{"id":16,"date":"2012-05-23T14:10:35","date_gmt":"2012-05-23T14:10:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.labourafterconflict.org\/?page_id=16"},"modified":"2013-05-22T20:43:29","modified_gmt":"2013-05-22T20:43:29","slug":"page-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.labourafterconflict.org\/?page_id=16","title":{"rendered":"Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><strong>RESEARCH STRAND 1<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Dr Conor McCabe, author and historian,\u00a0 has conducted our first piece of\u00a0 collaborative research into the double transition of\u00a0 economic and political development in\u00a0 societies emerging from conflict. Our understanding of the &#8216;Double Transition&#8217; is:<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Societies in transition from violence to peace or forms of authoritarian\u00a0rule to more democratic systems also experience an economic transition which has been characterised by a\u00a0transition from social democratic, corporatist or managed economies\u00a0to economies run on the broad principles understood as neo-liberal.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The key tasks of the research were:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To carry out desk research and conduct a literature review on relevant source materials.<\/li>\n<li>To identify the tensions of the \u2018double transition\u2019 in post conflict societies.<\/li>\n<li>To reflect on the\u00a0 extent to which the economic transformation integrates with the democratic, and how does equality, social justice and\u00a0 labour rights fair in this transition?<\/li>\n<li>To identify the threats posed by the double transition to political stability and peace in post conflict societies with a focus on N. Ireland.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Dr McCabe\u00a0has presented the early findings of the research\u00a0 at the projects&#8217; second national seminar The Betty Sinclair Winter School in late November 2012.<\/p>\n<p>It is evident that the current crisis is providing ample opportunity for this economic transition to be implemented in peaceful states as well as those emerging from conflict.\u00a0 The school hopes to investigate the\u00a0impact of this transition on the stability and security of those societies with a focus on:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Labour rights as human rights<\/li>\n<li>Austerity and Inequality<\/li>\n<li>Democracy and alternative futures<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.labourafterconflict.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/DoubleTransition.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">PDF of the research: the DoubleTransition<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h5>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><b>RESEARCH INTO WORKER COOPERATIVE CONVERSIONS IN FRANCE<\/b><\/h4>\n<p>Stevie Nolan and Eleonore Perrin-Massebiaux have conducted a piece of research into the French model of cooperative conversions whereby the State, Trade Unions and the Confederation of Worker Cooperatives come together to encourage worker buyouts of failing businesses. This so called &#8220;network effect&#8221; also provides with financial opportunities for workers to become owners.<\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.labourafterconflict.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Worker-coops-conversion-in-France-revised.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Saving Jobs, Promoting Democracy: Worker Cooperative Conversions<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RESEARCH STRAND 1 Dr Conor McCabe, author and historian,\u00a0 has conducted our first piece of\u00a0 collaborative research into the double transition of\u00a0 economic and political development in\u00a0 societies emerging from conflict. Our understanding of the &#8216;Double Transition&#8217; is: &#8220;Societies in transition from violence to peace or forms of authoritarian\u00a0rule to more democratic systems also experience an economic transition which has been characterised by a\u00a0transition from social democratic, corporatist or managed economies\u00a0to economies run on the broad principles understood as neo-liberal.&#8221; The key tasks of the research were: To carry out desk research and conduct a literature review on relevant source materials. To identify the tensions of the \u2018double transition\u2019 in post conflict societies. To reflect on the\u00a0 extent to which the economic transformation integrates with the democratic, and how does equality, social justice and\u00a0 labour rights fair in this transition? To identify the threats posed by the double transition to political stability and peace in post conflict societies with a focus on N. Ireland. Dr McCabe\u00a0has presented the early findings of the research\u00a0 at the projects&#8217; second national seminar The Betty Sinclair Winter School in late November 2012. 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