Social Policy Review 34

Social Policy in the Shadow of the Pandemic Andy Jolly, Ruggero Cefalo and Marco Pomati


Part 1: Policy Groups


1. Climate Justice, Social Policy and the Transition to Net Zero in the UK - Carolyn Snell, Matthew Scott, Kirsten Jenkins, Kelli Kennedy, Harriet Thomson, Komali Yenneti, Helen Stockton and Ian Gough


2. Localising Employment Policy: Opportunities and Challenges - Anne Green, Ceri Hughes, Paul Sissons and Abigail Taylor


3. Getting In, Being Heard and Influencing Change: The Labours of Policy Engagement in Employment and Social Security Research - Hayley Bennett and Katy Jones


4. The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on UK Housing Policy: How Do We Rebuild the Foundations of the 'Wobbly Pillar'? - Vikki McCall, Steve Rolfe, Peter Matthews, Andrew Wallace, Grace Manyika, Steve Iafrati, Colin Clarke and Moira Munro


Part 2: Wider Developments in Social Policy


5. The Faceless Researcher: The Implications of Carrying Out Research Using Digital Methods During a Global Pandemic - Emma Partlow


6. Caught Between the Local and the (Trans)national: A Street-Level Analysis of EU Migrants' Access to Social Benefits in German Job Centres - Nora Ratzmann


7. Critical Perspectives on Social Work and Social Policy Practice With Vulnerable Migrants in an Era of Emergencies - Erick da Luz Scherf


8. The Autonomy Voucher for the Elderly and People With Disabilities in the Context of Local Welfare Transformation: Potentials and Limits of Lombardy Region's Policy - Franca Maino, Ilaria Madama and Federico Bruno


9. The Impact of the Pandemic Crisis on Territorial Inequalities: The Right(s) to Healthcare in Italy - Gaia Matilde Ripamonti


10. When Activation Policies Deactivate Job Seekers: Inconsistencies in French Integration Policy - Adrien Lusinchi