1st Edition

Civic Engagement

Edited By Robin G. Milne Copyright 2018
132 Pages
by Routledge

118 Pages
by Routledge

118 Pages
by Routledge

Civic engagement in this book is understood to include attendance at booked National Health Service appointments; compulsory attendance at school; the take-up of a variety of State benefits in cash and kind, such as Pension Credit and free school meals; and attendance at work. This book is the outcome of a collaborative exercise, in which specialists in a variety of disciplines have come together... Read more

Foreword David Canter

1. Recent trends in civic disengagement Robin Milne

2. Entitlement and adherence in schools George Head

3. Absence from work Ewan B. Macdonald and Kaveh Asanati

4. Housing benefit: slow on the take-up? Kenneth Gibb

5. School and local authority characteristics associated with take-up of free school meals in Scottish secondary schools, 2014 Stephanie Chambers, Ruth Dundas and Ben Torsney

6. Using administrative innovation to address missed consultant outpatient appointments Robin G. Milne

7. Using economic analysis to increase civic engagement Robin G. Milne and Kenneth Gibb

8. (Dis)appointment: conspicuous absence in contemporary society Harvie Ferguson

Biography

Robin G. Milne was an Honorary Research Fellow and is now Specialist Professional in Economics at the University of Glasgow, UK, where he was previously Senior Lecturer.