scholarly journals Scholarship and Sports Diplomacy: the Cases of Japan and the United Kingdom

Diplomatica ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 363-385
Author(s):  
J. Simon Rofe ◽  
Verity Postlethwaite
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Knowledge Exchange ◽  
The State ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Dominant Discourse ◽  
Sports Diplomacy ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Sport Events ◽  
The Uk ◽  
International Sport

Abstract This article explores scholarship regarding diplomatic processes and actors engaged in recent international sport events hosted by the United Kingdom and Japan. The article points to the range of actors involved, focusing on organizing committees, and assesses the effectiveness of sports diplomacy at a range of levels that go beyond a focus on the state. It uses international sport events documentation, global media archives, and public and private comments related to the United Kingdom and Japan. The article addresses three key issues: 1) Olympic-dominant discourse: the dominance and shift in process between hosting an Olympic Games and onto other events; 2) Western-dominant discourse: the differences between Japan and the UK in demonstrating distinct “East” and “West” sports diplomacy approaches; 3) State-dominant discourse: the role of knowledge exchange and elite networks that transcend the state and involve a range of different actors, such as the organizing committee.

scholarly journals Features of transformation of legal entities in the conditions of Brexit

2021 ◽  
pp. 531-538
Author(s):  
Olha Ovechkina
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
The State ◽  
Member States ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Actual Location ◽  
The Eu ◽  
Legal Entities

In connection with the decision to withdraw the UK from the EU a number of companies will need to take into account that from 1 January 2021 EU law will no longer apply to the United Kingdom and will become a "third country" for EU Member States, unless the provisions of bilateral agreements or multilateral trade agreements. This means that the four European freedoms (movement of goods, services, labor and capital) will no longer apply to UK companies to the same extent as they did during the UK's EU membership. The purpose of the article is to study, first of all, the peculiarities of the influence of Great Britain's withdrawal from the European Union on the legal regulation of the status of European legal entities. Brexit results in the inability to register European companies and European economic interest groups in the UK. Such companies already registered before 01.01.2021 have the opportunity to move their place of registration to an EU Member State. These provisions are defined in Regulations 2018 (2018/1298) and Regulations 2018 (2018/1299).British companies with branches in EU Member States will now be subject to the rules applicable to third-country companies, which provide additional information on their activities. In the EU, many countries apply the criterion of actual location, which causes, among other things, the problem of non-recognition of legal entities established in the country where the criterion of incorporation is used (including the United Kingdom), at the same time as the governing bodies of such legal entities the state where the settlement criterion is applied. Therefore, to reduce the likelihood of possible non-recognition of British companies, given the location of the board of such a legal entity in the state where the residency criterion applies, it seems appropriate to consider reincarnation at the actual location of such a company. Reducing the risks of these negative consequences in connection with Brexit on cross-border activities of legal entities is possible by concluding interstate bilateral and multilateral agreements that would contain unified rules on conflict of law regulation of the status of legal entities.

Jim Bulpitt's Territory and Power in the United Kingdom and Interpreting Political Development: Bringing the State and Temporal Analysis Back In

2010 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
pp. 318-344 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan Bradbury
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Theoretical Approach ◽  
Political Development ◽  
Comparative Research ◽  
Temporal Analysis ◽  
The State ◽  
General State ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Relative Neglect ◽  
The Uk

AbstractThis article addresses the relative neglect of Territory and Power in informing the study of general state political development, both as a theoretical approach and in its application to the UK. It locates Territory and Power as a distinct contribution to two major schools of comparative research. The first section argues that Territory and Power provided an approach that was part of the intellectual turn during the 1980s to bring the state back into the analysis of politics. The second part argues that Territory and Power should be seen also as a contribution to the intellectual turn since the 1980s towards temporal analysis of political development. On these bases future researchers may find Territory and Power more accessible as a work that they can incorporate in their own research.

scholarly journals The Private Fund Limited Partnership: a new fund vehicle for the UK

2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 75-78
Author(s):  
Sally Gibson ◽  
Geoffrey Kittredge ◽  
Simon Witney
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Global Fund ◽  
Investment Management ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Limited Partnership ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
The Face ◽  
The Uk

Purpose To explain the UK government’s long-awaited reforms to limited partnership law. Design/methodology/approach This article discusses the key updates to limited partnership law in the UK that the reforms represent and draws some conclusions as to what may lay ahead. Findings The article concludes that the new regime is a welcome step and one that should help the United Kingdom to remain competitive as a jurisdiction for global fund formation in the face of competition from other jurisdictions. Originality/value This article contains key details on the new limited partnership regime in the UK and guidance from experienced lawyers with specialties in investment management and public and private funds.

scholarly journals The process of British integration with European Union

2017 ◽  
pp. 161-170
Author(s):  
Olha Samoilova
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
European Community ◽  
The State ◽  
The European Union ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Leading Position ◽  
State Of Affairs ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Eu

The relations with the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland are of the great importance for the European Union as well as for the United Kingdom, since the latter is dependent on the EU policies to some extent. As British nation has formally started the process of leaving the organization, it is important to investigate the process that led to the current state of affairs. To understand the current problem between sides, the history and process of establishing the relations should be studied. The problems appearing throughout the time still remain unresolved and prove the mutual interdependence and importance of their addressing for both the United Kingdom and the European Union. The article researches the main stages of British integration with the EU and their influence on the international relations within the European community. Since the first failed application to join the EEC in 1961 and later accession in 1973, the UK managed to occupy the leading position in the European Community with a number of beneficial rights. However, within the state the European integration provoked conflicts, i.e. between those who believe that Britain's future lies with Europe and those who believe it does not. In 1980-s the UK politicians stressed that the state paid a lot more into the EC budget than other members due to its relative lack of farms. The situation was worsened by J. Delors’ policy towards a more federal Europe and a single currency. T. Blair’s government was more European in its outlook than its predecessor, as he actively advocated the expansion of the European Union. However, Blair’s desire to get closer with the US dissatisfied Europeans. In 2011 D. Cameron became the first UK prime minister to veto a EU treaty. After winning reelection in May 2015, D. Cameron started the process of renegotiating the UK-EU relationship, putting on the list such issues as changes in migrant welfare payments, financial safeguards and easier ways for Britain to block EU regulations. On 23 June 2016 UK voters, inspired by Cameron, elected to withdraw from the European Union. The consequences of Brexit caused serious challenges the UK has to overcome in the nearest future.

scholarly journals What the US can learn from the UK about the protection of privacy

2009 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 308-312 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oscar H. Gandy Jr.
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
The State ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
House Of Lords ◽  
The Us ◽  
The Uk

In February 2009 the House of Lords Constitutional Committee in the United Kingdom published the report Surveillance: Citizens and the State. Some have hailed this as a landmark document. The following is one of four commentaries that the editors of Surveillance & Society solicited in response to the report.

The State of Scotland

2020 ◽  
pp. 675-688
Author(s):  
Neal Ascherson
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Civil Society ◽  
The State ◽  
Distant Future ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Parliamentary Sovereignty ◽  
Political Relations ◽  
Scottish Government ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Scottish Politics

In the context of Brexit, it is easy to see Scottish government as a model of consistency and stability whilst the UK government displays the opposite. This is a false impression, with Scottish politics dominated by the constitutional question. One view is that Scotland’s constitutional journey can end only with independence; that would be excessively teleological. Devolution has revived distinctive ‘European’ features in Scottish constitutional thinking as political relations between London and Edinburgh grow less consensual. This is incompatible with the archaic English doctrine of parliamentary sovereignty, an inconsistency which hardly mattered until devolution. Harder to measure has been the quiet, continuing sundering of ‘Britishness’ in civil society. Independence, in short, remains a serious option. It is which the voters in 2014 chose not to select. But it is probable that they will be offered that choice again, in the not-distant future, in different circumstances. There can be no going back from devolution. But going forward from it could make the United Kingdom unrecognizable and project the old ‘British’ nations—England included—into a more modern and flexible relationship.

The portability of social rights of the United Kingdom with the European Union: Facts, issues, and prospects

2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 325-340
Author(s):  
Robert Holzmann ◽  
Jacques Wels
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
National Level ◽  
The State ◽  
European Economic Area ◽  
The European Union ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Child Allowances ◽  
The Uk ◽  
State Pension

The portability of social benefits – such as the state pension, child allowances and unemployment benefits – for international migrants is regulated by social security agreements concluded between countries or at supra-national level, such as within the European Economic Area (EEA). Focusing on the United Kingdom, this article aims at capturing the main issues that have been recently raised by such agreements, with particular emphasis on the case of migration between the UK and Europe. The first part of the paper summarises the main consideration researchers and policy makers should bear in mind in looking at portability. Using data from the 2013 World Bank migration matrix, the second part of the paper compares the stock of British migrants residing abroad and the stock of foreigners living in the United Kingdom. The third part of the paper summarises the main issues that were raised in relation to the EEA multilateral agreement including the notion of residence, the state pension, family allowances, and the portability of health care benefits. The conclusions highlight the main concerns and options that lie ahead following the withdrawal of the UK from the European Union.

scholarly journals Watching fracking in the United Kingdom: Corporate state and the hidden contradictions of shale gas controversy

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Szolucha
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Shale Gas ◽  
Social Processes ◽  
The State ◽  
Regulatory Oversight ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Main Factors ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Corporate State ◽  
Invasive Control

The shale gas controversy in the UK has grown to enormous proportions. The government’s efforts to facilitate shale gas exploration have been matched by the surge of local and national opposition. People’s democratic concerns and the distrust of the industry rather than the physical impacts of fracking may be the main factors that motivate resistance. This, however, explains the symptoms rather than the causes of the controversy. The underlying social processes of the controversy are inherent in the emerging formations of the “corporate state”. Instead of transparency and engagement, regulatory oversight and technocratic thinking have brought about invasive control and disempowerment. The corporate state thrives within such controversies because they create conditions for the reassertion of corporatizing mechanisms, reducing the democratic potentials of society and the state.

The State, the Market, and Competitive Strategy: The Housebuilding Industry in the United Kingdom, France, and Sweden

1992 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 381-400 ◽  
Author(s):  
J Barlow ◽  
A King
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Housing Market ◽  
Competitive Strategy ◽  
The State ◽  
Market Regulation ◽  
Competitive Strategies ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Housebuilding Industry ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Relationship

The objective in this paper is to compare the competitive strategies of the housebuilding industry in the United Kingdom, France, and Sweden. It is focused on the relationship between the different mechanisms by which the housing market is regulated and the competitive methods adopted by firms in each country. By using a detailed study of over 100 firms in the three countries, it is argued that there is a relationship between the forms of market regulation, the level of uncertainty and risk faced by housebuilders, and their profit-making strategies. Finally, some of the implications of the findings for the UK housebuilding industry in the 1990s are considered.

scholarly journals Quality Personnel the Bane of the University Students Participation in National Competition?: The Case of Kenya

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 50
Author(s):  
Janet Chumba ◽  
Simon Munayi ◽  
Jacob S. Nteere
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
University Students ◽  
Public Universities ◽  
Private Universities ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Diverse Field ◽  
National Competition ◽  
Private And Public ◽  
International Sport

Kenyan university students have performed relatively poorly compared to their counterparts in Australia and the United Kingdom when it has come to International sports participations. Could this be attributed to the personnel handling sports at the Kenyan Universities? This study went out to look at the perceptions of the students participating in sports at public and private universities in Kenya. Further, the study went out to look at the qualifications and quantification of personnel in both private and public universities in Kenya. The study used a descriptive research design. A questionnaire was used on 268 students responded. An interview schedule was used on 10 directors and chairmen of sports directorates and departments. A further 28 sports personnel in public and private universities in Kenya were also used in the study. The results indicate that personnel in Kenyan University had diverse field of training. There was need to arrest this diversity and create a more focused sports trained personnel if the Kenyan university expect to make the same impact as that of Australia and the United Kingdom in international sport. Results also show that private universities in Kenya have better and available personnel than the public universities.

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