Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents iii
3. List of figures and tables v
4. Notes on contributors vi
5. Introduction: New agendas in social policy research 1
6. Local and multilevel trends in social policy
7. Passing the buck from Whitehall to town hall: local government responses to the cost-of-living crisis in England 7
8. Exploring the problems of a ‘left behind’ place in the context of ‘levelling up’ 27
9. Changing behaviour and/or heightening vulnerability? The impact of antisocial behaviour interventions on alleged perpetrators living within social housing 47
10. Promise or peril? ‘Devolution as modality’ for decentralisation in primary healthcare in Thailand 64
11. Policy responses to working-age risks
12. Integrating intersectionality into minimum income policy design: a systematic literature review 89
13. The governance of youth labour market policies in Italy and Austria: opportunities and challenges across national and local levels 109
14. Election battleground: a critical analysis of childcare policy problems and proposals in England 129
15. Policy developments and transformations
16. The theoretical importance of exceptional cases: social protection and its transformations in Japan and Australia in comparative welfare state research 149
17. Countering dominant immigration trends: an evaluation of the implication of bespoke UK resettlement schemes 172
18. Index 194