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Adopting an interdisciplinary approach this book provides a cutting-edge, in-depth account of social policy research today, how we got here, and where future research should be headed. It defines the core research agenda for the future covering multiple social policy fields, including care, family, health, and housing policy as well as gender equality, labour market policy, and welfare attitudes.

The book brings together a unique combination of scholars from social policy, sociology, political science, international relations, and law, who explore how European societies have changed over the last 20 years, the future challenges which need to be addressed and the role for social policy research. The editors argue that to advance research on European social policy, we need to develop a better understanding of the interplay between multiple policies, invest more resources in theoretical development, and effectively utilize perhaps the greatest asset of European social policy research ? its multidisciplinarity.

Offering crucial insights into the dynamic nature of social policy research, this book will be a valuable guide for social policy scholars and students. Its discussion of a broad range of social policy areas will also be useful for practitioners and policymakers across a wide range of social policy fields.

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Adopting an interdisciplinary approach this book provides a cutting-edge, in-depth account of social policy research today, how we got here, and where future research should be headed. It defines the core research agenda for the future covering multiple social policy fields, including care, family, health, and housing policy as well as gender equality, labour market policy, and welfare attitudes.

?As societies change, so must their social policies, and so also must the research that informs them. Social Policy in Changing European Societies: Research Agendas for the 21st Century resets the research agenda after two tumultuous decades. The perspective is comparative and multi-disciplinary, with contributors assessing current thinking about policy areas, theoretical perspectives, research methodologies, and urgent policy challenges including social care, climate change, digitalisation and international migration.?

Table of Contents:

Contents:

Preface xvi
1 Social policy research in changing European societies 1
Kenneth Nelson, Rense Nieuwenhuis, and Mara A. Yerkes

PART I KEY THEMES IN SOCIAL POLICY RESEARCH
2 Care and the analysis of welfare states 20
Mary Daly and Margarita León
3 Family policy research in Europe 34
Wim Van Lancker and Hannah Zagel
4 Comparative research on health and health care 50
Claus Wendt
5 Long-term developments in housing policy and research 66
Caroline Dewilde and Marietta Haffner
6 Studying the politics of pension reforms and their social
consequences 85
Bernhard Ebbinghaus and Katja Möhring
7 Poverty, social policy and the welfare state: a research agenda 101
Bea Cantillon
8 Research on active social policy 120
Giuliano Bonoli

PART II CROSS-CUTTING RESEARCH THEMES
9 Researching social Europe on the move 136
Caroline De la Porte and Ilaria Madama
10 The evolution of social policy research in Central and
Eastern Europe 154
Jolanta Aidukaite and Jekaterina Navicke
11 Twenty years of social policy research on gender 171
Trudie Knijn
12 European labour markets and social policy: recent research
and future directions 187
Jochen Clasen and Daniel Clegg
13 Recent advances in understanding welfare attitudes in Europe 202
Wim van Oorschot, Tijs Laenen, Femke Roosma, and Bart Meuleman
14 Methodologies for comparative social policy analysis 218
Emanuele Ferragina and Christopher Deeming

PART III SOCIAL POLICY RESEARCH CHALLENGES
15 Social policy research and climate change 236
Bj?rn Hvinden and Mi Ah Schoyen
16 Studying social policy in the digital age 251
Minna van Gerven
17 Migrants and social policy: shifting research agendas 265
Karen N. Breidahl, Troels Fage Hedegaard, and Verena Seibel
18 Social policy research in times of crisis 279
Bent Greve and Thomas Paster
19 Where to from here? Social policy research in future
European societies 294
Mara A. Yerkes, Kenneth Nelson and Rense Nieuwenhuis

Index 303