Social Policy Review 36

Introduction: New Agendas in Social Policy Research - Bozena Sojka, Stephan Koeppe, 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