Josie Brooks
Biographic Data
| ID | 4128764 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Josie Brooks |
| GIVEN NAMES | Josie |
| FAMILY NAME | Brooks |
| SIGNATURE | BROOKS J |
| AFFILIATIONS | McGill University Health Centre |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 22 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Prevalence and correlates of mental health difficulties in young Ghanaian children
BACKGROUND: Although 90% of youth live in low- and middle-income countries, only 10% of child mental health research is conducted in these settings. We sought to shed light on the mental health of Ghanaian children by estimating the prevalence of socioemotional difficulties and examining associations with psychosocial risk and protective factors. METHODS: Data come from the cross-sectional Mental Health in Ghana study. Mothers and fathers reporte…
Labour’s Modernization of Local Government
The modernization of local government is central to the government’s plans to revitalize the UK’s constitutional arrangements. Implicitly managerialist, the modernizing local government project also contains centralist and localist themes. Translated into policy, these themes are articulated as leadership, community, democracy and regulation. However, these elements are potentially contradictory and may produce tensions in the project that may be…
Can) Modern Local Government (be) In Touch with the People
The recent White Paper, 'Modern Local Government: In Touch with the People' summarised Labour's project to modernise local government and to renew local democracy. Through the mediating concepts of accountability, responsiveness and representation, it is argued that the modernisation project will renew local authorities' political authority and legitimacy. However, a critical review of the White Paper and other Government's publications which dis…
Labour’s Modernization of Local Government
The modernization of local government is central to the government’s plans to revitalize the UK’s constitutional arrangements. Implicitly managerialist, the modernizing local government project also contains centralist and localist themes. Translated into policy, these themes are articulated as leadership, community, democracy and regulation. However, these elements are potentially contradictory and may produce tensions in the project that may be…
Can) Modern Local Government (be) In Touch with the People
The recent White Paper, 'Modern Local Government: In Touch with the People' summarised Labour's project to modernise local government and to renew local democracy. Through the mediating concepts of accountability, responsiveness and representation, it is argued that the modernisation project will renew local authorities' political authority and legitimacy. However, a critical review of the White Paper and other Government's publications which dis…
Can) Modern Local Government (be) In Touch with the People
The recent White Paper, 'Modern Local Government: In Touch with the People' summarised Labour's project to modernise local government and to renew local democracy. Through the mediating concepts of accountability, responsiveness and representation, it is argued that the modernisation project will renew local authorities' political authority and legitimacy. However, a critical review of the White Paper and other Government's publications which dis…
Labour’s Modernization of Local Government
The modernization of local government is central to the government’s plans to revitalize the UK’s constitutional arrangements. Implicitly managerialist, the modernizing local government project also contains centralist and localist themes. Translated into policy, these themes are articulated as leadership, community, democracy and regulation. However, these elements are potentially contradictory and may produce tensions in the project that may be…
Prevalence and correlates of mental health difficulties in young Ghanaian children
BACKGROUND: Although 90% of youth live in low- and middle-income countries, only 10% of child mental health research is conducted in these settings. We sought to shed light on the mental health of Ghanaian children by estimating the prevalence of socioemotional difficulties and examining associations with psychosocial risk and protective factors. METHODS: Data come from the cross-sectional Mental Health in Ghana study. Mothers and fathers reporte…
Democracy (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Local government (2 works) · Modernization theory (2 works) · Political and Economic history of UK and US (2 works) · Political economy (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Public Administration (2 works) · Sociology (2 works)