Moving Beyond ‘Disjointed Literatures’: On the Need for Social Policy Analysis to Bring Housing Back In
The study of housing and debates in the field of Social Policy, and in relation to poverty in particular, have for some time operated in […]
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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 […]
No 44: In it together: why receiving benefits is far more common than we think
by Peter Whiteford In January 2019 the Australian shadow spokesperson for employment services announced that the Australian Labor Party would reduce the number of job […]
No 43: There’s not just Five Giants, there’s a whole bunch to slay
by Kevin Farnsworth The famous cartoon image of William Beveridge — a diminutive civil servant facing down the Five Giants of Want, Idleness, Squalor, Disease and Ignorance […]
No 42: Social policy change in the United States and Canada
by Daniel Béland and Alex Waddan Canada and the United States are often described as liberal welfare regimes. They rely more extensively on social assistance-style […]
No 41: Rights not rescue – What social policy can learn from sex workers
by Kate Brown During National Anti-trafficking Week in October 2016, the UK’s anti-trafficking commissioner reported that “more victims [are] being identified, referred for appropriate support […]
No 40: How the social protection system can fail the self-employed
by Kevin Caraher and Enrico Reuter Rachel Mantell, a self-employed management consult, earns more than £100,000 per year, can afford to spend £6,000 on holidays, […]
No 39: Austerity adversely targets children in need
By Harriet Churchill In October Prime Minister Teresa May spoke again about her desire to tackle burning injustices and her belief in the good government […]
No 38: What we can learn from Scotland’s approach to social security
by Ruth Patrick Too often, we are told that welfare traps people in dependency, discouraging individuals from making the right choices, and enabling a culture […]
No 37: Social Policy’s next 50 years
By Rod Hick The Social Policy Association’s (SPA’s) 50th anniversary blog series has demonstrated the rich variety of topics examined by social policy scholars. While […]