efficient in terms of resource allocation. Unlike the alternat…
Urban planning and the challenge of super-diversity
Little attention to date has focused on the role of urban planning in responding to migration-related super-diversity. Through a focus on a city (Liverpool, UK) which is becoming increasingly superdiverse, the paper highlights the importance of class based differences – over and above ethnic and cultural differences – in shaping the practices of urban planners. Along with the recency and speed of population change, the importance of legal status …
Endless Pressure: Life on a Low Income in Austere Times
Much has been written that details the decline in living standards following the ‘credit crunch’ in the UK. It remains that we understand to a lesser degree the lived reality of poverty through the Great Recession and into the era of austerity. This article draws on testimonies of 62 participants from low income households conducted in three different areas of the UK during 2012–13 to document the pressures that this period brought to bear on the…
Reconfiguring Security and Liberty: Political Discourses and Public Opinion in the New Century
The debate about the relationship between security and liberty has intensified in liberal democracies since September 2001. In this article, we argue that corrosive legislative developments in UK counter-terrorism have been made possible by the emergence of a centre-right political consensus that discursively ‘trades’ the freedoms of the ‘minority’ or ‘Muslim Other’ for the protection of the ‘law-abiding majority’. This consensus has drawn on, as…
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
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 housing markets. Through case study analysis, the degree to which such movement is beneficial—through stabilising areas of low demand and improving community cohesion—or problematic, given the increase…
Strategies and tactics for local market making in the Temporary Staffing Industry
The Rescaling of Economic Governance: Insights into the Transitional Territories of England
The development of functional economic areas and their relationship to governance has been attracting considerable attention. New forms of sub-regional governance have emerged that have been interpreted in a variety of ways. Within this context, a different approach to multiscalar governance linked to economic space is emerging at a European level in relation to the implementation of the Lisbon Treaty. This is embedding the principles of subsidia…
Whistleblowing, organisational harm and the self-regulating organisation
Whistleblowing has emerged as a key element of regulatory strategy. This article provides a brief, theoretical analysis of the claimed affinities between whistleblowing, self-regulation and corporate social responsibility. It then addresses a series of key issues in relation to whistleblowing: the individual, organisational and social characteristics associated with the decision to blow the whistle (or not); the consequences of reporting organisa…
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’
Pemberton S. and Stevens C. 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. 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 Eas…
Understanding social exclusion: The views of the UK public
Despite considerable policy interest, how the public understand and respond to the concept of social exclusion is not well understood within academic social research. Involving the public in such debates is important in establishing the political acceptability of social scientific concepts and in ensuring that operational definitions and measures faithfully reflect lived experiences. This paper draws on qualitative development work preparatory to…
The 'filling in' of community-based planning in the devolved UK
Political devolution in the UK has afforded opportunities for studying policy differences and similarities in relation to local-level community-based planning initiatives in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Organised around the concepts of 'lesson-drawing' and the 'filling in' of local governance, this paper critically considers aspects of policy design and development associated with community-based planning within and between the …
Devolution, Community Planning and Institutional Decongestion
Devolution in the UK has been in place for a decade. It was introduced in a differentiated manner with respect to executive, legislative and financial powers. It created opportunities for the devolved administrations to devise more appropriate governance arrangements to address their individual economic and social issues. In addressing inherited institutional and policy fragmentation and deficits, however, this has contributed to a 'congested sta…
The paradox of mobility for older people in the rural-urban fringe
Access to healthcare in superdiverse neighbourhoods
A Video Testimony on Rural Poverty and Social Exclusion
In this paper, we seek to illustrate the potential theoretical and methodological contributions that video research methods can make in advancing social-scientific understanding and informing public debates on social problems. We do so by presenting findings on the experience and impacts of poverty and exclusion based upon the video 'testimony' with 33 people experiencing low income in one relatively remote rural area, the County of Herefordshire…
Institutional governance, scale and transport policy – lessons from Tyne and Wear
Partnerships, Power, and Scale in Rural Governance
Partnerships have become established as a significant vehicle for the implementation of rural development policy in Britain. In promoting new working relationships between different state agencies and between the public, private, and voluntary sectors, partnerships have arguably contributed to a reconfiguration of the scalar hierarchy of the state. In this paper we draw on recent debates about the ‘politics of scale’ and on empirical examples fro…
Skills to deliver regeneration: Building and releasing capacity in the context of Egan: Evidence from Merseyside
Regeneration for all: Measuring and enhancing levels of Black and other racial minorities' economic activity
Purpose The purpose of this article is to explore whether it is possible to analyse if Black and other racial minorities (BRM) groups in Liverpool are benefiting from processes of regeneration, and their impact on levels of BRM employment and economic activity. Design/methodology/approach The article draws on official social and economic statistics and on qualitative interview data to provide a case study analysis. Findings It is argued that loca…
Demystifying Deaths in Police Custody: Challenging State Talk
This article seeks to understand the processes which occur after a death in police custody in England and Wales. The analytical focus falls upon the identities which are attributed to the victim by state actors. It will be argued that these identities are part of a discursive formation `state talk' which seeks to inflate the dangers faced by state actors in order to legitimate their often oppressive interventions in the lives of marginalized grou…
Devolution, Community Planning and Institutional Decongestion
Devolution in the UK has been in place for a decade. It was introduced in a differentiated manner with respect to executive, legislative and financial powers. It created opportunities for the devolved administrations to devise more appropriate governance arrangements to address their individual economic and social issues. In addressing inherited institutional and policy fragmentation and deficits, however, this has contributed to a 'congested sta…
Supporting Economic Migrants in the North West of England: Implications for Economic and Social Policy
This article considers the characteristics and experiences of economic migrants arriving in the UK from the `A8' Accession countries following the enlargement of the EU in 2004. Through case study analysis focused on the north west of England, the article attempts to fill gaps in knowledge of A8 migrant worker communities and their local and regional impact. This is particularly pertinent given that the vast majority of research to date in the UK…
Social Inclusion and the `Get Heard' Process: Implications for the Horizontal and Vertical Integration of Governance and Policy in the UK
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 interventions are being developed. The European Union's 'Open Method of Co-ordination' is of relevance given its emphasis on making a decisive impact on poverty and social exclusion by 2010 through stimulating…
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
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 housing markets. Through case study analysis, the degree to which such movement is beneficial—through stabilising areas of low demand and improving community cohesion—or problematic, given the increase…
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’
Pemberton S. and Stevens C. 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. 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 Eas…
From the 'Old' to the 'New' Suspect Community: Examining the Impacts of Recent UK Counter-Terrorist Legislation
The ‘war on terror’ has emerged as the principal conflict of our time, where ‘Islamic fanaticism’ is identified as the greatest threat to Western liberal democracies. Within the United Kingdom, and beyond, this political discourse has designated Muslims as the new ‘enemy within’—justifying the introduction of counter-terrorist legislation and facilitating the construction of Muslims as a ‘suspect community’. In this paper, we develop Hillyard's (…
Policy transfer and the UK's ‘war on terror: A Political Economy Approach
Utilising a political economy perspective in examining the UK's counter-terrorist strategy since September 2001, we argue that there are observable economic and political interests influencing the development and implementation of policy. Specifically, there are significant electoral gains to be made and also lucrative contracts to be won in the new security environment. These interests have culminated in the UK being both an ‘importer’ of policy…
Moving beyond the limits of joined-up government? Meta-governance, quality of relations and addressing the politics of joining-up
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 finance, reconsideration is therefore required of how to secure greater horizontal and vertical integration by LSPs in regeneration policy, budgeting and service delivery. To this end, it is suggested…
Rethinking the changing structures of rural local government – State power, rural politics and local political strategies
Restating the case for the 'suspect community: A Reply to Greer
Journal Article Restating the case for the 'suspect community': A Reply to Greer Get access Christina Pantazis, Christina Pantazis * *Centre for the Study of Poverty and Social Justice, School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol, 8 Priory Road, Clifton, Bristol, BS8 ITZ, UK; [email protected]. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Simon Pemberton Simon Pemberton Search for other works by this author…
Responding to the crisis: Economic Stabilisation Grants
This article reviews some of the mainstream policies proposed to tackle the economic crisis of 2008-09 and its aftermath, and goes on to advocate a policy of economic stabilisation grants (ESGs). It argues that ESGs, which would be paid to every citizen at a rate that could be varied according to the severity of the crisis, would be more effective in boosting aggregate demand and more efficient in terms of resource allocation. Unlike the alternat…
New Forms of Sub-regional Governance and Implications for Rural Areas: Evidence from England
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 scales of working have increasingly been promoted as a means of securing greater spatial equity and economic competitiveness. But whilst significant attention has been placed on the impact of new sub-regi…
Reconfiguring Security and Liberty: Political Discourses and Public Opinion in the New Century
The debate about the relationship between security and liberty has intensified in liberal democracies since September 2001. In this article, we argue that corrosive legislative developments in UK counter-terrorism have been made possible by the emergence of a centre-right political consensus that discursively ‘trades’ the freedoms of the ‘minority’ or ‘Muslim Other’ for the protection of the ‘law-abiding majority’. This consensus has drawn on, as…
Whistleblowing, organisational harm and the self-regulating organisation
Whistleblowing has emerged as a key element of regulatory strategy. This article provides a brief, theoretical analysis of the claimed affinities between whistleblowing, self-regulation and corporate social responsibility. It then addresses a series of key issues in relation to whistleblowing: the individual, organisational and social characteristics associated with the decision to blow the whistle (or not); the consequences of reporting organisa…
A Video Testimony on Rural Poverty and Social Exclusion
In this paper, we seek to illustrate the potential theoretical and methodological contributions that video research methods can make in advancing social-scientific understanding and informing public debates on social problems. We do so by presenting findings on the experience and impacts of poverty and exclusion based upon the video 'testimony' with 33 people experiencing low income in one relatively remote rural area, the County of Herefordshire…
‘Regions Out—Sub-regions In’—Can Sub-regional Planning Break the Mould? The View from England
A number of fundamental concerns have been raised over the recent abolition of regional economic and planning institutions processes and associated plans and strategies in England. In particular, questions have arisen over the strength and democratic accountability of the new arrangements emerging at a sub-regional scale—namely local enterprise partnerships (LEPs) that as yet have neither legal powers nor any formal planning role. Consequently, t…
Resisting the advance of the security state: The impact of frameworks of resistance on the UK'S securitisation agenda
The UK Migrant Cap, Migrant Mobility and Employer Implications
Advocates of the “borderless world” thesis suggest that migrant workers can benefit from employment opportunities available everywhere, with workers simply migrating towards these opportunities. However, as global inequalities widen and potential global mobilities develop, states are “managing” migration. Individual migrant “agency”, its structuration, and the subsequent experiences of migrants and employers, can restrict such mobility. Consequen…
The Policies and Politics of Managed Migration: Exploring Mature Labour Migration from Central and Eastern Europe into the UK
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 and policy impacts of ‘mature’ CEE labour migrants. This paper draws on a recent study in North-West England to highlight how structural factors and individual agency intersect in different ways for su…
The Rescaling of Economic Governance: Insights into the Transitional Territories of England
The development of functional economic areas and their relationship to governance has been attracting considerable attention. New forms of sub-regional governance have emerged that have been interpreted in a variety of ways. Within this context, a different approach to multiscalar governance linked to economic space is emerging at a European level in relation to the implementation of the Lisbon Treaty. This is embedding the principles of subsidia…
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