The Social Policy Blog

This blog is based on an article in Social Policy and Society by Carla Petautschnig and Virpi Timonen. Click here to access the article. The question of the implications of welfare benefits for the long-term unemployed has been an enduring policy issue. Activation policies have dominated this discussion, proposing to keep the unemployed actively engaged… Continue reading Activation and Wellbeing: The Lived Experience of Community Placement →

This blog is based on an article in Social Policy and Society by Colin Clark. Click here to access the article. Setting the scene My recent article in Social Policy & Society considers a very specific example of environmental injustice in Scotland: the ‘space and place’ of Gypsy/Traveller communities and their accommodation on local authority, private, and… Continue reading Social Abjection and The ‘Space and Place’ of Gypsy/Traveller Communities →

This blog is based on an article in Social Policy and Society by Ana Suárez Àlvarez and Ana Jesús López Menėndez. Click here to access the article. Family background characteristics and educational resources are crucial in shaping individuals’ income. The unequal distribution of these resources is thus a potential source of inequality of income and opportunity. In… Continue reading What Role for Family and Education in Explaining Inequality? →

This post is based on a blog in the Journal of Social Policy by Zahid Mumtaz, Antonios Roumpakis and Mulyadi Sumarto. Click here to access the article. The concept of hybridisation in welfare regime literature denotes the presence of multiple forms of welfare regimes in a given context. This means that in any given country,… Continue reading One Type or Many? Exploring Welfare Regime Hybridisation →

This blog is based on an article in Social Policy and Society by Melissa Boyle. Click here to access the article. The Personal Insolvency Act 2012 marked a turning point for Ireland, introducing three new remedies for insolvent individuals: Debt Relief Notice (DRN), Debt Settlement Arrangement (DSA), and Personal Insolvency Arrangement (PIA). These solutions were… Continue reading A Real Safety Net? Exploring Debt Relief in Ireland →