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Month: May 2018

Populist, right-wing nationalism is on the rise across Europe. What should the social policy community be doing about it?

No 31: Radical right populism: is it about inequality or ethnic nationalism?

May 29, 2018 S-P-A-Administrator 0

by Markus Ketola The recent successes of populist parties in countries such as Germany, Hungary, Austria, Czech Republic, Netherlands and Finland — to name but […]

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Social Policy Review – Call for expressions of interest for new editorial team 2019-2022

May 23, 2018 S-P-A-Administrator 0

Social Policy Review CALL FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST FOR NEW EDITORIAL TEAM 2019-2022 The new format for a fixed editorship team for the flagship annual […]

Disability living allowance and personal independence payment do not foster independence, but rather dependence.

No 30: Disabled people’s independence: the underfunding and commodification of support

May 14, 2018 S-P-A-Administrator 0

by Kirstein Rummery Social policy has always distinguished between the ‘deserving’ and ‘undeserving’ in responses to need. When the post-war welfare settlement was decided, the […]

'The Cathedral' is under attack by the alt-right and alt-light, and we who work within it have a duty to take this seriously and respond in kind.

No 29: In and outside the ‘Cathedral’: a challenge for social policy

May 8, 2018 S-P-A-Administrator 0

by Nick Ellison Irrespective of our particular academic specialisms, the great majority of us — I’ll get to the ‘us’ later — who work in […]

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