International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy
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Exploring resistance in family policy transfer: a comparative analysis of the Czech Republic and South Korea
Martin GurínFamily policy is an area where policy transfer has garnered a lot of attention lately. A growing body of research demonstrates policymakers' interest in and willingness to adopt…
Does public debt moderate government spending – informal economy nexus? Evidence from the Asian countries
Toan Khanh Tran Pham, Quyen Hoang Thuy To Nguyen LeThe purpose of this study is to explore the relationship between government spending, public debt and the informal economy. In addition, this paper investigates the moderating…
The relationship between the media and corruption: perspectives of Ghanaian justice and anti-corruption officials
Moses Agaawena AmagnyaThe media is described as a fourth estate of the realm due to its ability to frame and shape discussions on governance and provide a stimulus for fighting corruption. But is the…
An exploratory study on women single parents’ experiences in coping with socioeconomic insecurity
Misbahul Munir, Tauchid Komara Yuda, Echo Perdana Kusumah, Maygsi Aldian SuwandiSocial welfare scholarship has not paid adequate attention to the phenomenon of single-parent women in Asia, especially in terms of their economic and social vulnerabilities. This…
Drivers of intention to engage in informal economy activities during maternity leave
Mangirdas Morkūnas, Elze Rudiene, Jinzhao WeiThe present paper seeks to reveal the factors underlying the intentions of women on maternity leave to engage in informal economy activities.
Do social investment policies promote employment among the vulnerable? A case of single mothers
Takayuki SakamotoThis study aims to investigate whether social investment (SI) policies improve employment among single mothers.
Analysis of tax compliance behavior of family businesses: combining social and psychology norms and legitimacy determinants
Rida Belahouaoui, El Houssain AttakThis study aims to analyze the tax compliance behavior of family firms by integrating social and psychological norms with legitimacy determinants, focusing specifically on the…
Gender employment contradictions in Israeli nonprofit organizations providing social care
Inbar Livnat, Michal Almog-BarThis article asks how gender, ethnicity and other identities intersect and shape the employment experiences of social workers. During recent decades, governments have contracted…
Female immigrant entrepreneurship – predicted by women’s empowerment in host country
Aleksandra Gaweł, Timo ToikkoThe social inclusion of immigrants has been a central public policy issue in European countries, and entrepreneurship is often promoted as a form of integration. Female immigrants…
Conceptions of time, socioeconomic development and cultural values
Hamid YeganehThis article analyzes the relationships between different conceptions of time, socioeconomic development and cultural values.
Protecting vulnerability. An international comparison of social workers as street-level bureaucrats during the COVID-19 lockdown
Lluis Francesc Peris Cancio, Maria Alexandra Monteiro MustafáThe purpose of this article’s research was threefold. Firstly, it aimed to investigate how social services professionals coped during the pandemic period by comparing their…
Street-level quasi-bureaucracy and professional discretion: how transformational leadership and public service motivation influence village health volunteers' professional discretion
Achakorn Wongpreedee, Tatchalerm SudhipongprachaVillage health volunteers are community health volunteers in Thailand that have helped the government deliver public health services for many years, particularly during the…
“The black is going”: a phenomenological study on young rural women's experience of colourism
Dandub Palzor Negi, E.P. Abdul Azeez, Asha RaniThe present study explored the young women's lived experiences of discrimination and othering based on skin tone in two rural localities of Uttarakhand , State of India. The…
Street-level bureaucrats in the professional context of primary care social services in Spain
Sergio Sánchez-CastiñeiraThis study aims to identify the street-level approaches of professional workers in complex public social service organisations when attending to social assistance claimants.
Are small- and medium-sized enterprises more likely to innovate when facing informal competition? Evidence from Kazakhstan
Tommaso Aguzzi, Rodica Ianole-Calin, Susanne DurstThis paper aims to investigate whether Kazakh small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that claim to compete with the informal sector are more likely to invest in innovation…
Institutional and organisational influence on mental health management in Spanish and Italian primary care
Roberto GiosaThis study aims to investigate how institutional and organisational factors affect case management of patients with mental disorders by GPs in Italy and Spain. The paper…
Does social capital promote sustainable livelihood? Mediating effect of women entrepreneurship
Jogeswar Mahato, Manish Kumar JhaThe present study investigates the role of social capital in promoting sustainable livelihood amongst indigenous women in India. The study further analyses the mediation effect of…
Exploring gender inequality and sociocultural factors in Fiji: unveiling the “pink unicorns”
C.A. SaliyaThe purpose of this study is to explore the roles that sociocultural systems such as traditions, religious practices, and rituals play in upholding gender imbalance in Fiji.
The explanatory role of religious identity, practices and beliefs in perceived discrimination among Muslim American racial/ethnic groups
Hakim ZainiddinovThe study examines the effects of religious identity, practices and beliefs on Muslim Americans' perceptions of discrimination and the extent to which religion might shape the…
The role of trust as an informal social mechanism for contract enforcement among young women microenterprises in financial markets in sub-Saharan Africa
George Okello Candiya Bongomin, Charles Akol Malinga, Alain Manzi Amani, Rebecca BalindaThe main purpose of this paper is to establish whether trust plays a significant mediating role in the relationship between access to microcredit and survival of young women…
Corrosion beneath the surface? The emotional navigation of managerialist regulation in German welfare organizations
Sigrid Betzelt, Ingo Bode, Sarina ParschickRegarding how the public regulation of human services is perceived within welfare organizations and how the latter cope with it, the role of emotions (as mediators between…
Refer rather than treat: coping with uncertainty in municipal primary care clinics in India
Radhika GoreThe institutional conditions of primary care provision remain understudied in low- and middle-income countries. This study analyzes how primary care doctors cope with medical…
Bibliometric analysis on positive work–family interface
Mounika Mude, J. Reeves WesleyResearch on work–family interface (WFI) is almost two decades old. It is widely believed that the archetype of work and family after COVID has changed. Post-COVID emphases and…
Motives underlying the intentions of youth to get involved in bribery: evidence from Lithuania
Mangirdas Morkūnas, Julius Janavicius, Artiom VolkovThis paper embarks on revealing the main factors behind the intentions of youth in Lithuania to get involved in bribery.
Changing context, changing work? Comparing rural and urban contexts in social services provision in Italy
Susanna PagiottiThe study compares the social services functioning in two local contexts, one urban and one rural, in the same Italian region, to understand how contextual features affect…
Street-level netocracy: rules, discretion and professionalism in a network-based intervention
Barbara Da Roit, Maurizio BusaccaThe paper aims to analyse the meaning and extension of discretionary power of social service professionals within network-based interventions.
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