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Month: January 2021

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Supporting migrant children in lockdown: time for joined-up thinking

January 28, 2021 S-P-A-Administrator Comments Off on Supporting migrant children in lockdown: time for joined-up thinking

As England moved into its third national lockdown, all primary and secondary schools had to once again close their gates to most pupils, making ‘distance learning’ the default option. These partial school closures are likely […]

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Welfare state development in post-neoliberal Latin America

January 21, 2021 S-P-A-Administrator Comments Off on Welfare state development in post-neoliberal Latin America

Can we measure the degree of welfare state development in Latin America beyond the popular social expenditure or welfare generosity indicators? And why have some countries in the region developed more comprehensive welfare systems than […]

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Why this winter’s lockdown will be even tougher than the first for low income families

January 18, 2021 S-P-A-Administrator Comments Off on Why this winter’s lockdown will be even tougher than the first for low income families

With the return to stricter measures including home schooling, the early 2021 lockdown will bring all the challenges to low income families that they experienced last Spring, but four factors will make it even harder […]

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Challenges to solidaristic federalism in Mexico

January 14, 2021 S-P-A-Administrator Comments Off on Challenges to solidaristic federalism in Mexico

Tensions between wealthier and poorer regions in some developed countries are well known. In Italy, for example, richer regions in the north of the country demanded in 2017 to have more autonomy over their own […]

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Tribute to Professor John Hills

January 8, 2021 S-P-A-Administrator 14

Many colleagues will have been shocked and deeply saddened to learn of the death of Professor Sir John Hills FBA – more usually known simply as John – on 21st December 2020. He was 66, […]

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