International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy: Volume 40 Issue 3/4

Between welfare state and (state-organised) charity: How Turkey’s social assistance regime blends two competing policy paradigms

Kerem Gabriel Öktem, Cansu Erdogan

Over the last four decades, Turkey has built an elaborate social assistance regime, which provides extensive coverage of the poor but lacks some of the key characteristics of…

The development of “Islamic welfare regime” in South East Asia: Drawing experiences from Brunei Darussalam, Malaysia and Indonesia

Tauchid Komara Yuda

Using evidence from Brunei Darussalam, Malaysia and Indonesia, the purpose of this paper is to explore how Islamic welfare regime notion evolves in a South East Asian (SEA…

The role of Zakat in the provision of social protection: A comparison between Jordan and Sudan

Charlotte Bilo, Anna Carolina Machado

This paper discusses the role of Zakat Funds in the provision of social protection in the Middle East and North Africa region, based on the examples of Jordan and Sudan. The…

Zakat and waqf as instrument of Islamic wealth in poverty alleviation and redistribution: Case of Malaysia

Shaikh Hamzah Abdul Razak

Zakat has a strong humanitarian and social-political value. Zakat occupies a central role in Islamic fiscal policy and operations. At the same time, it does not preclude the use…

Gender and network effects on occupation: a case study of China

Ka Yi Fung

The purpose of this paper is to ask whether or not social networks can compensate for the disadvantages of being part of an unprivileged group in the job attainment process in…

The individualization of political activism: A reflection on social movements and modernization, starting from the case of Italian animal advocacy

Niccolò Bertuzzi

The study aims to investigate a relevant topic, but still underestimated by sociological studies: animal advocacy, namely, the organized interest in non-human animals' life…

A socio-economic model of Zakah compliance

Saeed Awadh Bin-Nashwan, Hijattulah Abdul-Jabbar, Saliza Abdul Aziz, K. Kuperan Viswanathan

To provide a sound understanding of Zakah compliance behaviour, this paper aims to shed light on the relationships between Zakah system fairness, Zakah morale, peer influence and…

Journey from passion to satisfaction: roles of belongingness and psychological empowerment: A study on social workers

Deepti Pathak, Shalini Srivastava

The present research work is intended to investigate the work passion and job satisfaction relationship of social workers in Delhi/NCR and examine the influence of belongingness…

Retirement concerns and financial literacy in Brunei

Pg Md Hasnol Alwee Pg Hj Md Salleh, Roslee Baha

Despite the inclusion of financial literacy in retirement studies, there are limited studies that look into retirement concerns and how financial literacy plays a role in managing…

Work–life balance in Europe: institutional contexts and individual factors

Rumiana Stoilova, Petya Ilieva-Trichkova, Franziska Bieri

The purpose of this paper is to explore how individual and macro-level factors shape the work–life balance of young men and women across European countries.

Alternative models of activation policies: the experience of public oriented services

Gianluca Scarano

The purpose of this paper is to understand the impact of activation policies in contexts of public-oriented employment services.

Evaluating the motives of child labourers in the informal economy

Aamar Ilyas, Muhammad Shehryar Shahid, Ramraini Ali Hassan

Conventionally, the marginalised population was considered to engage in child labour due to poverty, education or lack of other options, but indeed, a few children work…