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Item The approaches carrying out research with organisation AX(Palgrave MacMillan, 2025-03-11)This short Pivot explores the the physical, emotional, and psychological impact of the lived experiences of asylum seekers on the staff and volunteers of third sector organisations who assist and support them. The understanding of the issues, challenges and barriers of frontline staff who work with asylum seekers by understanding how Covid-19 affected their support work is often overlooked and not widely reported. Many organisations work diligently and without much media attention and are motivated by their mission to help and support vulnerable individuals from marginalised social groups. This research adopts a Constructivist Grounded Theory (CGT) which is a qualitative research method that involves co-constructing theories with participants. It is based on the theory that we all form views based on our own life experiences. As this work is multi-disciplinary, this approach is justified and used in many examples of social science research. The views of staff are heard within the research to give meaning to the work that they do and understand how their work impacts the lives of asylum seekers and refugees. It also is used as a means of reflection as to their own emotions, and feeling based on their experiences during the pandemic helping others. Similarly, the views and opinions of asylum seekers are necessary as they describe the impact that the pandemic had on them and the way they were still accommodated by staff during the social restrictions which were in place at that time.Item Tourism, place branding, and consumer behaviour(Springer Nature Switzerland, 2025-03-11)Given the symbolic significance of places such as nations, regions, cities, and gated communities, the ideas of brands and branding are being applied to them in recent times. For example, nation branding is becoming common especially as countries compete among themselves for resources and opportunities like investment inflows and skilled professionals. Similarly, consumers make inferences about goods and services offered in the marketplace based on the extent of the attractiveness of the countries where they originated from. This is commonly tagged country-of-origin (COO) effect. As there are several stakeholders associated with places such as tourists, residents, and governments, it becomes imperative for place marketers to consider inclusivity in the formulation of brand strategies. This chapter explores these issues and how they are being influenced by the digital transformation which permeates virtually all elements of the marketing systems. Apart from unpacking these salient issues with references to some pertinent cases, the chapter also features a discussion of the future of place branding consumer behaviour as well as the wide-ranging implications of the ideas.Item “People Are still not receiving good care because of who they are” : An account of inequalities of elderly people from ethnic minorities in the UK(Springer Nature Switzerland, 2024-05-08)The UK is the home or second home of 18% of the total population (2021) from an ethnic minority background. For some of these population groups, migration occurred during the mid-twentieth century, and this means they now form part of the elderly population, which has led to a rapidly changing profile of the older UK population. Living in a culturally different country has also created challenges for the elderly ethnic population where cultural expectations around care are impacted by their family’s capacity to provide care and the availability (or not) of culturally appropriate services. Disparities among ethnic minorities across a range of social and healthcare outcomes are not new; however, the COVID-19 pandemic exposed inequalities like never before. In light of the above, this chapter explores the historical inequalities experienced by an ageing ethnic population and the social and economic factors which led to or contributed to these disparities and which are evidenced in the UK deprivation data. This chapter highlights some of the major changes in social policies and explores their related impact on elderly minority populations. Understanding the experience of inequalities by an ageing ethnic population is incomplete without also including the accounts of service providers and the challenges of providing services and support. Finally, this chapter presented how elderly ethnic minority people have negotiated (and continue to negotiate) an uncertain future in the UK as a resilient and resourceful community.Item Identifying victims of human trafficking - the legal Issues, challenges and barriers(Palgrave Macmillan, 2024-07-21)This book examines the present challenges associated with identifying trafficked victims. Much has been written about measures to combat human trafficking from a crime control perspective. Although States are legally obligated to protect individuals from exploitation at the supra-national level through international law, this is not enough. A victim-centred approach to the issue of identification is required by States to satisfy both their legal and moral obligations to trafficked victims. Only by acknowledging what present types of trafficking exist alongside examining what an ideal victim of trafficking may or may not look like in society will the awareness of trafficking progress, leading to more victims being identified. The challenges associated with individuals self-identifying as victims is a significant issue and remains part of the discourse of advocating for the importance of identification of victims.
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