2019 - Social Policy Association

Opportunity Grant report: the role of Black and Minority Ethnic Organisations in Greater Manchester

August 5, 2019 S-P-A-Administrator Comments Off

The Greater Manchester Strategy, ‘Our People, Our Place’ launched in 2017 refers to working with and drawing on the resources of the voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) sector to deliver its strategy. For several […]

Inequality persists in the UK in large part due to a moral economy that valorises competition and meritocracy and denigrates lack of financial success.

No 50: Why do high rates of poverty and economic inequality persist in the UK?

July 5, 2019 S-P-A-Administrator 0

by Karen Rowlingson The UK is one of the wealthiest countries in the world and yet levels of poverty and economic inequality are extremely high. In 2016, the top 1 per cent in the UK […]

Racism and ethnic discrimination are rife within higher education. The Social Policy Association is taking steps to address these problems within its discipline.

No 49: Addressing ‘race’ and ethnicity in social policy

July 3, 2019 S-P-A-Administrator 0

by Steve Iafrati and Jane Millar Social policy has always been a dynamic discipline that has readily identified new social challenges and been at the forefront of recognising ways of improving society. Amidst a contemporary […]

A social policy focus on security in the Middle East and North Africa neglects all other forms of welfare and social security.

No 48: Social policy in the Middle East and North Africa must be about more than security

June 28, 2019 S-P-A-Administrator 0

by Rana Jawad The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region has some of the worst social and economic indicators of human development in the world, which exacerbate drivers of conflict in this region. They […]

Though the size of the global middle class is growing, their political power is shrinking in the face of austerity.

No 47: Farewell to the middle class?

June 26, 2019 S-P-A-Administrator 0

by Zoë Irving On Tuesday 22nd May 2019, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights released the final report on his country visit to the UK. His conclusion that the evaporation […]

Do far-right Austrian politics foretell the future of European populism?

No 46: Conservative and far right social policy in Austria

June 24, 2019 S-P-A-Administrator 0

by Mark Foord In 1988, Thomas Bernard, writer and critic of the silence surrounding Austria’s Nazi past, premiered his final work ‘Heldenplatz’. Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the ‘Anschluss’ (the annexation of Austria into Nazi […]

Taxation and Social Policy Group Event

June 22, 2019 S-P-A-Administrator Comments Off

The Taxation and Social Policy Group held the first event of their 2019 programme at Birmingham University on 12 February. The group was launched in 2018 with support from the SPA and aims to foster […]

The government of López Obrador in Mexico is letting down the poor with its austerity and poorly crafted social policy.

No 45: Contradictions from the left in Mexico

June 13, 2019 S-P-A-Administrator 0

by Luis Huesca Reynoso and Ricardo Velázquez Leyer In 2018, for the first time in Mexico’s history, a left-wing government was in a fair and competitive election, just when governments in other Latin American countries began to veer […]

The Missing Dimension: Where is ‘race’ in Social Policy teaching and learning?

June 10, 2019 S-P-A-Administrator Comments Off

The Social Policy Association is proud to announce the release of our report examining ‘race’ in Social Policy teaching and learning. Last year, following evidence from various sources, the SPA executive recognised that the concept […]

Nominations to the SPA Executive Committee, Editorial Boards of JSP and SP&S now open

May 3, 2019 S-P-A-Administrator Comments Off

Nominations to the Social Policy Association Executive Committee, and Editorial Boards of the Journal of Social Policy and the Journal of Social Policy & Society are now open, and all members have been informed. There are: Two […]