scholarly journals Poverty and Social Justice in the Devolved Scotland: Neoliberalism Meets Social Democracy?

2009 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 379-389 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gill Scott ◽  
Gerry Mooney
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Social Policy ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Social Democracy ◽  
Neoliberal Economics ◽  
Policy Measures ◽  
Scottish Government

Drawing on current debates in social policy, this paper considers the extent to which social justice has and is informing social policy making in devolved Scotland. Relating to the work of social justice theorists Young, Fraser and Lister in particular, it critically examines some key Scottish social policy measures since 1999, considering some of the ways in which these have been constructed in terms of social justice and which make claims to the Scottish national. Through a focus on the issue of anti-poverty policies, the paper explores the ways in which the dominant policy approaches of the Scottish Government have reflected an uneven and tension-loaded balance between the enduring legacies of Scottish social democracy and the influences of neoliberal economics.

Delivery Structures and Policy Development in Post-Devolution Scotland

2002 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 315-324 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Parry
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Social Policy ◽  
Service Delivery ◽  
Policy Process ◽  
Policy Development ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Employment Outcomes ◽  
New Labour ◽  
Civil Servants ◽  
Annual Reports

The policy process in the devolved Scottish system reconciles the Scottish themes of delivering social policy from the centre, through channels of advice and professional direction, and the New Labour theme of broad social policy strategies aiming at better service delivery and employment outcomes. Beneath the surface issues there is a trend to re-structure some services. The Scottish Executive's strategy Social Justice, set out in annual reports, relates devolved and non-devolved responsibilities in a way that has implications for the structure of Executive departments and the policy-making demands made upon civil servants. The research reported here uses interviews with officials to explore the structures of policy making in the Executive within a context of expectations about ministerial and official roles inherited from the previous administrative devolution.

scholarly journals Integrating Pathways

2011 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 149-169 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donna M. Mertens
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Social Justice ◽  
Social Change ◽  
Social Policy ◽  
Policy Analysis ◽  
Research Design ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Transformative Research

Transformative research is rooted in the axiological assumption that priority be given to the furtherance of human rights and the pursuit of social justice (Mertens, 2009; 2010; Mertens, Holmes, & Harris, 2009). This belief provides a basis for subsequent decision making about methodology. Planning for utilization of findings to influence health and social policy is essential during the initial stages of research design, as well as throughout the course of the study in order to improve the probability that data are gathered and disseminated in a way that they can be used to achieve the goals of social change and social justice. Transformative researchers can use policy analysis and advocacy as avenues to social change. This paper focuses on the value of putting research side-by-side with policy making to integrate their pathways in the pursuit of social justice.

scholarly journals COLLABORATIVE POLICY-MAKING, LAW STUDENTS, AND ACCESS TO JUSTICE: THE REWARDS OF DESTABILIZING INSTITUTIONAL PATTERNS

2017 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 148-174
Author(s):  
Brea Lowenberger ◽  
Michaela Keet ◽  
Janelle Anderson
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Social Justice ◽  
Social Policy ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
School Setting ◽  
Law School ◽  
Law Students ◽  
Access To Justice ◽  
Teaching Team

Heightened concerns and dialogue about access to justice have infused the law school setting in Saskatchewan and, to varying degrees, across the country. If there ever were a time to approach social justice reform differently – to upset traditional parameters around decision making and step around older hierarchies for input and design – it would be now. This article describes the Dean’s Forum on Dispute Resolution and Access to Justice (colloquially known as the Dean’s Forum) as a platform for genuine student engagement in the development of public policy in this important area. We offer our combined reflections, gathered inside our “teaching team,” about the unique pedagogical features of our experiment and its challenges. As we continue to grow with the project, we offer this Saskatchewan story as one example of institutional collaboration in a quickly evolving educational and social policy landscape.

Children of One Parent Families

1979 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 6-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian A. English
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Social Policy ◽  
Lower Order ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Extensive Literature ◽  
General Sense ◽  
Specific Population ◽  
Formal Policy ◽  
Conscious Process ◽  
One Parent Families

Social policy may be defined in a general sense as the conscious process by which members of a society, or some large sub-section of a society, collectively seek enduring solutions to the problems that affect them. Social policy refers particularly, but not only, to the actions of governments and to the activities of large organisations and institutions. It is now generally accepted that the concerns of social policy have at least to do with questions of social justice, equity and environmental protection, although there is much debate about specific application of these values or of the lower order values that might be derived from themAn extensive literature on social policy now exists. This literature deals with the principles or philosophy underlying the process of formal policy making, the development and current extent of policies in selected nations or in relation to specific population groups or social problems and also deals in a normative way with the actual activities to be undertaken in the formulation and implementation of social policies.

scholarly journals From Corporatism to Partisan Politics: Social Policy Making under Strain in Switzerland

2004 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 33-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
Silja Häusermann ◽  
André Mach ◽  
Yannis Papadopoulos
Keyword(s):  
Social Policy ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Partisan Politics

scholarly journals Social exclusion: re-examining its conceptual relevance to tackling inequality and social injustice

2015 ◽  
Vol 35 (9/10) ◽  
pp. 600-617 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clive Sealey
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Social Policy ◽  
Social Exclusion ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Social Injustice ◽  
Critical Approach ◽  
Content Type ◽  
It Value ◽  
Significant Difference

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to rationalise the continued conceptual utility of social exclusion, and in so doing addresses the prevailing question of what to do with it. This is relevant from social exclusion’s declining relevance in contemporary UK social policy and academia, where its consideration as a concept to explain disadvantage is being usurped by other concepts, both old and new. Design/methodology/approach – The paper analyses criticisms of limitations of social exclusion which have typically centred on the operationalisation of the concept, but the author will argue that there are distinctive operationalisation and conceptual strengths within social exclusion which make it value-added as a concept to explain disadvantage. Specifically, there will be an analysis of both New Labour’s and the present Coalition government’s conceptualisation of the term in policy in relation to work. Findings – The analysis highlights the significant difference that a focus on processes rather than outcomes of social exclusion can make to our understanding of inequality and social injustice, and locates this difference within an argument that social exclusion’s true applied capabilities for social justice requires a shift to a conceptualisation built on the processes that cause it in the first place. Originality/value – The paper acts as a rejoinder to prevailing theoretical and political thinking of the limited and diminishing value of social exclusion for tackling disadvantage. In particular, the paper shows how social exclusion can be conceptualised to provide a critical approach to tackling inequality and social injustice, and in doing so foregrounds the truly applied capabilities of social exclusion for transforming social justice.

scholarly journals Implementation of the Principles of Social Justice in Modern social Policy (on the Example of the National Project «Human capital»)

Vestnik NSUEM ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 71-85
Author(s):  
A. I. Gretchenko ◽  
N. A. Kaverina
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Human Capital ◽  
Social Justice ◽  
Social Policy ◽  
Soviet Period ◽  
National Project ◽  
Political Forces ◽  
Long Time ◽  
The Russian Federation

The article discusses the principles of social justice in time and space. The emphasis is on transforming the understanding of social justice in Russia’s social policy. Currently, the principle of social justice is implemented by the state in programs for the preservation and development of human capital. The national project «Human Capital» is focused on improving the level and quality of life of citizens, the accessibility of material and social capital, creating opportunities for self-realization and disclosing the talent of each person, and developing a system of social elevators. The authors analyze the change in perception of social justice in Russia for a long time. It is noted that at the beginning of the Soviet period the concept of «social justice» was practically not used. The term «justice» appeared in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia only in 1953, which is currently one of the most popular in public policy. Combining the economy with politics, social policy determines the direction of the main political forces and trends in the Russian Federation.

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