Social policy review. 34, Analysis and debate in social policy, 2022

Experts review the leading social policy scholarship from the past year in this comprehensive volume. Published in association with the Social Policy Association, the latest volume in this long-running series addresses current issues and critical debates throughout the international social policy field with a particular focus on employment policy, housing policy and climate justice. Contributors also explore key developments including researching during the COVID-19 pandemic, migrants' access to social benefits in Germany, the right(s) to healthcare in Italy, American and European homelessness policies and much more. This annual review is essential reading for students and academics in social policy, social welfare and related disciplines. Front Cover Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents List of figures and tables Notes on contributors Social policy in the shadow of the pandemic Part I: Policy groups 1. Climate justice, social policy and the transition to net zero in the UK 2. Localising employment policy: opportunities and challenges 3. Getting in, being heard and influencing change: the labours of policy engagement in employment and social security research 4. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on UK housing policy: how do we rebuild the foundations of the ‘wobbly pillar’? Part II: Wider developments in social policy 5. The faceless researcher: the implications of carrying out research using digital methods during a global pandemic 6. Caught between the local and the (trans)national: a street-level analysis of EU migrants’ access to social benefits in German job centres 7. Critical perspectives on social work and social policy practice with vulnerable migrants in an era of emergencies 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 9. The impact of the pandemic crisis on territorial inequalities: the right(s) to healthcare in Italy 10. When activation policies deactivate jobseekers: inconsistencies in French integration policy Index Back Cover Emergent and leading international experts in the field present key contributions of emerging social policy issues over the past year. The first part of the volume contains contributions from the Social Policy Association Policy Groups, while the second part focuses on wider issues in social policy. Experts review the leading social policy scholarship from the past year in this comprehensive volume. Published in association with the Social Policy Association, this volume addresses current issues and critical debates throughout the international social policy field. Edited By Andy Jolly, Ruggero Cefalo And Marco Pomati. Includes Index. Electronic Reproduction. Baltimore, Md Available Via World Wide Web.