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Social Policy Review 36

Analysis and Debate in Social Policy, 2024

Edited by Bozena Sojka, Stephan Köppe, Andrea Parma and Ruggero Cefalo

Published

Jun 28, 2024

Page count

210 pages

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Social Policy Review

ISBN

978-1447373575

Dimensions

234 x 156 mm

Imprint

Policy Press

Published

Jun 28, 2024

Page count

210 pages

Browse the series

Social Policy Review

ISBN

978-1447373605

Dimensions

234 x 156 mm

Imprint

Policy Press
Social Policy Review 36
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Experts from across the globe review leading social policy scholarship in this new volume in the Social Policy Review series.

Specialists explore local and multi-level trends in social policy including government responses to the cost-of-living crisis in the UK and decentralisation in primary health care in Thailand. They also review policy responses to working age risks in England, Italy and Australia, as well as policy developments and transformations such as social protection in Japan and Australia and immigration resettlement schemes in the UK.

Published in association with the Social Policy Association, the latest book in this respected series will be essential reading for students and academics in social policy, social welfare and related disciplines.

"Social Policy Review has always provided an indispensable annual review of contemporary developments in social policy. This edition, focused on multilevel and comparative analysis of developments in the UK and elsewhere, is no exception." Chris Holden, University of York

"As always, the Review offers an impressive and distinct line-up of topics and contributors. It is essential annual reading for the foremost trends in social policy analysis". Fiona Dukelow, University College Cork

Bozena Sojka is Research Associate at the University of Glasgow.

Stephan Köppe is Assistant Professor in Social Policy at University College Dublin.

Andrea Parma is Researcher in Economic Sociology at the Polytechnic of Milan.

Ruggero Cefalo is Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Vienna.

Introduction: New Agendas in Social Policy Research - Bożena Sojka, Stephan Köppe, Andrea Parma and Ruggero Cefalo

Part 1: Local and Multilevel Trends in Social Policy

1. Passing the Buck from Whitehall to Town Hall: Local Government Responses to the Cost-of-Living Crisis in England - Kit Colliver, John Hudson, Neil Lunt and Jed Meers

2. Exploring the Problems of a ‘Left Behind’ Place in the Context of ‘Levelling Up’ - Luke Telford and Jonathan Wistow

3. Changing Behaviour and/or Heightening Vulnerability? The Impact of Antisocial Behaviour Interventions on Alleged Perpetrators Living within Social Housing - Kirsty Cameron

4. Promise or Peril? ‘Devolution as Modality’ for Decentralisation in Primary Healthcare in Thailand - Rangsan Sukhampha

Part 2: Policy Responses to Working-Age Risks

5.Integrating Intersectionality into Minimum Income Policy Design: A Systematic Literature Review - Matilde Cittadini

6. The Governance of Youth Labour Market Policies in Italy and Austria: Opportunities and Challenges across National and Local Levels - Paola Giannoni

7. Election Battleground: A Critical Analysis of Childcare Policy Problems and Proposals in England - Tina Haux

Part 3: Policy Developments and Transformations

8. The Theoretical Importance of Exceptional Cases: Social Protection and Its Transformations in Japan and Australia in Comparative Welfare State Research - Masatoshi Kato

9. Countering Dominant Immigration Trends: An Evaluation of the Implication of Bespoke UK Resettlement Schemes - Haya Fakoush and Richard Machin