Table of Contents
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