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Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Public Inquiry · Irish politicians: No level too low to get at the loot

Public Inquiry · Irish politicians: No level too low to get at the loot: "In these times when the bulk of Irish people are suffering enormous difficulties as a direct result of the incompetence, greed, corruption and arrogance of the body politic such payments verge on the criminal and treasonous."?

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: ENCOURAGECHANGE.: Adrienne Coleton - LinkedIn

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: ENCOURAGECHANGE.: Adrienne Coleton - LinkedIn: "Can there ever be a one size fits all solution?''"

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: donnaca o connell and emily o reilly - Google Search

ENCOURAGECHANGE.: donnaca o connell and emily o reilly - Google Search: "'Donncha O'Connell. ... Theo Dorgan, Dr Diarmuid Martin, Emily O'Reilly and Sean Og O hAilpin, ...'FUNNY OLD WORLD ISENT IT?"

SSRN-The Death of Socio-Economic Rights by Paul O'Connell

SSRN-The Death of Socio-Economic Rights by Paul O'Connell: "Over the last decade apex courts in Canada, India, and South Africa – which have traditionally been viewed as progressive and broadly socio-economic rights friendly courts – have issued judgments that are, fundamentally, at variance with the meaningful protection of socio-economic rights. Drawing on the experiences in these three countries, and others, this paper will argue that this jurisprudential turn can be understood as a de facto harmonisation of constitutional rights protection in the context of neo-liberal globalisation. The various national courts, although dealing with idiosyncratic domestic constitutional provisions, have nonetheless articulated analogous conceptions of fundamental rights; which are atomistic, “market friendly” and more broadly congruent with the narrow neo-liberal conception of rights, and consequently antithetical to the protection of socio-economic rights"?THE REASONS PROJECT?

UK professions dominated by the wealthy; Nepotism and networking restricts access to top jobs according to official report

UK professions dominated by the wealthy; Nepotism and networking restricts access to top jobs according to official report: "Alan Milburn, a former cabinet minister appointed by UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown to advise on social mobility, said a Cabinet Office report published on Tuesday, showed “shocking” evidence the Professions had “become more, not less, socially exclusive” with access governed by“who you know, not what you know”."?

SpunOut.ie - The Mag - Rant your rage - The Irish economy and the Irish people

SpunOut.ie - The Mag - Rant your rage - The Irish economy and the Irish people: "I betcha they wouldn't give the money half as quick to the ordinary person who needs it most.''"?SO WHO OR WHAT ARE THESE "ORDINARY"PERSONS THAT THE ELITE IN IRISH SOCIETY REFER TO?CLASS-INEQUALITY?

Cultural Capital

Cultural Capital: "'Why working-class kids get working-class jobs'."?