A De Ruyter
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 4805403 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | A De Ruyter |
| NOMBRES | A |
| APELLIDO | De Ruyter |
| FIRMA | DE RUYTER A |
| AFILIACIONES | Birmingham City University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7965-6445 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 20 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 94 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 21 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2000 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 6 |
Intersectional challenges and resilience strategies among global majority women in UK healthcare
The National Health Service in the United Kingdom is one of the most diverse healthcare systems globally, yet global majority women healthcare professionals from racialised and migrant backgrounds continue to experience entrenched inequalities. Their careers and well-being are shaped by the intersections of race, gender, religion, and migration status, producing compounded barriers and distinctive resilience practices. This study explores the int…
Regions and just transitions
The UK’s automotive industry is spatially highly concentrated and hence a rapid move towards a net-zero economy has profound spatial implications. The paper combines a novel survey of union workers in two regions with a series of interviews to understand the policy implications of the shift towards ‘net zero’ from an industrial strategy perspective. Our findings suggest that skill acquisition needs to be complemented by a wider place-based indust…
A ‘just transition’ for workers in the automotive sector? Survey evidence from the West Midlands
Employment in the automotive sector is typically spatially concentrated and hence the impact of the transition to low-carbon technologies will have profound subnational effects. Although there is a rich literature around the spatial impact of automotive plant closures, the novelty of this paper lies in its focus on the impact on workers throughout the supply chain in the automotive sector. As such, this paper reports on lessons for supplier firms…
Enabling a just transition
Brexit, trade and UK advanced manufacturing sectors
The paper examines how Brexit has impacted on Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) and suppliers in the UK Midlands, and to what extent such firms are reconfiguring their supply chains with the increase in trade barriers with Brexit. To do this, the paper aims to add to macro studies in the area by using a mixed-methods approach that combines descriptive quantitative analysis of secondary data with a complementary qualitative research analysis…
Shocks, resilience and regional industry policy
This article draws upon novel survey evidence to examine the possible regional impacts of Brexit as a ‘disruptive process’ to manufacturing operations and logistics in the automotive industry, in the context of the regional resilience literature. The current Brexit (and Covid-19) context, along with the sector’s need to re-orientate towards electrification, provides renewed urgency to reconsider industrial policy in spatial terms. The findings ha…
Urban gig workers in Indonesia during Covid-19
This paper uses case study evidence to examine how COVID-19 has impacted on the working conditions of urban gig workers (online ‘ojek’ riders). Initial findings suggest that the platform companies use the term ‘partner’ to commandeer low-cost labour and thereby avoid the obligations required of a contract of employment, and that this vulnerability has become more evident in COVID-19 pandemic conditions. The findings suggest that the platform comp…
Beyond remain vs. leave
This article explores the link between populism and governance arrangements. Adopting a comparative approach between the West Midlands and Scotland, it utilises novel primary qualitative data alongside official results and demographic statistics. Paying particular attention to the perspectives of remain-voters in “left behind” areas and how they perceive their Leave-voting counterparts, the article finds that despite divergent voting patterns bot…
Geographies of discontent
Geography, discontent, disruption, region, populism
The Gig Economy
The 'gig economy' is a relatively recent term coined to describe a range of working arrangements that have previously been denoted as precarious, flexible and contingent. These may include casual workers, temporary agency workers, those on zero-hours contracts and dependent contractors. This books seeks to get behind the contemporary buzz surrounding the term and provide some theoretical and empirical analysis of the gig work phenomenon. The book…
The Gig Economy
The Commonwealth
The central tenet of this article is that geography is the dominant factor in determining trade flows. British accession to the EEC in 1973 did not cause a discernible break in export trends already visible. As a complement to the existing literature on prospects for post-Brexit trade, we consider in-depth case-studies to ascertain the extent to which a reorientation of UK trade flows towards the Commonwealth might be feasible. We consider Nigeri…
Plant closures, precariousness and policy responses
With automotive plants being closed in Australia and western Europe, this article reflects on the employment status of ex-MG Rover (MGR) workers following the closure of the Longbridge plant in 2005. In particular, it draws on Standing's typology of labour market insecurity and uses a mixed-methods approach including an analysis of a longitudinal survey of some 200 ex-MGR workers, and in-depth interviews with ex-workers and policy-makers. While t…
Plant closures and taskforce responses
This paper explores the socio-economic impacts and associated policy responses to the collapse of MG Rover at Longbridge in Birmingham. Critically, it attempts to move beyond a ‘standard’ taskforce narrative that emphasizes the role of the regional response. While recognizing that significant policy ‘successes’ were indeed evident at the regional level in anticipating and responding to the crisis, a wider perspective is required that situates thi…
Globalisation as a driver of employment precariousness? the labour market status of UK auto workers four years after plant closure
In a context of globalisation and structural change, manufacturing workers in developed countries have been vulnerable to plant closure. This article presents the findings of a longitudinal survey examining the labour market status of ex-auto workers, formerly employed by MG Rover, four years after plant closure. In particular, issues of employment precariousness in terms of employment destinations are considered. The findings suggest that a majo…
Employment Outcomes and Plant Closure in a Post-industrial City
This paper examines how the loss of 6300 jobs from the closure of MG Rover (MGR) in the city of Birmingham (UK) in April 2005 affected the employment trajectories of ex-workers, in the context of wider structural change and efforts at urban renewal. The paper presents an analysis of a longitudinal survey of 300 ex-MGR workers, and examines to what extent the state of local labour markets and workers’ geographical mobility—as well as the effective…
Outsourcing the procurement of agency workers
In recent years marked changes have occurred in the way employers recruit and select agency workers, with this activity increasingly being outsourced to third party organizations providing 'vendor managed services' (VMS). Drawing on data from a study of English social services, this article explores the consequences of this outsourcing. The findings reveal that although VMS has delivered cost savings, it has also resulted in less effective placem…
Private equity and the flight of the phoenix four-- the collapse of MG Rover in the UK
This paper explores the nature of the co-called ‘private equity business model' (PEBM) and assesses its shortcomings, using the illustrative example of the role of private equity in structuring the finance and subsequent collapse of MG Rover, as the automotive industry has been a significant destination for private equity financing. The paper outlines the nature of the PEBM. It then details how the PEBM extracts value, before stressing how this c…
Auto plant closures, policy responses and labour market outcomes
This paper provides a preliminary comparative longitudinal analysis of the impact on workers made redundant due to the closure of the Mitsubishi plant in Adelaide and the MG Rover plant in Birmingham. Longitudinal surveys of ex-workers from both firms were undertaken over a 12-month period in order to assess the process of labour market adjustment. In the Mitsubishi case, given the skills shortage the state of Adelaide was facing, together with t…
Globalisation, Economic Freedom and Strategic Decision-Making
This article links the radical institutionalist approaches of Tool and Dugger with the strategic choice perspective to better understand the linkages between freedom, knowledge and participation in the context of a global economy dominated by transnational firms. A concern by economists with ‘negative’ freedom has been challenged by a renewed interest in the ‘positive’ dimension, drawing on Sen's pioneering work on capabilities. The authors argue…
Job Security in Australia
An examination of the discussion surrounding aspects of job security in Australia in light of the apparently conflicting evidence and interpretations of the prevailing trends. Notions of job security need to move beyond the narrow perception of a link to actual or expected job duration. After a discussion of why job security is of policy interest, the various definitions and interpretations of the concept are reviewed. This leads to a considerati…
Plant closures and taskforce responses
This paper explores the socio-economic impacts and associated policy responses to the collapse of MG Rover at Longbridge in Birmingham. Critically, it attempts to move beyond a ‘standard’ taskforce narrative that emphasizes the role of the regional response. While recognizing that significant policy ‘successes’ were indeed evident at the regional level in anticipating and responding to the crisis, a wider perspective is required that situates thi…
Geographies of discontent
Geography, discontent, disruption, region, populism
Enabling a just transition
Shocks, resilience and regional industry policy
This article draws upon novel survey evidence to examine the possible regional impacts of Brexit as a ‘disruptive process’ to manufacturing operations and logistics in the automotive industry, in the context of the regional resilience literature. The current Brexit (and Covid-19) context, along with the sector’s need to re-orientate towards electrification, provides renewed urgency to reconsider industrial policy in spatial terms. The findings ha…
Employment Outcomes and Plant Closure in a Post-industrial City
This paper examines how the loss of 6300 jobs from the closure of MG Rover (MGR) in the city of Birmingham (UK) in April 2005 affected the employment trajectories of ex-workers, in the context of wider structural change and efforts at urban renewal. The paper presents an analysis of a longitudinal survey of 300 ex-MGR workers, and examines to what extent the state of local labour markets and workers’ geographical mobility—as well as the effective…
Brexit, trade and UK advanced manufacturing sectors
The paper examines how Brexit has impacted on Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) and suppliers in the UK Midlands, and to what extent such firms are reconfiguring their supply chains with the increase in trade barriers with Brexit. To do this, the paper aims to add to macro studies in the area by using a mixed-methods approach that combines descriptive quantitative analysis of secondary data with a complementary qualitative research analysis…
Regions and just transitions
The UK’s automotive industry is spatially highly concentrated and hence a rapid move towards a net-zero economy has profound spatial implications. The paper combines a novel survey of union workers in two regions with a series of interviews to understand the policy implications of the shift towards ‘net zero’ from an industrial strategy perspective. Our findings suggest that skill acquisition needs to be complemented by a wider place-based indust…
Outsourcing the procurement of agency workers
In recent years marked changes have occurred in the way employers recruit and select agency workers, with this activity increasingly being outsourced to third party organizations providing 'vendor managed services' (VMS). Drawing on data from a study of English social services, this article explores the consequences of this outsourcing. The findings reveal that although VMS has delivered cost savings, it has also resulted in less effective placem…
Plant closures, precariousness and policy responses
With automotive plants being closed in Australia and western Europe, this article reflects on the employment status of ex-MG Rover (MGR) workers following the closure of the Longbridge plant in 2005. In particular, it draws on Standing's typology of labour market insecurity and uses a mixed-methods approach including an analysis of a longitudinal survey of some 200 ex-MGR workers, and in-depth interviews with ex-workers and policy-makers. While t…
Private equity and the flight of the phoenix four-- the collapse of MG Rover in the UK
This paper explores the nature of the co-called ‘private equity business model' (PEBM) and assesses its shortcomings, using the illustrative example of the role of private equity in structuring the finance and subsequent collapse of MG Rover, as the automotive industry has been a significant destination for private equity financing. The paper outlines the nature of the PEBM. It then details how the PEBM extracts value, before stressing how this c…
Auto plant closures, policy responses and labour market outcomes
This paper provides a preliminary comparative longitudinal analysis of the impact on workers made redundant due to the closure of the Mitsubishi plant in Adelaide and the MG Rover plant in Birmingham. Longitudinal surveys of ex-workers from both firms were undertaken over a 12-month period in order to assess the process of labour market adjustment. In the Mitsubishi case, given the skills shortage the state of Adelaide was facing, together with t…
A ‘just transition’ for workers in the automotive sector? Survey evidence from the West Midlands
Employment in the automotive sector is typically spatially concentrated and hence the impact of the transition to low-carbon technologies will have profound subnational effects. Although there is a rich literature around the spatial impact of automotive plant closures, the novelty of this paper lies in its focus on the impact on workers throughout the supply chain in the automotive sector. As such, this paper reports on lessons for supplier firms…
Globalisation, Economic Freedom and Strategic Decision-Making
This article links the radical institutionalist approaches of Tool and Dugger with the strategic choice perspective to better understand the linkages between freedom, knowledge and participation in the context of a global economy dominated by transnational firms. A concern by economists with ‘negative’ freedom has been challenged by a renewed interest in the ‘positive’ dimension, drawing on Sen's pioneering work on capabilities. The authors argue…
Beyond remain vs. leave
This article explores the link between populism and governance arrangements. Adopting a comparative approach between the West Midlands and Scotland, it utilises novel primary qualitative data alongside official results and demographic statistics. Paying particular attention to the perspectives of remain-voters in “left behind” areas and how they perceive their Leave-voting counterparts, the article finds that despite divergent voting patterns bot…
Job Security in Australia
An examination of the discussion surrounding aspects of job security in Australia in light of the apparently conflicting evidence and interpretations of the prevailing trends. Notions of job security need to move beyond the narrow perception of a link to actual or expected job duration. After a discussion of why job security is of policy interest, the various definitions and interpretations of the concept are reviewed. This leads to a considerati…
Globalisation, Economic Freedom and Strategic Decision-Making
This article links the radical institutionalist approaches of Tool and Dugger with the strategic choice perspective to better understand the linkages between freedom, knowledge and participation in the context of a global economy dominated by transnational firms. A concern by economists with ‘negative’ freedom has been challenged by a renewed interest in the ‘positive’ dimension, drawing on Sen's pioneering work on capabilities. The authors argue…
Auto plant closures, policy responses and labour market outcomes
This paper provides a preliminary comparative longitudinal analysis of the impact on workers made redundant due to the closure of the Mitsubishi plant in Adelaide and the MG Rover plant in Birmingham. Longitudinal surveys of ex-workers from both firms were undertaken over a 12-month period in order to assess the process of labour market adjustment. In the Mitsubishi case, given the skills shortage the state of Adelaide was facing, together with t…
Private equity and the flight of the phoenix four-- the collapse of MG Rover in the UK
This paper explores the nature of the co-called ‘private equity business model' (PEBM) and assesses its shortcomings, using the illustrative example of the role of private equity in structuring the finance and subsequent collapse of MG Rover, as the automotive industry has been a significant destination for private equity financing. The paper outlines the nature of the PEBM. It then details how the PEBM extracts value, before stressing how this c…
Outsourcing the procurement of agency workers
In recent years marked changes have occurred in the way employers recruit and select agency workers, with this activity increasingly being outsourced to third party organizations providing 'vendor managed services' (VMS). Drawing on data from a study of English social services, this article explores the consequences of this outsourcing. The findings reveal that although VMS has delivered cost savings, it has also resulted in less effective placem…
Globalisation as a driver of employment precariousness? the labour market status of UK auto workers four years after plant closure
In a context of globalisation and structural change, manufacturing workers in developed countries have been vulnerable to plant closure. This article presents the findings of a longitudinal survey examining the labour market status of ex-auto workers, formerly employed by MG Rover, four years after plant closure. In particular, issues of employment precariousness in terms of employment destinations are considered. The findings suggest that a majo…
Employment Outcomes and Plant Closure in a Post-industrial City
This paper examines how the loss of 6300 jobs from the closure of MG Rover (MGR) in the city of Birmingham (UK) in April 2005 affected the employment trajectories of ex-workers, in the context of wider structural change and efforts at urban renewal. The paper presents an analysis of a longitudinal survey of 300 ex-MGR workers, and examines to what extent the state of local labour markets and workers’ geographical mobility—as well as the effective…
Plant closures and taskforce responses
This paper explores the socio-economic impacts and associated policy responses to the collapse of MG Rover at Longbridge in Birmingham. Critically, it attempts to move beyond a ‘standard’ taskforce narrative that emphasizes the role of the regional response. While recognizing that significant policy ‘successes’ were indeed evident at the regional level in anticipating and responding to the crisis, a wider perspective is required that situates thi…
Plant closures, precariousness and policy responses
With automotive plants being closed in Australia and western Europe, this article reflects on the employment status of ex-MG Rover (MGR) workers following the closure of the Longbridge plant in 2005. In particular, it draws on Standing's typology of labour market insecurity and uses a mixed-methods approach including an analysis of a longitudinal survey of some 200 ex-MGR workers, and in-depth interviews with ex-workers and policy-makers. While t…
The Gig Economy
The 'gig economy' is a relatively recent term coined to describe a range of working arrangements that have previously been denoted as precarious, flexible and contingent. These may include casual workers, temporary agency workers, those on zero-hours contracts and dependent contractors. This books seeks to get behind the contemporary buzz surrounding the term and provide some theoretical and empirical analysis of the gig work phenomenon. The book…
The Gig Economy
The Commonwealth
The central tenet of this article is that geography is the dominant factor in determining trade flows. British accession to the EEC in 1973 did not cause a discernible break in export trends already visible. As a complement to the existing literature on prospects for post-Brexit trade, we consider in-depth case-studies to ascertain the extent to which a reorientation of UK trade flows towards the Commonwealth might be feasible. We consider Nigeri…
Urban gig workers in Indonesia during Covid-19
This paper uses case study evidence to examine how COVID-19 has impacted on the working conditions of urban gig workers (online ‘ojek’ riders). Initial findings suggest that the platform companies use the term ‘partner’ to commandeer low-cost labour and thereby avoid the obligations required of a contract of employment, and that this vulnerability has become more evident in COVID-19 pandemic conditions. The findings suggest that the platform comp…
Beyond remain vs. leave
This article explores the link between populism and governance arrangements. Adopting a comparative approach between the West Midlands and Scotland, it utilises novel primary qualitative data alongside official results and demographic statistics. Paying particular attention to the perspectives of remain-voters in “left behind” areas and how they perceive their Leave-voting counterparts, the article finds that despite divergent voting patterns bot…
Geographies of discontent
Geography, discontent, disruption, region, populism
Shocks, resilience and regional industry policy
This article draws upon novel survey evidence to examine the possible regional impacts of Brexit as a ‘disruptive process’ to manufacturing operations and logistics in the automotive industry, in the context of the regional resilience literature. The current Brexit (and Covid-19) context, along with the sector’s need to re-orientate towards electrification, provides renewed urgency to reconsider industrial policy in spatial terms. The findings ha…
Brexit, trade and UK advanced manufacturing sectors
The paper examines how Brexit has impacted on Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) and suppliers in the UK Midlands, and to what extent such firms are reconfiguring their supply chains with the increase in trade barriers with Brexit. To do this, the paper aims to add to macro studies in the area by using a mixed-methods approach that combines descriptive quantitative analysis of secondary data with a complementary qualitative research analysis…
A ‘just transition’ for workers in the automotive sector? Survey evidence from the West Midlands
Employment in the automotive sector is typically spatially concentrated and hence the impact of the transition to low-carbon technologies will have profound subnational effects. Although there is a rich literature around the spatial impact of automotive plant closures, the novelty of this paper lies in its focus on the impact on workers throughout the supply chain in the automotive sector. As such, this paper reports on lessons for supplier firms…
Enabling a just transition
Regions and just transitions
The UK’s automotive industry is spatially highly concentrated and hence a rapid move towards a net-zero economy has profound spatial implications. The paper combines a novel survey of union workers in two regions with a series of interviews to understand the policy implications of the shift towards ‘net zero’ from an industrial strategy perspective. Our findings suggest that skill acquisition needs to be complemented by a wider place-based indust…
Intersectional challenges and resilience strategies among global majority women in UK healthcare
The National Health Service in the United Kingdom is one of the most diverse healthcare systems globally, yet global majority women healthcare professionals from racialised and migrant backgrounds continue to experience entrenched inequalities. Their careers and well-being are shaped by the intersections of race, gender, religion, and migration status, producing compounded barriers and distinctive resilience practices. This study explores the int…
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