Social Policy Review. 35 : analysis and debate in social policy, 2023 / editors: Ruggero Cefalo, Marcia Rose, and Andy Jolly

Global developments in social policy research .-- Part I Intergenerational research .-- 1 Intergenerational research, policy and practice for sustaining social care in the UK: current challenges and future .-- 2 An intergenerational divide in the context of COVID-19?.-- 3 Impacts of substance use across generations: exploring how the risk of problem substance use can be impacted by locus of control .-- 4 COVID-19 and intergenerational equity: can social protection initiatives transcend caste barriers in India? .-- 5 Two levels of agency: the negotiation of intergenerational support in Chinese families .-- Part II Research developments in social policy analysis .-- 6 The impact of COVID-19 on the residential care sector for the elderly: employment and care regimes in the European comparative perspective .-- 7 Curating Spaces of Hope: exploring the potential for Faith Based Organisations in uncertain times .-- 8 The ‘Innovative Job Agency’: an experiment in renewing local social services in Pisa (Italy) .-- 9 Inequality within equalities: an institutionalist examination of equalities interest groups engagement in a third sector-government partnership .-- 10 Homelessness and the coronavirus .-- 11 A Cultural Political Economy case study of Singapore’s Central Provident Fund: critiquing welfare policy in the reproduction of subordination and inequality .-- 12 Unmet need, epistemic injustice and early death: how social policy for Autistic adults in England and Wales fails to slay Beveridge’s Five Giants.

The book addresses current issues and critical debates within the field, with a particular focus on intergenerational research. Contributors also explore key social policy and research developments across a wide range of themes, including the impact of COVID-19 on eldercare and homelessness, research into Faith Based Organisations, local social services in Italy and social policies for Autistic adults in England and Wales. Published in association with the Social Policy Association, this comprehensive volume will be essential reading for students and academics in social policy, social welfare and related disciplines.