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Covid-19

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Motivation, agency and morality in the coronavirus crisis by Vicente Silva

June 15, 2020 S-P-A-Administrator Comments Off on Motivation, agency and morality in the coronavirus crisis by Vicente Silva

The recent Dominic Cummings scandal has demonstrated the importance of following basic rules in public life. The fact that the Prime Minister’s most senior adviser had not complied with the nation-wide lockdown has partly undermined […]

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Tackling fuel poverty – the Implications of COVID-19 by Baker et al.

May 21, 2020 S-P-A-Administrator Comments Off on Tackling fuel poverty – the Implications of COVID-19 by Baker et al.

Policies to address the impact of Covid-19 on low income energy consumers have rightly focussed on energy bills, particularly in the context of home confinement and increased energy consumption. In the longer term, however, we […]

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Young Women & COVID-19: We are not all in this together by Sarah Hadfield

May 18, 2020 S-P-A-Administrator Comments Off on Young Women & COVID-19: We are not all in this together by Sarah Hadfield

Childfree young women are not a group we hear much from. Their lack of representation in society and the ways in which they experience the social world remains largely undocumented. Furthermore, as a distinct group […]

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Need in the Time of Corona (with apologies to Gabriel Garcia Marquez) by Hartley Dean

May 14, 2020 S-P-A-Administrator Comments Off on Need in the Time of Corona (with apologies to Gabriel Garcia Marquez) by Hartley Dean

Human need ought surely to be a central concept for Social Policy. And yet the meaning and value of the concept remain perennially contested. Lessons to be learned during the prevailing Coronavirus pandemic cast a […]

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Covid-19 policy is social policy by Rebecca Tunstall

May 6, 2020 S-P-A-Administrator Comments Off on Covid-19 policy is social policy by Rebecca Tunstall

What are you doing right now? Marking, meetings and deadlines as usual? Home schooling and working at the same time? Worrying about someone who is ill, or alone, or who needs support? Worrying about your […]

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