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George Augustus Robinson served as Chief Protector of Aborigines in colonial Victoria (then known as Port Phillip) from 1839 until late 1849. During this time he traveled extensively throughout southern Australia meeting with Aboriginal societies. His journal is an unparalleled source of information and this special abridged edition publishes his observations of the Aboriginal people he met with.

This article examines the responses of national governments to the economic crisis that commenced in 2008. We argue that the current search for new bases for accumulation is leading to reforms designed to weaken the position of labour. Moreover, the tendency towards a weakening of labour's position was already evident across different 'varieties of capitalism' before the crisis erupted. We discuss the implications for comparative institutional analysis and stress the need for a renewed focus on the underlying dynamics of capitalist economies.

This article examines the impact of contemporary business practices within the American business system on established patterns of industrial relations (IR) management in European subsidiaries of US multinationals, specifically how established firm-level settlements for the management of IR may or may not combine with host-country effects to constrain such innovations. The empirical material leads us to evaluate subsidiaries of US multinationals as a contingent factor indicating that institutional effects at the level of the national business system are likely to be more embedded than the effects of ownership on employment and IR at firm level.

This paper focuses on health-care assistants as individuals and a sectional group in terms of how they experience the NHS modernisation and skill mix agenda. Empirical material focuses on aspiration, frustration and job satisfaction. Findings report highly sectional work groups which promote populist coping strategies.

Numerous computer-based systems are increasingly being used to facilitate the management and delivery of health care. Doctors, like many others in occupations where computers are being introduced, often have insufficient knowledge of the technology on which these systems are based, and are unable to estimate the depth or scope of education required to participate in planning their implementation and use.