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"Milton Friedman and George J. Stigler shaped economics as we know it today - their Chicago School laid the groundwork for much of the neoclassical tradition in economic analysis. This book brings together a collection of letters from these two Noble laureates from the post-war years, containing new information about their personal and professional relationships, and also illuminating the development of ideas which are now fundamental to economic theory. The book, edited by Dan and Claire Hammond, contains an introductory chapter, chronologies for Friedman and Stigler, and transcripts of 71 letters written from 1945 to 1957 along with enclosures."--Jacket

AbstractThe HILDA Survey is one of a small but growing number of household‐based, country‐specific longitudinal studies that share similar designs and data on individual and household social and economic wellbeing. All track outcomes over time as individuals dynamically form and dissolve personal and professional relationships. The similarities of the data invite researchers to study, compare and contrast social and economic outcomes of Australians with outcomes of residents of other countries. This review summarises published comparative research that uses HILDA data, notes how HILDA contributes, and highlights how and on what topics scholars might use HILDA data to generate additional insights.

ABSTRACTFounded on an evaluative review of core group practice in a northern metropolitan borough of England, this paper highlights the tensions and difficulties that might inhibit the quality of post‐registration services to children and their families. Insights from the empirical data as well as theoretical literature have been explored in the light of current and developing policies. This exploration is focused on inter‐agency coordination; inter‐professional relationships; and partnership with parents and children. The recruitment and retention of social workers, the potential contribution of Children's Trusts, as well as unconscious processes relating to child abuse and child protection, are all given consideration.

At the end of the nineteenth century, the drive to "professionalize" anthropology in the United States promoted the development of particular patterns of interaction between archaeologists and their patrons, which had a significant impact on the conduct of research. The expansion of fieldwork and the acquisition of collections required the financial backing of sponsors, whose own ambitions often diverged from those of the scholars whom they supported. This essay explores shifts in patron‐professional relationships in southwestern archaeology at the turn of the century, using the case of the Hyde Expedition to Chaco Canyon (1896‐1909). [archaeology, history, patronage, U.S. Southwest]

The paper discusses the development and conventions for use of a classroom observation tool designed to support secondary school teachers in Aotearoa New Zealand to develop respectful learning relationships and culturally responsive pedagogy in their classrooms. This tool was created within a programme of teacher professional development to support the improvement of indigenous Māori students' achievement and engagement in learning. The Ministry of Education recognised the need for an extensive change in practices across the entire education sector that required a shift in thinking and behaviour. The observation tool was therefore designed to support formative assessment, focused on change, through deliberate and democratic professionalism. Initial data, whilst not conclusive, suggest this tool has the potential to support more effective cultural relationships and responsive pedagogy in classrooms thus improving learning and engagement among Māori students through increased self-efficacy, pride and a sense of themselves as culturally located. ; open access article

Evidence-based strategies are needed to curb the growing cases of physical inactivity related morbidities. Delivering holistic care through collaborative shared decision making could boost the effectiveness of physical activity referral schemes (PARS) and foster the quality of care for patients with multimorbidity. A qualitative study involving semi-structured telephone interviews was utilised to gain insights from Australian PARS stakeholders (general practitioners, exercise physiologists, and patients). A pluralistic evaluation approach was employed to explore and integrate participants' opinions and experiences of PARS and their recommendations were used to develop a model for quality care delivery in PARS initiatives. Five overarching themes: promote, relate, incentivise, communicate, and educate were identified as the 'PRICE' for developing effective and functional PARS programmes that foster quality patient care. It was evident that PARS programmes or policies aimed at optimising publicity, encouraging incentives, improving interdisciplinary information sharing and professional relationships between patients and healthcare professionals can transform healthcare delivery and provide top quality PARS care services to patients. Therefore, governments, healthcare systems, and PARS administrators can translate and leverage the insights from this study to optimise the delivery of high quality care to PARS patients.

The topic of parental engagement in the context of child protection is of significant international interest, given much documented problems of achieving effective 'partnerships' where professional agencies raise serious concerns about children. This article reports the findings of a qualitative study of interaction between professionals and parents in the quasi-judicial setting of pre-proceedings meetings in England. Recent legislative changes in England and Wales have aimed to improve the prospects for effective partnership work with parents through a revised pre-proceedings process. Through detailed examination of parent-professional interaction using methods of applied discourse studies, the study highlights the constraints that institutional requirements create in terms of the differential rights and obligations of parents and professionals. Inevitably, that talk is asymmetrically organized in favour of the local authority, leads to resistance on the part of parents. The study highlights problems of engaging parents who display both active and passive forms of resistance, as they seek to challenge or reject organizational goals. The study concludes with broader observations about the likely limits of legislative efforts that seek to 're-order' the complex relationships between parents and professionals in child protection work.

In this study, the authors contribute insight into the relationship between pay satisfaction and turnover intention as well as between job satisfaction and turnover intention amongst young Indian professionals by segregating the respondents into two groups based on the median age. Data were collected from 230 working Indian executives, having median age of 25, from various industries such as Information Technology, Public Sector Units, Pharmacy, and Fast Moving Consumer Goods where they expressed their views on turnover intentions, job satisfaction & pay satisfaction in their respective organizations. The results revealed the negative relationship between turnover intention and job satisfaction and also between turnover intention and pay satisfaction. However, when age is introduced as a variable having a moderating effect on the above relationships, it was noticed that pay satisfaction is more significant than job satisfaction when it comes to intention to quit a job for employees who are relatively experienced having an age greater than the median age of 25; whereas, for employees less than the median age, turnover intention is driven more by job satisfaction than pay satisfaction. Findings from this study offer important implications for theory & research in turnover intention driven by factors like pay satisfaction and job satisfaction with the moderating effect of age of employees.

This study explores how the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic influenced family routines, relationships and technology use (smartphones and tablet computers) among families with infants. Infancy is known to be an important period for attachment security and future child development, and a time of being susceptible to changes within and outside of the family unit. A qualitative design using convenience sampling was employed. A total of 30 mothers in Perth, Western Australia participated in semi-structured interviews by audio or video call. All mothers were parents of infants aged 9 to 15 months old. Interviews were audio-recorded and transcribed, and data were analysed using thematic analysis to code and identify themes in an inductive manner. Families described staying home and stopping all external activities. Three themes relating to family interactions and wellbeing were found: enhanced family relationships; prompted reflection on family schedules; and increased parental stress. Two themes related to family device use were found: enabled connections to be maintained; and source of disrupted interactions within the family unit. Overall, participants described more advantages than downsides of device use during COVID-19. Findings will be of value in providing useful information for families, health professionals and government advisors for use during future pandemic-related restrictions.

Non-physically abusive acts (underpinned by coercive control) are more prevalent than physical or sexual violence within intimate partner relationships. Yet, little is known about survivors' help-seeking journeys or the efficacy of existing services in addressing this need. We present findings from a survey of UK-based domestic violence and abuse (DVA) and sexual violence (SV) practitioners (n = 279) exploring experiences of providing care to women with histories of non-physical abuse. Our findings suggest that survivors often seek help for non-physical abuse from specialist DVA and SV services, but wider professional agencies often overlook the severity of this experience of abuse in the absence of physical or sexual violence. The impacts of non-physical abuse on survivors' health and wellbeing are severe and there are multiple barriers to support, particularly within the criminal justice system. Our findings highlight the urgent need to increase public and professional awareness of non-physical abuse and its consequences for training of wider agencies (for example, police, child protection, legal services) and for sustainable funding that increases long-term support options for survivors and their children.

AbstractThis paper reports on data that is part of a wider evaluation of a small‐scale project that offers support to parents, children and families affected by alcohol and substance use. Using semi‐structured interviews and a focus group, the data in this paper explore mother's sense making of their substance use and their experiences of various professional interventions which have helped or hindered their personal journeys of recovery. Mothers' narratives suggested a self‐critical inner dialogue conceptualized as shame. Fear of stigma and a sense of shame derived from historical abuse and had a profound effect on how mothers perceived themselves and how they negotiated a web of professionals involved in their lives. Community projects with a focus on understanding mothers and their needs, and not the risk they posed to their children, were considered most supportive. Interventions working within a non‐judgemental and empathetic framework that fostered the importance of relationships and connection had a greater impact on mothers' long‐term recovery goals.

The travel sketchbook is an artistic and literary genre with multiple definitions. However, it has standardised characteristics when published which raise the issue of the publisher's role in the travel sketchbook definition. The question of this research is: to what extent does the editorial policy of an independent travel publisher reveal the travel sketchbook's artistic, literary and graphic conception and make it to a full editorial genre? The aim is to evaluate the gap between the author's travel sketchbook artistic conception and the processes by which the publisher adapts this conception to its own editorial policy.The methodology used was built on a five months internship in an independent travel publishing house, four semi-directive interviews and a literature about work sociology, as well as a body of research about the book genre question. The main results show that the publisher plays a preponderant role in the sketchbook definition and that it does not always answer to the authors' expectations. Despite the necessary professional relationship between the publisher, the graphic designer and the authors, it cannot always be egalitarian and thus cause disagreements. To a greater extent, the edited travel sketchbook is defined by rules that make it an staging of the travel sketchbook's manuscript. ; Le carnet de voyage est un genre artistique et littéraire qui connaît de multiples définitions. Pourtant, il revêt des caractéristiques standardisées dans l'édition qui posent la question du rôle de l'éditeur dans la définition du carnet de voyage. Il s'agit donc de se demander dans quelle mesure la politique éditoriale d'une maison d'édition indépendante de voyage permet de mettre en avant la conception artistique, littéraire et graphique du carnet de voyage et d'en faire un genre éditorial à part entière ? L'objectif de cette étude est d'évaluer l'écart qui existe entre la conception artistique du carnet de voyage par son auteur et les processus par lesquels l'éditeur adapte cette conception à sa propre ...

Zadie Smith's novel Swing Time (2016) traverses the geographies and temporalities of the Black Atlantic, unsettling conventional definitions of a black African diaspora, and restlessly interrogating easy gestures of identification and belonging. In my analysis of Smith's text, I argue that these interconnected spaces and the characters' uneasy and shifting identities are representative of post-diasporic communities and subjectivities. The novel's representations of female friendships, mother-daughter relationships, and professional relationships between women, however, demonstrate that experiences of diaspora/postdiaspora are complicated by issues of gender. Forms of black dance and African diasporic music represent the novel's concerns with mobility and stillness; dance is used by its young female characters as a "diasporic resource" (Nassy Brown 2005, 42), a means of negotiating and contesting existing structures of gender, class and culture.

Introduction: The present study examines the information on the medical profession and how the changes occurring in the medical practice, the social role and the evaluation of the physician are reflected in the English and Hungarian language medical sociology textbooks used in Hungary. Method: We analyzed chapters of Hungarian language medical sociology textbooks of thelast 25 years that discuss medical profession and student choices, and textbooks used in English language courses of Semmelweis University. Results: The corpus of the Hungarian textbooks (history of medical profession, medical role models, models of doctor-patient relationships, medical socialization) stayed relatively unchanged. While preserving the myth of the medical profession, there are criticisms towards the role and relationship models. The theme of the medical education gradually disappears from theEnglish language textbooks. The social positions of the medical profession and health care are discussed in a broader context, focusing on the health care system and health care provision, incorporating the allied professions, and taking aspects of patients/consumers into greater consideration. Summary: Both textbook types reflect on the changes in the social position of the medical profession. However, the English literature approaches the modernization processes from the angles of the health care system and health care provision, resulting in the diminishing importance of the topic of medical profession while the Hungarian literature focuses on the profession and professional education of physicians.

The travel sketchbook is an artistic and literary genre with multiple definitions. However, it has standardised characteristics when published which raise the issue of the publisher's role in the travel sketchbook definition. The question of this research is: to what extent does the editorial policy of an independent travel publisher reveal the travel sketchbook's artistic, literary and graphic conception and make it to a full editorial genre? The aim is to evaluate the gap between the author's travel sketchbook artistic conception and the processes by which the publisher adapts this conception to its own editorial policy.The methodology used was built on a five months internship in an independent travel publishing house, four semi-directive interviews and a literature about work sociology, as well as a body of research about the book genre question. The main results show that the publisher plays a preponderant role in the sketchbook definition and that it does not always answer to the authors' expectations. Despite the necessary professional relationship between the publisher, the graphic designer and the authors, it cannot always be egalitarian and thus cause disagreements. To a greater extent, the edited travel sketchbook is defined by rules that make it an staging of the travel sketchbook's manuscript. ; Le carnet de voyage est un genre artistique et littéraire qui connaît de multiples définitions. Pourtant, il revêt des caractéristiques standardisées dans l'édition qui posent la question du rôle de l'éditeur dans la définition du carnet de voyage. Il s'agit donc de se demander dans quelle mesure la politique éditoriale d'une maison d'édition indépendante de voyage permet de mettre en avant la conception artistique, littéraire et graphique du carnet de voyage et d'en faire un genre éditorial à part entière ? L'objectif de cette étude est d'évaluer l'écart qui existe entre la conception artistique du carnet de voyage par son auteur et les processus par lesquels l'éditeur adapte cette conception à sa propre politique éditoriale.La méthodologie de ce mémoire, construite à partir d'un stage de cinq mois dans une maison d'édition indépendante de voyage, de quatre entretiens semi-directifs et d'une littérature s'inscrivant dans le domaine de recherche de la sociologie du travail ainsi que dans la question du genre, a permis de montrer que l'éditeur joue un rôle prépondérant dans la définition du carnet de voyage et qu'elle ne correspond pas toujours aux attentes des carnettistes. Si la relation professionnelle entretenue entre l'éditeur, le graphiste et les auteurs est déterminante dans ce travail, celle-ci ne peut pas toujours être égalitaire et produit donc des désaccords. Dans une plus large mesure, le carnet de voyage édité est soumis à des lois qui en font une mise en scène du carnet de voyage manuscrit.