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Drawing on a wide range of British and Argentine sources, this book
highlights the importance of the neglected 1960s as the decade in
which the dormant Falklands (Malvinas) dispute became reactivated,
developing into a dynamic set of bilateral negotiations on the
question of sovereignty. Contrary to the conventional emphases on
Argentine nationalism, British geopolitical interests and the
islanders' self-determination, this book presents decolonisation
itself as the process which both re-ignited the dispute and made
its resolution more difficult. On the one hand, Argentina's
reaction to the impact of British decolonisation on its claim to
the islands and London's gradual acknowledgement of the unviability
of its South Atlantic colony eroded the status quo. On the other
hand, Argentine fears about the connotations of any bilateral
agreement and Britain's concerns over the repercussions of the
Falklands question on its remaining colonial agenda inhibited
territorial change. The dispute was thus left in a limbo between a
broken status quo and a frustrated sovereignty transfer - a
situation that paved the road to the 1982 confrontation and to the
current bilateral stalemate.
Drawing on a wide range of British and Argentine sources, this book
highlights the importance of the neglected 1960s as the decade in
which the dormant Falklands (Malvinas) dispute became reactivated,
developing into a dynamic set of bilateral negotiations on the
question of sovereignty.
Nigel J. Ashton analyzes Anglo-American relations during a crucial phase of the Cold War. He argues that although policy-makers on both sides of the Atlantic used the term "interdependence" to describe their relationship this concept had different meanings in London and Washington. The Kennedy Administration sought more centralized control of the Western alliance, whereas the Macmillan Government envisaged an Anglo-American partnership. This gap in perception gave rise to a "crisis of interdependence" during the winter of 1962-3, encompassing issues as diverse as the collapse of the British EEC application, the civil war in the Yemen, the denouement of the Congo crisis and the fate of the British independent nuclear deterrent.
Nigel J. Ashton analyses Anglo-American relations during a crucial
phase of the Cold War. He argues that although policy-makers on
both sides of the Atlantic used the term 'interdependence' to
describe their relationship this concept had different meanings in
London and Washington. The Kennedy Administration sought more
centralized control of the Western alliance, whereas the Macmillan
Government envisaged an Anglo-American partnership. This gap in
perception gave rise to a 'crisis of interdependence' during the
winter of 1962-3, encompassing issues as diverse as the collapse of
the British EEC application, the civil war in the Yemen, the
denouement of the Congo crisis and the fate of the British
independent nuclear deterrent.
The years 1955-59 were a vital transitional period for the
Anglo-American relationship in the Middle East. British and
American leaders sought to protect cold war and oil interests in
the region against the background of a renaissance of Arab
nationalism personified by the Egyptian leader Nasser. With the aid
of extensive declassified official documentation, this study traces
the British and American responses to the Turco-Iraqi Pact of 1955,
the Suez crisis, the Syrian crisis of 1957, the outbreak of civil
strife in Lebanon, and the Iraqi Revolution of 1958. It shows how
the differing priorities of the two powers in the region promoted a
patchwork of confrontation and cooperation over Middle Eastern
questions. For Britain, this study reveals that it was the Iraqi
Revolution rather than Suez which led to a redefinition of strategy
in the region, and a concentration on the defence of her oil
interests in the Gulf.
Johnny Sung and David Ashton are two of the leading scholars in the
area of skills. This book combines challenging theories with
cutting edge research in a way that should bring skills to life for
students. I strongly recommend it for anyone researching or
studying in this area. - Irena Grugulis, Leeds University Business
School "A much needed contribution to the complex debate of how
skills can best be utilised to enhance company performance, with
particular emphasis on an innovative sectoral approach. It is a
model of clarity in its presentation of the authors' conceptual
models using a historical narrative as well as comparative case
studies in both the UK and Singapore." - Bert Clough, Leeds
University Business School Public skills policy in most market
economies in the last forty years made one repeated error, time and
again. We seem to be unable to learn from those mistakes.
Consistently, public policies view a wide range of economic and
social issues e.g. low productivity, low-skilled jobs, low wage,
inequality and in-work poverty as the consequence of skills
deficits and a lack of qualifications held by individual workers.
Whilst mis-diagnosing the source of the problems and failing to
deliver any effective change, public skills policies continue with
a policy prescription of 'more skills' and 'more degrees'. If we
have not solved the problems with this decade-old approach, why
should the same medicine work this time? This book examines the
role of public skills policy from a completely different
perspective. It starts by challenging the lack of a systematic
analysis of the link between skills utilisation and business
strategy, and provides a new model for fresh thinking. The book
extends this theoretical analysis to examine the implications for
the sectoral approach to skills development as a more effective
form of public skills policy. David N. Ashton is Emeritus Professor
at the University of Leicester and Honorary Professor at Cardiff
University. Johnny Sung is at The Institute for Adult Learning,
Singapore Workforce Development Agency, Singapore.
In this book, written by David Ashton and Johnny Sung, the ILO is
responding to the widespread interest in learning and training in
high performance work organizations (HPWOs) and has taken up the
challenge of identifying and documenting these innovative
practices. The book looks at many aspects of workplace learning and
training and considers these aspects from the perspective of
workers as well as employers, including the prospective benefits
for the different parties. It also examines the role governments
can play in fostering high performance work practices and, in
particular, encouraging enterprises to make better use of their
employees' skills. This book contributes to the ILO's strategic
objective of creating greater opportunities for women and men to
secure decent work. The HPWOs create the scenario for a win-win
outcome: the companies benefit through increased productivity, and
the employees gain through improved quality of working life -
decent employment - and increased remuneration compared to more
traditional enterprises. The recent research, for the first time,
shows how high performance work practices increase productivity.
The book also shows that employees in HPWOs often have more stable
employment and that equity issues are dealt with in a more open and
fair manner due to the commitment of managers and workers alike.
Mutual trust is an essential element of high performance work
practices.
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