Computerised data processing of the valuation rolls for argyllshire of 1688 175

Dr Mcinnes | Economic and Social History | 01 October 1988

The primary purpose of this project is to initiate a thorough investigation into landownership within the highlands and islands during the eighteenth century. Particular stress will be given to the theme of continuity and change in argyllshire when t ...

Client violence against prostitutes working from street and off-street locations: a three city comparison

Professor Marina Barnard | Sociology | 01 May 1998

There has been little systematic research on the prevalence and meaning of client violence towards female prostitutes. It is clear however that prostitutes (particularly those working from the street) routinely confront clients whose behaviours range ...

Sustainability and maturity in community-based housing organisations

Prof Clapham | Political Science and International Relations | 01 April 1994

Application abstract: community ownership co-operatives and housing associations were established from the middle 1980s in glasgow as a way of involving tenants in the regeneration of their houses and neighbourhoods. Since this time community owners ...

Building a new democracy? : television, citizens and voting in russia

Professor Sarah Oates | Political Science and International Relations | 01 February 2000

The media played a critical role in bringing about the collapse of communist rule in the former soviet union as well as in building a post-communist state. This project examines three main areas in the relationship among the state, citizen and media ...

British expatriates: the parameters of a community

Dr S Damer | Sociology | 01 August 1995

Policy formation in gorbachev's ussr

Stephen WHITE | 01 January 1987

Given the centralised nature of soviet politics and the dominant position of the communist party, a change in party leadership is likely to have more significance in that country than in political systems elsewhere. The election of a new and younger ...

Programme director for the cognitive engineering programme

Professor Anne Anderson | Science, Technology and Engineering | 01 July 1995

The programme will bring people, as individuals and as groups, into the heart of research on design problems. It will achieve this by: · acquiring new cognitive engineering knowledge by encouraging cognitive and social scientists to apply themselv ...

The caterpillar occupation

Dr N/A Woolfson | 01 April 1988

Based on tape recordings during this landmark dispute, track record provides an inside view of the 103 day occupation against the factory closure. The work also raises wider questions about multinational concerns and corporate restructuring.

Centre for housing research

Professor Duncan Maclennan | 01 April 1993

The origins and characteristics of scottish business leaders c. 1850 - 1960s.

Prof Slaven | Economic and Social History | 01 June 1993

Application abstract: businessmen have been much criticised for perceived failings rooted in family ownership, education, and commitment to business life, yet little hard evidence exists on the origins, training, careers and public roles of our busin ...