All Outputs (18)

Preventing homelessness among women prison leavers in Wales (2020)
Journal Article
Gorden, C., Lockwood, K., Maddoc, I., Hughes, C., Washing-Dyer, K., Wilding, M., & Ahmed, A. (2020). Preventing homelessness among women prison leavers in Wales. European Journal of Criminology, 19(6), 1438-1460. https://doi.org/10.1177/1477370820980433

Under the Housing (Wales) Act 2014, prison leavers are among those who are no longer considered a priority need. This article draws on interviews conducted with 17 women prison leavers and 10 professionals that formed part of a Welsh Government funde... Read More about Preventing homelessness among women prison leavers in Wales.

The challenges of measuring homelessness among armed forces veterans : service provider experiences in England (2020)
Journal Article
Wilding, M. (2020). The challenges of measuring homelessness among armed forces veterans : service provider experiences in England. European Journal of Homelessness (Online), 14(1), 107-122

This study investigates the measurement of homelessness among Armed Forces veterans in England, starting from the strikingly low figures in local authority administrative data returns compared to the USA. Findings from stakeholder interviews reveal... Read More about The challenges of measuring homelessness among armed forces veterans : service provider experiences in England.

Rural homelessness : prevention practices in Wales (2019)
Journal Article
Gibbons, A., Madoc-Jones, I., Ahmed, A., Jones, K., Rogers, M., & Wilding, M. (2020). Rural homelessness : prevention practices in Wales. Social Policy and Society, 19(1), 133-144. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1474746419000368

Homelessness is largely understood as an urban issue and so rural homelessness is to a large extent invisible in both academic literature and in policy and practice discussions, just as it is often invisible in discourses of everyday rural life. This... Read More about Rural homelessness : prevention practices in Wales.

Challenges to implementing the new homelessness prevention agenda in Wales (2019)
Journal Article
Ahmed, A., Madoc-Jones, I., Gibbons, A., Jones, K., Rogers, M., & Wilding, M. (2020). Challenges to implementing the new homelessness prevention agenda in Wales. Social Policy and Society, 19(1), 157-169. https://doi.org/10.1017/S147474641900040X

Devolution presented an opportunity for the Welsh Government to introduce changes to housing and homelessness policy, and the subsequent homelessness reforms are seen as one of the best examples to date of the Welsh Government using its powers. Howev... Read More about Challenges to implementing the new homelessness prevention agenda in Wales.

Policy transfer and part 2 of the Housing Act (Wales) 2014 (2019)
Journal Article
Wilding, M., Madoc-Jones, I., Ahmed, A., Gibbons, A., Jones, K., & Rogers, M. (2020). Policy transfer and part 2 of the Housing Act (Wales) 2014. Social Policy and Society, 19(1), 171-182. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1474746419000344

Part 2 of the Housing Act (Wales) 2014and its implementation has been keenly observed by governments outside of Wales, as they continue to search for policy solutions to help address the homelessness crisis.This paper examines the extent to whichther... Read More about Policy transfer and part 2 of the Housing Act (Wales) 2014.

Imaginary homelessness prevention with prison leavers in Wales (2019)
Journal Article
Madoc-Jones, I., Ahmed, A., Hughes, C., Dubberley, S., Gorden, C., Washington-Dyer, K., …Lockwood, K. (2020). Imaginary homelessness prevention with prison leavers in Wales. Social Policy and Society, 19(1), 145-155. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1474746419000356

Despite a move towards more preventative practices, we have reported that policy objectives to help prison leavers find accommodation on release in Wales have not translated into improved outcomes for this group. In this article we engage in a critic... Read More about Imaginary homelessness prevention with prison leavers in Wales.

Working and homeless : exploring the interaction of housing and labour market insecurity (2019)
Journal Article
Jones, K., Ahmed, A., Madoc-Jones, I., Gibbons, A., Rogers, M., & Wilding, M. (2020). Working and homeless : exploring the interaction of housing and labour market insecurity. Social Policy and Society, 19(1), 121-132. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1474746419000332

Alongside an increasing focus on ‘prevention’, moving homeless adults into work is frequently considered an important part of helping them overcome homelessness and sustain an ‘independent’ life. However, a growing evidence base shows that work does... Read More about Working and homeless : exploring the interaction of housing and labour market insecurity.

Interrogating the prevention approach of the Housing (Wales) Act 2014 for people with mental health needs who are homeless (2019)
Journal Article
Ahmed, A., Rogers, M., Wilding, M., Gibbons, A., Jones, K., & Madoc Jones, I. (2020). Interrogating the prevention approach of the Housing (Wales) Act 2014 for people with mental health needs who are homeless. Social Policy and Society, 19(1), 109-120. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1474746419000319

Rates of homelessness and poor mental health present significant challenges across the globe. In this article, we explore how these intersecting issues have been addressed in Wales through Part 2 of the Housing (Wales) Act 2014 through a paradigm shi... Read More about Interrogating the prevention approach of the Housing (Wales) Act 2014 for people with mental health needs who are homeless.

Rethinking preventing homelessness amongst prison leavers (2019)
Journal Article
Madoc-Jones, I., Hughes, C., Gorden, C., Dubberley, S., Washington-Dyer, K., Ahmed, A., …Wilding, M. (2019). Rethinking preventing homelessness amongst prison leavers. European Journal of Probation, 10(3), 215-231. https://doi.org/10.1177/2066220318822245

The Wales (Housing) Act 2015 introduced a preventative approach to addressing homelessness which impacted on prison leavers in Wales. Since the same changes will take effect in England from October 2018, this paper provides early insight into how new... Read More about Rethinking preventing homelessness amongst prison leavers.

Determinants of whistleblowing intention : evidence from the South Korean government (2017)
Journal Article
Chang, Y., Wilding, M., & Shin, M. (2017). Determinants of whistleblowing intention : evidence from the South Korean government. Public Performance and Management Review, 40(4), 676-700. https://doi.org/10.1080/15309576.2017.1318761

In 2001, the South Korean government passed the Anti-Corruption Act, which provides whistleblower protection in the public sector. The system of protections and rewards was strengthened in 2011 by the Act on the Protection of Public Interest Whistleb... Read More about Determinants of whistleblowing intention : evidence from the South Korean government.

Distorted policy transfer? South Korea’s adaptation of UK social enterprise policy (2016)
Journal Article
Park, C., Lee, J., & Wilding, M. (2017). Distorted policy transfer? South Korea’s adaptation of UK social enterprise policy. Policy Studies, 38(1), 39-58. https://doi.org/10.1080/01442872.2016.1188904

This study draws upon communicative processes in policy transfer to consider the ways in which policy may be adapted to context or distorted. The theoretical framework is used to investigate exactly what the South Korean government borrowed from UK s... Read More about Distorted policy transfer? South Korea’s adaptation of UK social enterprise policy.

Policy transfer and feedback from domestic stakeholders : the Korean adaptation of Arts Council England (2016)
Journal Article
the Korean adaptation of Arts Council England. Korea observer, 47(2), 291-324

Despite a growing interest in adaptation and indigenization in the process of policy transfer, less attention has been paid to communication with domestic stakeholders in borrower countries and its impact on policy success. This study aims to highlig... Read More about Policy transfer and feedback from domestic stakeholders : the Korean adaptation of Arts Council England.

Identifying policy frames through semantic network analysis : an examination of nuclear energy policy across six countries (2015)
Journal Article
Shim, J., Park, C., & Wilding, M. (2015). Identifying policy frames through semantic network analysis : an examination of nuclear energy policy across six countries. Policy Sciences, 48(1), 51-83. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11077-015-9211-3

This study uses semantic network analysis to investigate nuclear energy policy frames in six countries: USA, UK, Germany, France, Japan, and South Korea. It is suggested that semantic network analysis represents a useful tool to investigate policy fr... Read More about Identifying policy frames through semantic network analysis : an examination of nuclear energy policy across six countries.

Emotional labor in Korean local government : testing the consequences of situational factors and emotional dissonance (2015)
Journal Article
Wilding, M., Chae, K., & Jang, J. (2015). Emotional labor in Korean local government : testing the consequences of situational factors and emotional dissonance. Public Performance and Management Review, 38(2), 316-336. https://doi.org/10.1080/15309576.2015.983838

The study of emotional labor in public administration has a strong foundation. Emotional labor scales have been operationalized that measure emotion work, personal efficacy, type of acting, and positive/negative display rules. Less is known about how... Read More about Emotional labor in Korean local government : testing the consequences of situational factors and emotional dissonance.

State political and economic capacities and the quality of government in Asia (2014)
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Park, S., & Wilding, M. (2014). State political and economic capacities and the quality of government in Asia. Asian Journal of Political Science, 22(3), 227-251. https://doi.org/10.1080/02185377.2014.961024

This study analyzes the impacts of state political and economic capacities on the quality of government in 40 Asian countries. Quality of government data for 2002 and 2010 were obtained from four elements of the World Bank Governance Index, and the s... Read More about State political and economic capacities and the quality of government in Asia.

The politics of government reform in Korea : from tripartite to bipartite politicization (2014)
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Park, S., & Wilding, M. (2016). The politics of government reform in Korea : from tripartite to bipartite politicization. Administration & society, 48(9), 1059-1084. https://doi.org/10.1177/0095399714527753

Government reforms in South Korea, beginning in the 1980s, moved toward deconcentration and deregulation in the 1990s and 2000s. However, the contents of the reforms under the “transformational” presidencies following democratization, which aimed to... Read More about The politics of government reform in Korea : from tripartite to bipartite politicization.

The importance of feedback : policy transfer, translation and the role of communication (2014)
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Park, C., Wilding, M., & Chung, C. (2014). The importance of feedback : policy transfer, translation and the role of communication. Policy Studies, 35(4), 397-412. https://doi.org/10.1080/01442872.2013.875155

In recent years, translation has begun to be employed in multidisciplinary policy studies as a more constructivist alternative to the established policy transfer literature. While both transfer and translation acknowledge the complex nature of commun... Read More about The importance of feedback : policy transfer, translation and the role of communication.

An exploratory study on the potential of social enterprise to act as the institutional glue of network governance (2013)
Journal Article
Park, C., & Wilding, M. (2014). An exploratory study on the potential of social enterprise to act as the institutional glue of network governance. Social Science Journal, 51(1), 120-129. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soscij.2013.08.004

This study combines two topics of contemporary salience for public administration: social enterprise and governance networks. While operating at different levels, both are institutions which attempt to draw together the three pillars of state, market... Read More about An exploratory study on the potential of social enterprise to act as the institutional glue of network governance.