Introduction: Comparing Social Policy Responses to the Cost-of-Living Crisis

This introduction to our themed section on social policy responses to the recent cost-of-living crisis spells out this topic and the key issues examined in the section’s main contributions before summarising their findings and overall contribution to the literature. More specifically, to frame this...

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Published inSocial policy and society : a journal of the Social Policy Association Vol. 23; no. 1; pp. 141 - 148
Main Authors Béland, Daniel, Cantillon, Bea, Greve, Bent, Hick, Rod, Moreira, Amílcar
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.01.2024
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Themed Section on Social Policy Responses to the Cost-of-Living-Crisis
social policy
welfare state
Inflation
social security
cost-of-living crisis
policy drift
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Summary:This introduction to our themed section on social policy responses to the recent cost-of-living crisis spells out this topic and the key issues examined in the section’s main contributions before summarising their findings and overall contribution to the literature. More specifically, to frame this themed section, the present Introduction begins with a concise, up-to-date overview of the inflationary crisis that emerged in late 2021 and evolved throughout 2022 and the first half of 2023. It then charts, and reflects upon, the diversity of responses enacted in a variety of countries reflective of different models of welfare provision in Europe and North America.
ISSN:1474-7464
1475-3073
DOI:10.1017/S1474746423000489