International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy: Volume 30 Issue 3/4

Community empowerment: Identifying the barriers to “purposeful” citizen participation

Dave Adamson

The purpose of this paper is to examine Communities First, an area‐based regeneration policy in Wales to explore the barriers to community empowerment. Three related research…

Economic inequality and poverty: where do we go from here?

Noel Smith

The paper aims to compare applied social policy approaches to child poverty and economic inequality, the latter being mainly operationalised in the UK in terms of social mobility.

Effectiveness, inequality and ethos in three English schools

Laura C. Engel, John Holford, Helena Pimlott‐Wilson

This paper aims to explore the nature of effective schools serving socially disadvantaged communities, and to point to an overlooked feature in the literature on school…

New class inequalities in education: Why education policy may be looking in the wrong place! Education policy, civil society and social class

Stephen J. Ball

The paper aims to develop a case for re‐considering the role of schools in education policy. The argument is made that considerable amounts of the variation in pupil performance…

Welfare and long‐term care in the East and West: Cross‐national inequalities

Henglien Lisa Chen

This paper aims to provide an overview of the inequalities between three countries – England, The Netherlands and Taiwan – in relation to the welfare and long‐term care of older…

Does the welfare state reduce inequalities in people's social capital?

Wim van Oorschot, Ellen Finsveen

The purpose of this paper is to analyse whether social capital inequalities are smaller in more extensive welfare states.

Beyond social inclusion: towards a more equal society

Alan France, Janet Harvey, Liz Sutton, Amanda Waring