Social Policy Review 37
Analysis and Debate in Social Policy, 2025
Policy Press
1st Edition
Published on 30. June 2025
Book
Hardback
224 pages
978-1-4473-7721-4 (ISBN)
Description
Leading international experts review recent social policy developments in this latest edition of the longstanding Social Policy Review series.
Available Open Access and published in association with the Social Policy Association, this edited book provides a comprehensive review of the past year's key policy trends and most significant scholarship. Featuring expert contributions around elections, parties and comparative perspectives, it critically examines emerging issues, policy responses and theoretical advancements in the field.
Essential reading for academics, researchers and students in social policy, social welfare and related disciplines, this book is an invaluable resource for those seeking to engage with contemporary social policy debates.
Available Open Access and published in association with the Social Policy Association, this edited book provides a comprehensive review of the past year's key policy trends and most significant scholarship. Featuring expert contributions around elections, parties and comparative perspectives, it critically examines emerging issues, policy responses and theoretical advancements in the field.
Essential reading for academics, researchers and students in social policy, social welfare and related disciplines, this book is an invaluable resource for those seeking to engage with contemporary social policy debates.
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Edition
First Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Bristol
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bristol University Press
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
Not illustrated
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
490 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4473-7721-4 (9781447377214)
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Analysis and Debate in Social Policy, 2025
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Persons
Stephan Koeppe is Assistant Professor in Social Policy at University College Dublin.
Andrea Parma is Assistant Professor at the Polytechnic of Milan.
Bozena Sojka is currently Research Associate at the University of Glasgow and will join the University of Strathclyde as 'Urban Futures Research Fellow' in summer 2025.
Andrea Parma is Assistant Professor at the Polytechnic of Milan.
Bozena Sojka is currently Research Associate at the University of Glasgow and will join the University of Strathclyde as 'Urban Futures Research Fellow' in summer 2025.
Content
Introduction - Stephan Koeppe, Andrea Parma, and Bozena Sojka
Part 1: Elections, Parties and Social Policy
1. Lacking ambition: insights from three poverty audits of UK election manifestos (2015, 2017 and 2024) - Lee Gregory, Gerardo J. Arriaga Garcia
2. Lost trust, lost hope: What low-income parents say about politics in the 2024 UK election - A call for participatory research - Uisce Jordan, Ruth Patrick, Maddy Power, Katie Pybus, Emily Mann
3. A paradigm shift backwards? Current trends and reforms in German pension and labour market policies - Florian Blank
Part 2: Comparative Perspectives on Social Policy
4. Bouncing back into gender? The persisting effect of parenthood on gender roles in Austrian families - Carmen Walenta-Bergmann
5. Gender justice between Confucianism, socialism and equality in modern China: Challenges and opportunities for national and local stakeholders - Yunyan Li
6. Putting together a jigsaw puzzle? Family, emotional support and youth transitions - Antonios Roumpakis, Aniela Wenham, Katherine A Smith
7. Understanding housing issues and satisfaction in Lithuania - Jolanta Aidukaite, Kristina Senkuviene, Ruta Ubareviciene
8. New routes? Different ways of cooperation between SLBs in Austria, Denmark and Germany - Sebastian Brandl, Thorsten Braun, Edda Luth, Michaela Schulze
9. Disconnecting the dots: framing analysis of social, economic and environmental sustainability in Swedish health care system - Carl-Johan Sommar, Johan Nordensvaerd
10. Complaining is futile? Feasibility of using complaints in the regulation of social care - Poland Lai
Part 1: Elections, Parties and Social Policy
1. Lacking ambition: insights from three poverty audits of UK election manifestos (2015, 2017 and 2024) - Lee Gregory, Gerardo J. Arriaga Garcia
2. Lost trust, lost hope: What low-income parents say about politics in the 2024 UK election - A call for participatory research - Uisce Jordan, Ruth Patrick, Maddy Power, Katie Pybus, Emily Mann
3. A paradigm shift backwards? Current trends and reforms in German pension and labour market policies - Florian Blank
Part 2: Comparative Perspectives on Social Policy
4. Bouncing back into gender? The persisting effect of parenthood on gender roles in Austrian families - Carmen Walenta-Bergmann
5. Gender justice between Confucianism, socialism and equality in modern China: Challenges and opportunities for national and local stakeholders - Yunyan Li
6. Putting together a jigsaw puzzle? Family, emotional support and youth transitions - Antonios Roumpakis, Aniela Wenham, Katherine A Smith
7. Understanding housing issues and satisfaction in Lithuania - Jolanta Aidukaite, Kristina Senkuviene, Ruta Ubareviciene
8. New routes? Different ways of cooperation between SLBs in Austria, Denmark and Germany - Sebastian Brandl, Thorsten Braun, Edda Luth, Michaela Schulze
9. Disconnecting the dots: framing analysis of social, economic and environmental sustainability in Swedish health care system - Carl-Johan Sommar, Johan Nordensvaerd
10. Complaining is futile? Feasibility of using complaints in the regulation of social care - Poland Lai