Social Policy &Administration, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Socioeconomic developments in high‐income countries since the postwar era have induced fundamental changes in the predominant social risks to which people are exposed. This article seeks to determine whether this evolution is accompanied by changing expectations of the welfare state.
Andrew Zola
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Income inequality : a summary of the Bank's 1998 Symposium [PDF]
Income inequality has become an increasingly important public policy issue in industrialized countries in recent years. Although macroeconomic conditions have been favorable in many of these countries, the distribution of income within and across ...
Stephen A. Monto, Stuart E. Weiner
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Community Lynching and the US Asthma Epidemic [PDF]
, 2003 We explore the implications of IR Cohen's work on immune cognition for understanding rising rates of asthma morbidity and mortality in the US. Immune cognition is inherently linked with central nervous system cognition, and with the cognitive function ...
Fullilove, Mindy +2 more
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Ruth Glass: London's Gentrification Urban Visionary
Population, Space and Place, Volume 32, Issue 2, March 2026.ABSTRACT This paper analyses the contribution made by Ruth Glass to our understanding of gentrification and class change in London. It argues that not only was she remarkably ahead of her time in identifying and naming this important new phenomenon over 60 years ago, but that her discussion of the social and housing market impacts of gentrification ...
Chris Hamnett
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Editorial: "After Industry" the Economic and Social Consequences of Deindustrialization. [PDF]
Front Sociol, 2021 Warren J, Stephenson C, Wistow J.
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The Structure of Employment, Globalization, and Economic Crises: Rethinking Contemporary Employment Dynamics with a Focus on the U.S. and Japan [PDF]
This paper explores the intersections between the current trajectory of globalization, changes to the structure of employment, and policies for maintaining opportunities for decent employment.
James Heintz
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Weaponizing Nature, Naturalizing Violence: Anthropologies of Ecofascism
American Anthropologist, Volume 128, Issue 1, Page 224-236, March 2026.ABSTRACT After decades of denial and obstruction, the global Right is increasingly willing to acknowledge that climate change is a threat to lives and lifeways everywhere. Moreover, some seize on the specter of ecological collapse to advance fascistic politics.
Chloe Ahmann +7 more
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Economic Globalization and the Welfare State in Affluent Democracies, 1975-1998 [PDF]
Prior scholarship is sharply divided on how or if globalization influences welfare states. Globalization's effects may be positive causing expansion, negative triggering crisis and reduction, curvilinear contributing to convergence, or insignificant.
Beckfield, Jason +2 more
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David Marsden's Comparative and Theoretical Craft: Signposts to a Better World of Work
British Journal of Industrial Relations, Volume 64, Issue 1, Page 91-100, March 2026.ABSTRACT David Marsden enriched and extended the field of employment relations with his interdisciplinary and comparative practice. This introduction to the special issue honouring his work examines the nature of David's contribution and analyses his influence on employment relations and adjacent fields.
Sarah Ashwin +2 more
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Visualizing and Understanding Shrinking Cities and Towns (SCT) Research: A Network Analysis. [PDF]
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2022 Wu Z +6 more
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