Communication processes within and around flashpoints of public disorder

Mr Crichter | 01 November 1982

This project examines the role played by communication in aspects of crowd behaviour, in particular its effect on potential disorder. This involves consideration of how crowds come to be formed, the way a crowd communica ...

Political semantics and television syntax;tv news in britain and italy

Ms Brunt | Sociology | 01 October 1988

Aims and methods (as at end of award): the aims of the research were to compare a sample of british and italian news broadcasters in order to establish similarities and differences in the selection and contextualisation of news items and in their vis ...

Labour market adjustment in the uk coalfields

Professor Stephen Fothergill | Human Geography | 01 April 1994

Application abstract: the uk coal industry has experiences near- terminal decline of employment, mostly in areas where it was previously the dominant source of jobs for men and where there was already above-average unemployment. Yet despite the decl ...

Coal and community a comparative study of 3 mining communities after the strike

Prof Chas Critcher | 01 November 1986

This is a comparative study of three mining communities, selected for their comparability in terms of size, demographic structure and the importance of mining in the local economy, and for their contrasting involvement in the dispute (ie whether soli ...

An oral history of the miners strike in a south yorkshire pit village

Dr Gibbon | 01 June 1985

Studies of the miners strike have in general focused on their national political dimensions. Local records of the strike have generally been confined to memorabilia. The study aims to provide a systematic narrative of the strike and its aftermath, fo ...

Management in professional organisations + how research scientists construct this reality

Professor John Mcauley | Management and Business Studies | 01 January 1996

Application abstract: during the last decade increased attention has been given to the ways in which professional organisations can be effectively managed. This research aims to extend this debate in the arena of the professional scientist. Three res ...

Economic inactivity and unemployment amongst men in the uk

Professor Stephen Fothergill | Human Geography | 01 April 1997

There has been a substantial fall in economic activity amongst men in the uk. In essence, more men of working age are neither in employment nor recorded as unemployed. One possibilty, widely canvasssed, is that the rise in inactivity hides unemployme ...

Responses to contemporary change in britain's mining communities (continued)

Prof Chas Critcher | Sociology | 01 March 1994

Abstract: these are the main results of study of four mining communities undertaken by researchers at sheffield hallam university from april 1991 to november 1993. 320 past or present miners or their wives were surveyed from four pits: two closed, on ...

Unemployment and the labour market in britain's seaside towns

Professor Stephen Fothergill | Human Geography | 01 March 2001

The aim of the research is to investigate the causes of the high claimant unemployment now found in most of britain’s seaside towns. The project is examining the validity of explanations based not only on the decline of the traditional tourist base b ...

Conflict and cooperation in contracting for professional services: a comparative study

Professor Peter Vincent-Jones | Socio-Legal Studies | 01 April 1996