Social policy

Kitty Stewart on the reality of suffering caused by the coalition’s reductions of the welfare state

Rachel Condry extols an analysis that draws upon survey data and interviews to ask vital questions about the hidden victims of parental incarceration

Ioana Negru on a work that challenges macroeconomic assumptions and policies after the financial crisis

Danny Dorling lauds an impassioned call to tame the UK’s ever more toxic worship of money

Hasia Diner on the evolution of US immigration policy, its complex aims and intended and unintended consequences for a small group of Jews

Sigrid Sterckx on a Derrida-inspired analysis of calculation, incalculability and ending life

Howard Segal on an analysis of six small-scale projects and their participants’ experiences

John Field is captivated by personal battles against educational disadvantage and illiteracy in marginalised communities

Lee Maril on how immigration policies prolong the misery of the exploited

Our use of housing as an asset to be traded is a collective failure that is preserving inequality, finds Tim Hall

Kitty Stewart finds wisdom in a study of progress and disparity between nations and people

Angelia R. Wilson on welfare, women and unresolved political tension

Kitty Stewart on how belt-tightening means life-shortening for some

Chris Pierson considers a pitch for ‘assertive social democracy’ in an age dominated by neoliberalism

Erika Cudworth discusses neoliberalism’s ‘digestive turn’

Victoria Bateman on the parallels and differences between 1929 and 2008

Stewart Lansley on claims that the bourgeois advance is stuck in reverse

A better gender balance in government benefits all, Sylvia Walby observes

Kevin Fox Gotham on the negative consequences of privatised disaster services and aid work

Sarah Harper on the changing approach of the media and governments to ageing populations

Mary Evans discusses moral panic and girls’ sexualisation

Sergio Sismondo on a critical exploration of a new, lucrative model for public well-being

A work exploding the myths surrounding so-called race riots wins David Gadd's enthusiastic approval

Widespread prejudices and assumptions must be overcome, new HE Minister tells Rebecca Attwood

The UK has the opportunity to make dynamic changes to European higher education if only it would make the effort, writes Anne Corbett

The Freedom of Information Act could be a boon to scholars seeking hidden data. Zoe Corbyn reports

John Hills is to chair a panel that will analyse Britain's continuing social divisions, writes Rebecca Attwood

Robert Shoemaker wonders if the statistics, and the 'civilising process', tell the whole story

Senior RAE figures offer frank perspectives on the future of research funding. Zoe Corbyn reports

Lynne Segal on a study of sex behind bars that exposes enduring fault-lines in modern thinking

The work of advising select committees is demanding and rigorous, and it deserves reward in the REF, argues Steven Barnett

Mona Siddiqui, one of the UK's leading commentators on Islam, is driven by intellectual curiosity, religious belief and a desire to engage. Hannah Fearn writes

'Living' multipartner programme to tackle climate change nets £1bn in funding. Zoe Corbyn reports

Academics say that proposed rules will harm core activities in the field. Rebecca Attwood reports

Academics say they and students will suffer under move at Leeds Met, writes Melanie Newman

Ex-policeman Graeme Pearson, head of a new centre to study serious crime, is keen to develop ways to curtail its global reach