No 13: Beneficent expert or turbulent priest? The ambiguous role of the Social Policy academic
by Hartley Dean The role of the Social Policy academic has in several respects always been ambiguous. The object of her scholarship may variously be […]
Articles by S-P-A-Administrator
No 12: The neglect of ageing
by Alan Walker Social policy has neglected ageing and, as a result, it has vacated what should have been a leading role in responding to […]
No 11: Why welfare is a common good
by Pete Alcock My summer reading this year included a new biography of Clement Attlee, leader of the post-war Labour administration generally credited with the […]
The Current and Future State of Social Policy Teaching in UK Higher Education Institutions: 2016
Teaching and Learning Report 2016
No 10: Where next for foodbank use?
by Kayleigh Garthwaite Tuesday 28 November was the launch of the London Evening Standard’s Christmas appeal, ‘Help a Hungry Child’. Pages 8, 9, 10 and […]
No 9: Brave new world or second dark age? Social policy and social innovation
by Stephen Sinclair It has been estimated that almost half of the jobs in the US could be made redundant by automation and new technologies in […]
JSP & SP&S
ISSN: 0047-2794 (Print), 1469-7823 (Online) The Journal of Social Policy carries high quality articles on all aspects of social policy in an international context. It […]
No 8: Universal Credit: A benefits system to increase debt
by Steve Iafrati Narratives explaining poverty as caused by personal failings and poor decisions are nothing new. The characterisation of the likeable but foolish Mr […]
No 7: Brexit won’t work without a new welfare state
by Peter Taylor-Gooby We stand on the brink of a new golden age of the welfare state. As the UK staggers towards Brexit, it is […]
No 6: Back to the future? Reclaiming the social after Grenfell Tower
by John Clarke The Grenfell Tower fire has shaken many aspects of the prevailing British political culture. Most strikingly for me, in the aftermath of […]