2023

Volume	Issue	Theme	Guest Editor(s)
22	3	Social Policy Responses and Institutional Reforms in the Pandemic	Gibrán Cruz-Martínez, Sony Pellissery and Ricardo Velázquez Leyer
22	2	Mapping the Shifts in Russian and European Welfare Polities	Linda J. Cook and Mike Titterton
22	1	Personalisation and Collaboration: Dual Tensions in Individualised Funding Policy for Older and Disabled Person	Michele Foster, Catherine Needham, Eloise Hummell, Samantha J. Borg and Karen R. Fisher

2022

Volume	Issue	Theme	Guest Editor(s)
21	4	Interrogating Welfare Stigma: Dynamics of (re)Production, Experience and Resistance in the Welfare State	Fiona Dukelow, Joe Whelan and Robert Bolton
21	3	Towards a Sustainable Welfare State	Mary P. Murphy and Michael McGann
21	2	Policies and Practices Shaping Long-Term Care: Between an Inclusivity Ethos and Service Delivery Realities	Shereen Hussein and Sara Charlesworth
21	1	’Race’, Learning and Teaching in Social Policy	Bankole Cole, Gary Craig and Nasreen Ali

2021

Volume	Issue	Theme	Guest Editor(s)
20	4	Qualitative Longitudinal Research for Social Policy – Where Are We Now?	Ruth Patrick, Morag Treanor and Aniela Wenham
20	3	The (Un)deserving Migrant? Street-Level Bordering Practices and Deservingness in Access to Social Services	Nora Ratzmann and Nina Sahraoui
20	2	Populism, Religion and Social Policy	Rana Jawad, Daniel Béland and Emmanuele Pavolini
20	1	A Hostile Decade for Social Policy: Economic Crisis, Political Crisis and Austerity 2010-20	Kevin Farnsworth and Zoë Irving

2020

Volume	Issue	Theme	Guest Editor(s)
19	4	Global Welfare Regimes Revisited	Antonios Roumpakis and Mulyadi Sumarto
19	3	Taxation and Social Policy	Micheál L Collins, Sally Ruane and Adrian Sinfield
19	2	Property and Social Citizenship	Sony Pellissery and Ivar Lødemel
19	1	Homelessness Prevention in an International Policy Context	Anya Ahmed and Iolo Madoc-Jones

2019

Volume	Issue	Theme	Guest Editor(s)
18	4	Rethinking Welfare-to-Work for the Long-Term Unemployed	Michael McGann, Sophie Danneris and Siobhan O’Sullivan
18	3	Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES) – Implications and Challenges	Rosalind Edwards, Val Gillies and Sue White
18	2	Basic Income in European Welfare States: Opportunities and Constraints	Jurgen De Wispelaere and Louise Haagh
18	1	European Social Policy and Society after Brexit: Neoliberalism, Populism, and Social Quality	Steve Corbett and Alan Walker

2018

Volume	Issue	Theme	Guest Editor(s)
17	4	Families, Social Work and the Welfare State: Where Contemporary ‘Family’ Meets Policy and Practice	Julie Walsh and Will Mason
17	3	Parenting Support in the Nordic Countries: Is there a Specific Nordic Model?	Astrid Ouahyb Sundsbø, Ella Sihvonen
17	2	UK's Membership of the EU: Brexit and the Gains, Losses and Dilemmas for Social Policy	Ania Plomien
17	1	Implementing Disability Rights in National Contexts: Norms, Diffusion, and Conflicts	Yohann Aucante, Pierre-Yves Baudot

2017

Volume	Issue	Theme	Guest Editor(s)
16	4	Migration and Differential Labour Market Participation	Gina Netto, Gary Craig
16	3	Vulnerability and Social Justice	Kate Brown
16	2	Austerity, Welfare and Social Citizenship	Daniel Edmiston, Ruth Patrick, Kayleigh Garthwaite
16	1	‘Looking for Trouble?’ Critically Examining the UK Government's Troubled Families Programme	Stephen Crossley, Michael Lambert

2016

Volume	Issue	Theme	Guest Editor(s)
15	4	Policy Responses to Ageing and the Extension of Working Lives	Simon Biggs, Dina Bowman, Helen Kimberley, Michael McGann
15	3	Assessing the Effects of Conditional Cash Transfers in Latin American Societies in the Early Twenty-First Century	Theodoros Papadopoulos, Ricardo Velázquez Leyer
15	2	Intensive Family Support Services: Politics, Policy and Practice Across Contexts	Harriet Churchill, Robin Sen
15	1	Young Fatherhood: Lived experiences and policy challenges	Bren Neale

2015

Volume	Issue	Theme	Guest Editor(s)
14	4	Parenting Support in European Countries: A Complex Development in Social Policy	Mary Daly
14	3	Hunger, Food and Social Policy in Austerity	Elizabeth Dowler, Hannah Lambie-Mumford
14	2	Twenty Five Years of the Welfare Modelling Business	Martin Powell, Armando Barrientos
14	1	The Cultural Study of Commercial Sex: Taking a Policy Perspective	Natalie Hammond, Feona Attwood

2014

Volume	Issue	Theme	Guest Editor(s)
13	4	Hiding in plain sight or Disappearing in the rear view mirror?: Whatever happened to the revolution in information for Health and Social Care – Learning from England and Australia	Rob Wilson, Susan Baines, Ian McLoughlin
13	3	Social Innovation and Social Policy	Simone Baglioni, Stephen Sinclair
13	2	Managing Social Change and Social Policy in Greater China: Welfare Regimes in Transition?	Ka Ho Mok, John Hudson
13	1	Comparative Perspectives on Poverty and Inequality: Japan and the United Kingdom	Christina Pantazis

2013

Volume	Issue	Theme	Guest Editor(s)
12	4	‘New’ Welfare in Practice: Trends, Challenges and Dilemmas	Marion Ellison, Menno Fenger
12	3	Welfare State Reform, Recognition and Emotional Labour	Evelien Tonkens, Ellen Grootegoed, Jan Willem Duyvendak
12	2	Risk, Social Inclusion and the Life Course	Jens O. Zinn
12	1	Rethinking Retirement Incomes: Inequality and Policy Change in the UK and Anglo Saxon Countries	David Lain, Sarah Vickerstaff, Wendy Loretto

2012

Volume	Issue	Theme	Guest Editor(s)
11	4	Social Policy and Religion in Contemporary Britain	Christopher Baker, Rana Jawad
11	3	Waiting for a Better World: Critical and Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Intercountry Adoption	Denise Cuthbert
11	2	Exploring Parent Abuse	Caroline Hunter, Judy Nixon
11	1	Household Finances under Pressure: What is the Role of Social Policy?	Ricky Joseph, Karen Rowlingson

2011

Volume	Issue	Theme	Guest Editor(s)
10	4	Exploring Multiple Exclusion Homelessness	Peter Dwyer, Peter Somerville
10	3	Remixing the Economy of Welfare? Changing Roles and Relationships between the State and the Voluntary and Community Sector	Susan Baines, Irene Hardill, Rob Wilson
10	2	Equality and Human Rights in Britain	Sheila Riddell, Nick Watson
10	1	Moving towards Human Rights Based Social Policies in China	Karen R. Fisher, Xiaoyuan Shang, Megan Blaxland

2010

Volume	Issue	Theme	Guest Editor(s)
9	4	Family Minded Policy and Whole Family Practice	Harriet Clarke, Nathan Hughes
9	3	Domestic and Care Work at the Intersection of Welfare, Gender and Migration Regimes	Majella Kilkey, Helma Lutz, Ewa Palenga-Möllenbeck
9	2	‘Harm’, ‘Abuse’, Agency and Resilience Across the Lifespan	Alison Bowes, Brigid Daniel
9	1	Disciplining Difference	Judy Nixon, David Prior

2009

Volume	Issue	Theme	Guest Editor(s)
8	4	Children's Perspectives on Poverty and Disadvantage in Rich and Developing Countries	Tess Ridge, Peter Saunders
8	3	Social Policy in the Devolved Scotland: Towards a Scottish Welfare State?	Gerry Mooney, Sharon Wright
8	2	Mental Health and Human Rights	Lydia Lewis
8	1	Resilience and Social Exclusion	Tania Burchardt, M. Carmen Huerta

2008

Volume	Issue	Theme	Guest Editor(s)
7	4	The Poverty of Policy? Gaps in Anti-Poverty Policy for Children and Young People	Line Nyhagen Predelli, Alan France, Chris Dearden
7	3	The Governance of Activation	Rik van Berkel, Vando Borghi
7	2	Choice or voice	Ian Greener
7	1	Care or Control? Gypsies, Travellers and the State	Colin Clark

2007

Volume	Issue	Theme	Guest Editor(s)
6	4	Qualitative Longitudinal Research for Social Policy	Anne Corden, Jane Millar
6	3	Costs of Long-Term Care for Older People	Alison Bowes
6	2	Networks, Connectedness and Resilience: Learning from the Children's Fund in Context	Marian Barnes, Kate Morris
6	1	Equality	Eithne McLaughlin

2006

Volume	Issue	Theme	Guest Editor(s)
5	4	What do Older Workers Want?	Wendy Loretto, Sarah Vickerstaff, Phil White
5	3	South Korea: Developing social policy and practice in a changing society	Liz Ross
5	2	Partnerships, Governance and Citizenship	Kirstein Rummery
5	1	National and International responses to gendered violence against women	Christina Pantazis, Lois Bibbings

2005

Volume	Issue	Theme	Guest Editor(s)
4	4	Transnational Social Policy	Nicola Yeates, Zoë Irving
4	3	History and Policy	Martin Powell, John Stewart
4	2	Political Economy and Social Policy	Chris Holden, Rob Sykes
4	1	Disabled People and Social Justice	Robina Goodlad, Sheila Riddell

2004

Volume	Issue	Theme	Guest Editor(s)
3	4	Care, Values and the Future of Welfare	Alan Deacon, Fiona Williams
3	3	Globalisation and Welfare Systems in Asia	Raymond K.H. Chan
3	2	Age, Employment and Policy	Kerry Platman, Philip Taylor
3	1	Gender and Individualisation	Jane Lewis, Fran Bennett

2003

Volume	Issue	Theme	Guest Editor(s)
2	4	Social Capital, Families and Welfare Policy	Rosalind Edwards
2	3	European Union and Social Policy: National and EU Policy Interaction	Linda Hantrais
2	2	Reforming US Welfare	Robert Walker, Michael Wiseman
2	1	Consumerism and Social Policy	Ian Shaw

2002

Volume	Issue	Theme	Guest Editor(s)
1	4	Policy Process and Social Policy	Hugh M. Bochel
1	3	Evidence-Based Policy as a concept for Modernising Governance and Social Science Research	Miriam E David
1	2	Social Policy in Central Europe	Bill Jordan
1	1	Social Welfare and Social Democracy	Peter Taylor-Gooby