Contents

pp iii-iv

List of figures and tables

pp v-vi

Notes on contributors

pp vii-xii

Social policy in the shadow of the pandemic

pp 1-2

Part I - Policy groups

pp 3-4

1 - Climate justice, social policy and the transition to net zero in the UK

pp 5-23

2 - Localising employment policy: opportunities and challenges

pp 24-47

3 - Getting in, being heard and influencing change: the labours of policy engagement in employment and social security research

pp 48-70

4 - The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on UK housing policy: how do we rebuild the foundations of the ‘wobbly pillar’?

pp 71-94

Part II - Wider developments in social policy

pp 95-96

5 - The faceless researcher: the implications of carrying out research using digital methods during a global pandemic

pp 97-112

6 - Caught between the local and the (trans)national: a street-level analysis of EU migrants’ access to social benefits in German job centres

pp 113-133

7 - Critical perspectives on social work and social policy practice with vulnerable migrants in an era of emergencies

pp 134-157

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

pp 158-178

9 - The impact of the pandemic crisis on territorial inequalities: the right(s) to healthcare in Italy

pp 179-202

10 - When activation policies deactivate jobseekers: inconsistencies in French integration policy

pp 203-225

Index

pp 226-238