Budget 2022

This Article outlines and assesses changes to the tax and welfare system announced as part of Budget 2022. It first looks at the main taxation measures announced before turning to employment, education and social welfare supports. It then considers the effect of the package of measures as a whole on the incomes of households using representative survey data from the Survey of Incomes and Living Conditions run on SWITCH – the ESRI’s tax and benefit microsimulation model – and ITSim – an indirect tax microsimulation model developed jointly by the ESRI and the Department of Finance. The Article concludes with some brief reflections on inflation forecasts and the policy-making process.

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Public Opinion and the Demand for Social Welfare in Britain

Journal of Social Policy ◽

10.1017/s0047279400001537 ◽

1981 ◽

Vol 10 (4) ◽

pp. 453-475 ◽

Cited By ~ 21

Author(s):

Paul Whiteley

Keyword(s):

Public Opinion ◽

Social Policy ◽

Social Welfare ◽

Policy Making ◽

Policy Formation ◽

Welfare Spending ◽

The Social ◽

Policy Making Process

ABSTRACTThis article discusses the role of public opinion in the social policy making process. It argues that existing accounts of social policy formation are inadequate in their treatment of public opinion, and inconsistent in their estimation of its importance. It then goes on to examine detailed examples of the role of public opinion in policy making; and finally tests two hypotheses concerning the sources of the demand for social welfare spending on the part of the British electorate.

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Positive Reintegration as a Way of Small and Medium-Sized Business Development

Voprosy Ekonomiki ◽

10.32609/0042-8736-2012-6-83-88 ◽

2012 ◽

pp. 83-88

Author(s):

A. Zolotov ◽

M. Mukhanov

Keyword(s):

Policy Implementation ◽

Policy Making ◽

Economic Reforms ◽

Alternative Possibility ◽

New Approach ◽

Compensation Mechanisms ◽

Policy Making Process ◽

Monitoring And Enforcement ◽

The Subject ◽

Modernization Process

А new approach to policy-making in the field of economic reforms in modernizing countries (on the sample of SME promotion) is the subject of this article. Based on summarizing the ten-year experience of de-bureaucratization policy implementation to reduce the administrative pressure on SME, the conclusion of its insufficient efficiency and sustainability is made. The alternative possibility is the positive reintegration approach, which provides multiparty policy-making process, special compensation mechanisms for the losing sides, monitoring and enforcement operations. In conclusion matching between positive reintegration principles and socio-cultural factors inherent in modernization process is provided.

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A Policy Network Analysis on the Policy-Making Process of the After-Schools

Korea University Institute of Educational Research ◽

10.24299/kier.2018.31.3.99 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 31 (3) ◽

pp. 99-118

Author(s):

Min kyoung Kim ◽

Yeong mo Jeong

Keyword(s):

Network Analysis ◽

Policy Making ◽

Policy Network ◽

Policy Making Process

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A Study on the Policy-making Process of the Three Kindergarten Bills: Focusing on Fast Track Systems and the Devil Shift

Korean Policy Studies Review ◽

10.33900/kaps.2020.29.3.5 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 29 (3) ◽

pp. 135-171

Author(s):

Jeong Ho Yoo ◽

Yunju Yang ◽

Ji Hye Choi ◽

Seung Taek Lee ◽

Rosa Minhyo Cho

Keyword(s):

Policy Making ◽

Fast Track ◽

Policy Making Process ◽

The Devil

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Interest group participation in the policy-making process : pipeline decision 1977

10.22215/etd/1980-13154 ◽

1980 ◽

Author(s):

Eleanor Jamieson-Clark

Keyword(s):

Interest Group ◽

Policy Making ◽

Group Participation ◽

Policy Making Process

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The Dual Executive

10.11126/stanford/9780804799973.001.0001 ◽

2017 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Michelle Belco ◽

Brandon Rottinghaus

Keyword(s):

Policy Making ◽

Political System ◽

Government Support ◽

The Political ◽

Government Function ◽

Dual Roles ◽

System P ◽

Policy Making Process

The president serves dual roles in the political system: one who “commands” by pursuing his or her agenda using unilateral orders and one who “administers” and who works to continue proper government function, often with the support of Congress. In a reassessment of the literature on unilateral power, this book considers the president’s dual roles during the stages of the policy-making process. Although presidents may appear to act “first and alone,” the reality is often much different. Presidents act in response to their own concerns, as well as assisting Congress on priorities and the need to maintain harmonic government function. The authors find support for both the model of an aggressive president who uses unilateral orders to push his or her agenda, head off unfavorable congressional legislation, and selectively implement legislation, and they find support for a unifying president who is willing to share management of government, support Congressional legislative efforts, and faithfully implement legislation. At the same time, presidents self-check their actions based on the ability of Congress to act to overturn their orders, through a shared sense of responsibility to keep government moving and out of respect for the constitutional balance. The shared nature of unilateral orders does not preclude an active president, as presidents remain strong, central actors in the political system.

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Feminist Men and Sexual Behavior: Analyses of Men’s Sex with Women

Men and Masculinities ◽

10.1177/1097184x20980789 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 1097184X2098078

Author(s):

Max Stick ◽

Tina Fetner

Keyword(s):

Sexual Behavior ◽

Survey Data ◽

Gender And Sexuality ◽

Sexual Pleasure ◽

The Self ◽

Oral Sex ◽

Representative Survey ◽

Sociological Literature ◽

Feminist Identification ◽

The Relationship

Men’s identification with and support for feminism has attracted the interest of masculinity scholars. This study explores an under-researched dimension of this phenomenon, investigating the relationship between feminist identification and sexual behavior. In heterosexual encounters, do feminist men report having sex more recently than those who do not call themselves feminists? During sexual encounters, do feminist men behave differently than non-feminists? In particular, do feminist men organize their sexual behavior in a way that prioritizes their partners’ sexual pleasure to a greater extent than non-feminists? Using representative survey data of Canadian adults, we examine the self-reported sexual behavior of heterosexual Canadian men. We find that self-identifying feminist men report having sex more recently and are more likely to report engaging in breast stimulation and performing oral sex on their partners than non-feminists. We discuss the implications of these findings on the sociological literature on gender and sexuality.

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