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Month: February 2018

The UK's post-Brexit EU migration policy has failed to consider the lives of women migrants.

No 19: Does Brexit mean my exit? A lack of consideration for women migrants highlighted by Brexit-related uncertainty

February 26, 2018 S-P-A-Administrator 1

by Eva Duda-Mikulin One of the major driving forces of Brexit is immigration. This blog tries to make sense of what the situation is for […]

No 18: History shows that more funding, not reorganisations, make the NHS better for us all

February 19, 2018 S-P-A-Administrator 0

by Ian Greener 2018 marks the seventieth anniversary of the founding of the NHS. It’s also the fiftieth anniversary of the 1968 Green Paper that […]

Citizens need a robust social welfare state in order to thrive.

No 17: Citizens as social actors – how we should think of them and why it matters

February 12, 2018 S-P-A-Administrator 0

by Graham Room Who now reads Titmuss, TH Marshall and Tawney? It was through their writings that many of us came to social policy in […]

While Britons fight for better social policies, social policy academics are losing their radical edge.

No 16: A ‘radical’ crisis for the subject of social policy?

February 5, 2018 S-P-A-Administrator 0

by Robert M Page At first glance, the subject of social policy appears to be in good health. Beneath the surface, however, there are signs […]

Recent Posts

  • News: Academy of Social Sciences: Call for SPA nominations for new Fellows
  • News: Call for Co-editor for the 39th, 40th, and 41st issues of the annual Social Policy Review (SPR).
  • News: Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy, Chair of Editorial Board: Call for applications
  • Blog: Supply is not a silver bullet: Why we can’t just build our way out of the housing crisis
  • Vacancy: Journal of Social Policy (JSP) seeks to appoint a Fourth Co-Editor
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  • News: Academy of Social Sciences: Call for SPA nominations for new Fellows
  • News: Call for Co-editor for the 39th, 40th, and 41st issues of the annual Social Policy Review (SPR).
  • News: Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy, Chair of Editorial Board: Call for applications
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