... reflection on social and public policy studies, we summarise the core literature from the debates regarding the Anthropocene. In this regard, we revisited established policy school traditions that, to our knowledge, have never yet provided a solid basis for responding to the epoch of the Anthropocene rift...

... only Public policy Street-level bureaucrats Social assistance Social workers Primary care social services Discretion Southern-European welfare This study identified three distinct approaches social workers adopt to provide professional meaning for implementing social assistance...

... with an explorative intent. Public policy Qualitative method Street-level bureaucracy Policy-client conflict Secondary analysis The study builds on three case studies conducted in different public services in Italy. The research design compares three types of service relationships: traditional...

...William Foley; Klarita Gërxhani Health inequality Covid-19 Agency Social class Laissez-faire Public policy It has long been recognised that the relatively poor have higher mortality and morbidity rates than their wealthier counterparts (Wilkinson and Pickett, 2010 ; Layte...

... Limited Licensed re-use rights only Gender Public policy Patriarchy Labour market Wage gap Inequality The day after President Donald Trump was sworn into office, an estimated 4,157,894 people in 654 US towns and cities participated in the Women’s March while another 308,480 outside...

... m X j β j + r ( Z − K ) Public policy Financial services Self-employed workers Informal economy Informality has become a pervasive phenomenon around the world, especially in developing economies. The initial prediction by W. Arthur Lewis...

..., not women without children; testing the long-leave hypothesis requires the use of country-comparative data in which countries are observed repeatedly over time; and is best tested against person-level data. Employment Public policy Social policy Childcare leave Gender The main focus of our...

... representatives. Originality/value – The paper contributes to our understanding of the interrelation between economic recession, long-term policy changes and third sector development in Europe. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2016 Public policy European Union Third sector Economic recession...

...Orit Fisher-Shalem; Jill Quadagno Purpose – According to convergence theory, over time societies form similar social structures, political processes and public policies. In 2001, Israel adopted a welfare reform plan that rejected the traditional strategy of passive income support and instead...

.... The expected change in the age structure will create economic challenges (Shirakawa, 2011). This study examines how population composition relates to economic change in Japan for the period 1975 - 2011, and then analyses how population composition will affect future economic changes in Japan. Public...

... ; Shelley et al., 2007), the new political establishment brought about by the Rose Revolution pledged to change things. Public policy Urban development Social exclusion Youth Post-socialism In summer 2014, I spent few weeks in Tbilisi for my PhD on Georgian hospitality. My previous...

... authorities find themselves under continuing financial pressure from central government. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2015 Social policy Social welfare Public policy Social care Elderly people Citizen participation In 1948, significant legislative reforms within Britain’s...

...) equivalently identifies three, in part overlapping, in part variant, issues in western countries: © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2015 Intellectual disabilities Abuse Learning disability Public policy Scandal Developmental disability Flynn and Brown (in Flynn, 2010) report...

... and the current political debate about its future while using a framework focusing on the role of ideas in public policy, the paper directly contributes to the literature on the growing role of bicycles in sustainable urban transportation. The qualitative analysis is based on a systematic review of government...

... on health outcomes to be impressive when comparing it with other Union Territories (UTs). However, using examples of two public health and nutrition schemes, the paper argues that unless ANI's development indicators are compared over few years, public policy may fail to identity its development challenges...

...) performance of select low and middle-income Asia Pacific countries according to select economic and social welfare criteria. Gender Governance Public policy Poverty Health services India The state shall strive to promote the welfare of the people by securing and protecting as effectively...

... and was housed in one “lead” government agency for “pay and rations”. In practice, the lead agency's senior managers put the Taskforce's processes through their agency's usual sign off and approval channels and sought to exert editorial control over the papers. Social policy Public policy Public...

.... Jasper Doomen can be contacted at: jasperdoomen@yahoo.com © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Equal opportunities Public policy As long as those who are discriminated against do not (structurally) oppose this treatment, no issues arise with regard to the country's internal...

... at: p.f.taylor‐gooby@kent.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Civil society Social cohesion Big society United Kingdom Political sociology Public policy Sociology The term “social cohesion” is widely used in social policy discussion (Cantle, 2001 ; CSC, 2010), commentary...

..., examining the ways in which public policies and social collaborations may contribute to fairer but not less efficient economic outcomes. Findings The paper shows the limits of economic analysis focused only on financial variables and tries to uncover solidaristic foundations of efficient and sustainable...