It is a multi-disciplinary journal concerned with the origins, impact and evaluation of public policy across a range of areas, including health, housing, governance, labour markets, education, the environment, urban policy and community care. The journal bridges the gap between theory, research and practice through scholarly analysis. For further details, please visit the Policy and Politics web site . Social Policy and Administration is one of the longest established journals in the field. Whilst remaining faithful to its tradition in academic excellence, the journal also seeks to engender debate about topical and controversial issues.
Typical issues contain papers clustered around a theme.
The journal is international in scope. Contributions are received from scholars world-wide and cover social policy issues not only in Europe but in the USA, Canada, Australia and Asia Pacific. For further details, please visit the Social Policy and Administration web site . These debates clearly demonstrated the value in establishing a network to keep these debates going and the potential for a seminar series and it was agreed I would co-ordinate submitting a proposal to the ESRC for this. The presenters are writing up their papers for a special edition of the new on-line Journal of Social Issues to be published in the summer.