Abstract The study explored how understanding people's behaviours and desires can inform policy design and contribute to policy feedback theory. We focused on uses of time that are affected by diverse policies. Given the growing interest in promoting well‐being and the connection between the use of time and well‐being, we examined behaviours and desires regarding uses of time. In this exploratory study, we employed a quantitative research method. We surveyed 671 Israeli adults on their time use, desires for time use, and support for policy alternatives in three policy fields: work, education, and welfare. In five out of 11 policy alternatives, we found a connection between behavioural variables and support for policy alternatives. While exploratory, our findings contribute innovative insights into the connection between behavioural variables and support for policy alternatives related to time use. Theoretically, the article highlights the importance of incorporating behavioural ‘signalling knowledge’ as an essential input at the policy design stage and contributes to the policy feedback literature on multidisciplinary policies.
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Abstract The article provides and empirically tests an analytical model that considers the relationship between the discretionary power of street‐level bureaucrats (SLBs) and the institutional and organisational structures at meso and macro levels. The proposal maintains a bottom‐up perspective in the analysis of discretionary practices; at the same time, it highlights the relevance of multilevel governance systems as institutional spaces in opening and constraining the room for manoeuvre of SLBs. The analytical model is tested to comparatively analyse the implementation of the Italian guaranteed minimum income (Reddito di Cittadinanza) in two different regional welfare systems. The analysis focused on the practices and perceptions of the “navigators”, a new professional group introduced to implement the same policy. The fieldwork pointed out different spaces for and forms of discretion, highlighting that different institutional arrangements affect discretion and the variability of practices; however individual and professional group factors coupled with similar external constraints nuanced this variability with the emergence of common ones. In this article, the analytical model allowed to consider in a comparative perspective how institutional factors, besides individual and professional ones, influence discretion.
摘要本文提出并实证检验了一个分析模型，该模型在中观和宏观层面上考虑了街头官僚的自由裁量权与制度和组织结构之间的关系。该提案在分析自由裁量权做法时保持了自下而上的视角;与此同时，它强调了多层次治理体系作为制度空间在开放和限制slb操作空间方面的相关性。对分析模型进行了测试，以比较分析意大利最低保障收入(Reddito di Cittadinanza)在两个不同地区福利制度中的实施情况。分析的重点是“导航员”的做法和看法，“导航员”是为执行同样的政策而引入的一个新的专业群体。实地考察指出了自由裁量权的不同空间和形式，强调了不同的制度安排影响自由裁量权和实践的可变性;然而，个人和专业群体因素加上类似的外部约束，将这种差异与共同因素的出现微妙化。在本文中，分析模型允许从比较的角度考虑制度因素，除了个人和专业因素，如何影响自由裁量权。
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Social Policy & AdministrationEarly View BOOK REVIEW Handbook of civic engagement and education. By Richard Desjardins, Susan Wiksten, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing. 2022. pp. 346. £180.00 (Hardback). ISBN 978 180037 694 6 Malina Aniol, Corresponding Author Malina Aniol [email protected] orcid.org/0009-0008-2034-7526 Sciences Po – School of Research, Paris, France[email protected]Search for more papers by this author Malina Aniol, Corresponding Author Malina Aniol [email protected] orcid.org/0009-0008-2034-7526 Sciences Po – School of Research, Paris, France[email protected]Search for more papers by this author First published: 18 September 2023 https://doi.org/10.1111/spol.12962Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onEmailFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article. Early ViewOnline Version of Record before inclusion in an issue RelatedInformation
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Abstract Previous studies have revealed significant gaps in the UK public's knowledge about the welfare state and the economy. However, we know little about which groups of the population know more, and which less. Drawing on survey evidence, we confirm that many people overstimate both the size of unemployment provision and levels of benefit fraud, and also make mistakes when answering factual questions about finance, employment rights, and benefit entitlements. While men, older people and university degree holders demonstrate slightly better knowledge on average, substantial differences appear when we distinguish specific domains of knowledge. For example, women know more about benefits, but men more about finance. We argue that understanding patterns of economic knowledge requires more complex engagement than has been undertaken to date. This is important because we find that knowledge is linked to political attitudes, with those who are more supportive of the welfare state – and those who tend to emphasise the government's role in the delivery of public services – more likely to demonstrate greater levels of knowledge.
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Abstract Despite clear gendered differences in rights and responsibilities, these variations within citizen‐state relations are often overlooked. Drawing on Ranjita Mohanty's concept of women–state relations and Nancy Fraser's trivalent theory of social justice, this paper asks how access to social assistance is shaped by gender. Analysing the processes of policy design and implementation of Zambia's social cash transfer scheme, the paper examines perceptions of roles and responsibilities in the private domain and claims to state assistance in the public sphere. Based on 77 key informant interviews with institutional stakeholders, and 16 focus group discussions with cash transfer (non‐)beneficiaries, the research finds a predominant belief that ‘able‐bodied’ men and women should be working but dramatically different expectations of women and men in the household. The paper argues that social policies can be rights‐determining rather than rights‐based, demonstrated by the changes to Zambia's targeting model based on perceived responsibilities, with material consequences for citizens and particularly women.
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Minna van Gerven, Tuuli Malava, Peppi Saikku, Merita Mesiäislehto
Abstract This article presents the results of a systematic literature review of research articles ( N = 72) to study the governance logic of integrated activation policies and the problems relating to reintegrating welfare benefits with services. The inductive study of the problems indicated in the literature demonstrates both the vertical and horizontal aspects of the governance of integrated activation at the street level: challenges are tied to the top‐down activation policy; requirements and strategies of delivering benefits and services; collaboration and coordination in delivery chains; and risks and inequality that streel‐level bureaucrats are trying to deal with in their work. The results point primarily to flaws in the vertical governance of activation, such as frontline work problems and collaborative practices between different actors and agencies. Moreover, some problems relating to collaboration and coordination, pointed towards the challenges in horizontal governance of activation. The article, however, demonstrates how the governance of integrated activation requires a coupling of these different streams of governance and understanding governance as a complex network of interdependencies and causal connections between institutions, organisations, and co‐production with end users.
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Mateusz Błaszczyk, Kamilla Dolińska, Julita Makaro, Jacek Pluta
Abstract The unprecedented influx of migrants triggered by Russia's invasion of Ukraine posed a major challenge for neighbouring countries. For the local authorities of the cities where the migrants arrived, managing the reception of the refugees became a key issue. This article discusses a study on the reception of refugees during the first period of the war in Ukraine in Wrocław, a city that became one of the main Polish hubs of war‐triggered migration. Analysing specific examples of the organisation of activities concerning the aid given to newcomers from Ukraine, we indicate the actors involved in these measures, the range of resources mobilised, the way in which tasks were divided, and the relations between the cooperating stakeholders. The study highlights the key role of agility in managing the issue of reception. However, it is not the quality of the existing system, but the result of the need to develop ad hoc solutions to deal with potential crises. Even so, the flexibility of action, the fluidity of task distribution and the ‘community of the higher purpose’ have enabled effective measures to build the resilience of cities to the threat.
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Social Policy & AdministrationEarly View BOOK REVIEW Mobilizing voluntary action in the UK: Learning from the pandemic. By Irene Hardill, Jurden Grotz, Laura Crawford (Eds.), Bristol: Policy Press Shorts. 2022. pp. 202. £14.99 (paperback) or 1447367239OA (open access). ISBN: 9781447367222 COVID-19 and the voluntary and community sector in the UK: Responses, impact and adaptation. By James Rees, Rob Macmillan, Chris Dayson, Chris Damm, Claire Bynner (Eds.), Bristol: Policy Press. 2023. pp. 268. £29.99 (paperback). ISBN: 9781447365518 Mick Carpenter, Corresponding Author Mick Carpenter [email protected] orcid.org/0000-0002-0562-0167 Emeritus Professor of Social Policy, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK[email protected]Search for more papers by this author Mick Carpenter, Corresponding Author Mick Carpenter [email protected] orcid.org/0000-0002-0562-0167 Emeritus Professor of Social Policy, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK[email protected]Search for more papers by this author First published: 22 August 2023 https://doi.org/10.1111/spol.12951Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onEmailFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article. Early ViewOnline Version of Record before inclusion in an issue RelatedInformation
{"title":"Mobilizing voluntary action in the UK: Learning from the pandemic. By IreneHardill, JurdenGrotz, LauraCrawford (Eds.), Bristol: Policy Press Shorts. 2022. pp. 202. £14.99 (paperback) or 1447367239OA (open access). ISBN: 9781447367222COVID‐19 and the voluntary and community sector in the UK: Responses, impact and adaptation. By JamesRees, RobMacmillan, ChrisDayson, ChrisDamm, ClaireBynner (Eds.), Bristol: Policy Press. 2023. pp. 268. £29.99 (paperback). ISBN: 9781447365518","authors":"Mick Carpenter","doi":"10.1111/spol.12951","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/spol.12951","url":null,"abstract":"Social Policy & AdministrationEarly View BOOK REVIEW Mobilizing voluntary action in the UK: Learning from the pandemic. By Irene Hardill, Jurden Grotz, Laura Crawford (Eds.), Bristol: Policy Press Shorts. 2022. pp. 202. £14.99 (paperback) or 1447367239OA (open access). ISBN: 9781447367222 COVID-19 and the voluntary and community sector in the UK: Responses, impact and adaptation. By James Rees, Rob Macmillan, Chris Dayson, Chris Damm, Claire Bynner (Eds.), Bristol: Policy Press. 2023. pp. 268. £29.99 (paperback). ISBN: 9781447365518 Mick Carpenter, Corresponding Author Mick Carpenter [email protected] orcid.org/0000-0002-0562-0167 Emeritus Professor of Social Policy, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK[email protected]Search for more papers by this author Mick Carpenter, Corresponding Author Mick Carpenter [email protected] orcid.org/0000-0002-0562-0167 Emeritus Professor of Social Policy, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK[email protected]Search for more papers by this author First published: 22 August 2023 https://doi.org/10.1111/spol.12951Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onEmailFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article. Early ViewOnline Version of Record before inclusion in an issue RelatedInformation","PeriodicalId":47858,"journal":{"name":"Social Policy & Administration","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135670742","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract We argue that subjective insecurity plays an important role in explaining welfare chauvinism, which is defined as the restriction of immigrants' access to social benefits and public services. Additionally, macroeconomic performance and welfare regime are closely related to opinions about the social rights of migrant groups. We test these propositions, using a multilevel ordered logit model using the 8th wave of ESS. It is found that subjective unemployment and income risks are not overlapping with objective measures, and self‐assessed insecurity has a strong and positive effect on welfare chauvinism. Moreover, we demonstrate that, even for the most socio‐economically advantaged respondents, subjective risk increases the likelihood of chauvinistic welfare attitudes. At the macro level, higher rates of GDP per capita growth decrease welfare chauvinism, and Central and Eastern European welfare regime increases the likelihood of exclusionary attitudes in relative terms. The results are robust across different estimation techniques and inclusion of alternative contextual factors.
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Pub Date : 2023-03-01Epub Date: 2023-01-10DOI: 10.1111/spol.12894
Ilze Plavgo
This paper theorises and empirically assesses how education and active labour market policy (ALMP) relate to each other in shaping individuals' employment chances in Europe. It provides a theoretical base for assessing policy complementarities building on sociological skill-formation literature, varieties of capitalism and social investment literature. Two hypotheses of complementarity are advanced: reinforcement whereby higher investment in general skills via education boosts ALMP effectiveness; and substitution-compensation whereby investments in either policy suffice, rendering individual employment chances less dependent on ALMPs at higher (prior) educational investment levels. The advanced theoretical propositions are empirically tested by looking at how individual employment chances are affected by national ALMP efforts conditional on workforce education, distinguishing between individual- and national-level educational attainment. Analyses draw on micro-level EU-SILC longitudinal data 2003-2015 from 29 European countries and 285 country-years applying mixed-effects dynamic panel regression models. Results highlight the complementarity of education in the functioning of ALMPs and show that the education-ALMP interplay follows different dynamics when individual or national education are considered, with substitution-compensation for the former and reinforcement for the latter. Higher individual educational attainment is associated with lower marginal returns from national ALMP efforts, with higher ALMP effectiveness among the lower-educated. By contrast, higher national educational attainment is associated with increased ALMP effectiveness, with ALMPs tending to be far less effective at low levels of highly educated workforce. Different interaction patterns are observed for youth, indicating increased difficulty in activating this risk group.
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