Maria Gannon

• University of Glasgow

Whilst post-GFC austerity state retrenchment is widely studied, there is little research which focuses on the experiences of those who work at the front-line of austere public services. Drawing on qualitative evidence with front-line workers in four UK local authorities significantly impacted by austerity, this paper explores ‘coping mechanisms’ de...

That contemporary austerity is being realised to a large extent in and through cities is a growing theme in urban scholarship. Similarly, the concern that the economically marginalised are disproportionately impacted as ‘austerity urbanism’ takes hold drives a significant body of research. While it is clear that substantial austerity cuts are being...

The scale of the cuts to local government finance, coupled with increasing demand for services, has led to unprecedented ‘budget gaps’ in council budgets. Arguably, two competing narratives of the trajectory of local government have emerged in which contrasting futures are imagined for the sector – a positive story of adaptation and survival and mo...

As we stand at the halfway point of the government's austerity programme, this timely report examines its impact on local government, with evidence from national data and local case studies. • The most deprived areas have borne the brunt of the cuts. On one key measure, the most deprived English authorities have had a level of cut nearly six times...

This article examines whether the population of Scotland would set a different poverty standard compared with the rest of the UK. It is based on research on a consensual or democratic poverty measure, defined by majority views of the items or activities which should be considered the ‘necessities of life’. The article explores whether majority opin...

This paper asks whether where someone lives bears any association with their attitudes to inequality and income redistribution, focusing on the relative contribution of neighbourhood income, density and ethnic composition. People on higher incomes showed higher support for redistribution when living in more deprived neighbourhoods. People with lowe...

Open Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1068/a45641 Rising levels of income inequality have been directly linked to rising levels of spatial segregation. In this paper we explore whether rising segregation may in turn erode support for the redistributive policies of the welfare state, further increasing levels of inequality-a form of positive feedback. T...

Aims: The aim of this study was to establish prevalence estimates of problem drug use, defined as opiate and/or crack cocaine use by persons aged 15 to 64 years, for England and for each of the 149 administrative areas responsible for commissioning drug interventions. Methods: Indirect estimation techniques, the capture–recapture and multiple indic...

In this paper we report the results of research on the nature and extent of legal and illegal drug use among preteens and those factors associated with illegal drug use at this young age. The paper is based upon a survey of 2318 ten to twelve year olds in Glasgow and Newcastle. Overall around 30% of children reported having been exposed to illegal...

Capture—recapture (C—RC) using four data sources, one of which accounted for 81% of captured injectors, and multiple indicator methods (MIM) were used to obtain national, regional and local estimates of the prevalence of injecting drug use among opiate and/or crack cocaine users in England. Persons aged 15 to 64 years, in contact with health and/or...

To investigate which aspects of treatment satisfaction are the best predictors of improved health, improved mental health and achievement of abstinence in drug misuse treatment services. Data were collected as part of the Drug Outcome Research in Scotland study, a prospective cohort study designed to evaluate drug misuse treatment provided in Scotl...

To examine the "Scottish effect"-namely, the growing divergence between mortality in Scotland and England that is not explained by national differences in levels of deprivation-and, more specifically, to examine the extent to which the Scottish effect is explained by cross national differences in the prevalence of problem drug use. Secondary analys...

The views expressed in this report are those of the authors, not necessarily those of the Home Office (nor do they reflect Government policy). Research, Development and Statistics exists to improve policy making, decision taking and practice in support of the Home Office purpose and aims, to provide the public and Parliament with information necess...

Estimates of the prevalence of problem drug use, defined within this study as the illicit use of opiates or benzodiazepines, have been provided for all 32 local government areas in Scotland. A national prevalence estimate has been derived as the sum of the local estimates.Data on individual drug users were collated from the police, social work depa...

Στόχοι: Η περιγραφή της φύσης και του βαθμού έκθεσης ενός δείγματος παιδιών προεφηβικής ηλικίας σε ουσίες και η εξέταση κάποιων από τους παράγοντες που μπορεί να σχετίζονται με αυτήν. Συμμετέχοντες και σχεδιασμός: Στην έρευνα συμμετείχαν 1.202 παιδιά ηλικίας 10 με 12 ετών και βασίστηκε σε ένα ερωτηματολόγιο που δόθηκε σε σχολεία υπό συνθήκες παρόμο...

To describe the nature and extent of exposure to drugs in a sample of pre-teenage children and to examine some of the factors that might be associated with it. A survey of 1202 10-12-year-old children based on a questionnaire administered in schools under examination-type conditions. A third of the children reported having been exposed to drugs in...