# Social Policy and Reform Studies

**Type:** Topics  
**Canonical URL:** https://scholariq.org/topics/social-policy-and-reform-studies/

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Description | This cluster of papers explores the intersection of politics and economics in the context of welfare states, focusing on topics such as institutional change, globalization, income inequality, public opinion on redistribution, and the role of ideas in shaping social policies. |
| Domain | Social Sciences |
| Field | Social Sciences |
| OpenAlex ID | t10443 |
| Works | 46 |

## Topic papers all

Showing 15 of 46.

- [The effect of informal care on work and wages](https://scholariq.org/papers/the-effect-of-informal-care-on-work-and-wages/)
- [Government Partisanship, Labor Organization, and Macroeconomic Performance](https://scholariq.org/papers/government-partisanship-labor-organization-and-macroeconomic-performance/)
- [The Aging and Health Report: Disparities and Resilience Among Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Older Adults](https://scholariq.org/papers/the-aging-and-health-report-disparities-and-resilience-among-lesbian-gay/)
- [The Perverse Consequences of Electoral Reform in the United States](https://scholariq.org/papers/the-perverse-consequences-of-electoral-reform-in-the-united-states/)
- [Making Capitalism without Capitalists: The New Ruling Elites in Eastern Europe](https://scholariq.org/papers/making-capitalism-without-capitalists-the-new-ruling-elites-in-eastern-europe/)
- [Policymaking in a low-trust state: legitimacy, state capacity, and responses to COVID-19 in Hong Kong](https://scholariq.org/papers/policymaking-in-a-low-trust-state-legitimacy-state-capacity-and-responses-to/)
- [Increasingly unequal? The economic crisis, social inequalities and trust in the European Parliament in 20 European countries](https://scholariq.org/papers/increasingly-unequal-the-economic-crisis-social-inequalities-and-trust-in-the/)
- [Are Aging OECD Welfare States on the Path to Gerontocracy?](https://scholariq.org/papers/are-aging-oecd-welfare-states-on-the-path-to-gerontocracy/)
- [The state and the reconstruction of civil society](https://scholariq.org/papers/the-state-and-the-reconstruction-of-civil-society/)
- [Age‐based self‐interest, intergenerational solidarity and the welfare state: A comparative analysis of older people's attitudes towards public childcare in 12 OECD countries](https://scholariq.org/papers/age-based-self-interest-intergenerational-solidarity-and-the-welfare-state-a/)
- [Elderly bias, new social risks and social spending: change and timing in eight programmes across four worlds of welfare, 1980-2003](https://scholariq.org/papers/elderly-bias-new-social-risks-and-social-spending-change-and-timing-in-eight/)
- [Performance and persistence of autocracies in comparison: introducing issues and perspectives](https://scholariq.org/papers/performance-and-persistence-of-autocracies-in-comparison-introducing-issues-and/)
- [International Social Work](https://scholariq.org/papers/international-social-work/)
- [Toward a Theory of Political Strategy in Policy Analysis](https://scholariq.org/papers/toward-a-theory-of-political-strategy-in-policy-analysis/)
- [Social Work and Social Policy Practice: Imperatives for Political Engagement](https://scholariq.org/papers/social-work-and-social-policy-practice-imperatives-for-political-engagement/)

## Topic primary papers

- [Policymaking in a low-trust state: legitimacy, state capacity, and responses to COVID-19 in Hong Kong](https://scholariq.org/papers/policymaking-in-a-low-trust-state-legitimacy-state-capacity-and-responses-to/)
- [Are Aging OECD Welfare States on the Path to Gerontocracy?](https://scholariq.org/papers/are-aging-oecd-welfare-states-on-the-path-to-gerontocracy/)
- [Age‐based self‐interest, intergenerational solidarity and the welfare state: A comparative analysis of older people's attitudes towards public childcare in 12 OECD countries](https://scholariq.org/papers/age-based-self-interest-intergenerational-solidarity-and-the-welfare-state-a/)
- [Elderly bias, new social risks and social spending: change and timing in eight programmes across four worlds of welfare, 1980-2003](https://scholariq.org/papers/elderly-bias-new-social-risks-and-social-spending-change-and-timing-in-eight/)
- [Toward a Theory of Political Strategy in Policy Analysis](https://scholariq.org/papers/toward-a-theory-of-political-strategy-in-policy-analysis/)
- [THE PUBLIC/PRIVATE SECTOR CLEAVAGE REVISITED: THE IMPACT OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYMENT ON POLITICAL ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIOUR IN 11 WEST EUROPEAN COUNTRIES](https://scholariq.org/papers/the-public-private-sector-cleavage-revisited-the-impact-of-government-employment/)
- [From the global politics of poverty alleviation to the global politics of social solidarity](https://scholariq.org/papers/from-the-global-politics-of-poverty-alleviation-to-the-global-politics-of-social/)
- [In Unions We Trust! Analysing Confidence in Unions across Europe](https://scholariq.org/papers/in-unions-we-trust-analysing-confidence-in-unions-across-europe/)
- [Do ministers’ occupational and social class backgrounds influence social spending?](https://scholariq.org/papers/do-ministers-occupational-and-social-class-backgrounds-influence-social-spending/)
- [Welfare States and Social Support: An International Comparison](https://scholariq.org/papers/welfare-states-and-social-support-an-international-comparison/)
- [Attitudes toward artificial intelligence (AI) and globalization: Common microfoundations and political implications](https://scholariq.org/papers/attitudes-toward-artificial-intelligence-ai-and-globalization-common/)
- [Responsibility for Child and Elderly Care: Who Should Cover the Costs? A Comparison of Baltic and Nordic Countries](https://scholariq.org/papers/responsibility-for-child-and-elderly-care-who-should-cover-the-costs-a/)
- [Mothers’ Autonomy or Social Constraints? Coherence and Inconsistency Between Attitudes and Employment Trajectories in Different Welfare Regimes](https://scholariq.org/papers/mothers-autonomy-or-social-constraints-coherence-and-inconsistency-between/)
- [Shimin o yatowanai kokka: Nihon ga kōmuin no sukunai kuni e to itatta michi (A State without Civil Servants: Japan’s Public Sector in Comparative Perspective)](https://scholariq.org/papers/shimin-o-yatowanai-kokka-nihon-ga-komuin-no-sukunai-kuni-e-to-itatta-michi-a/)

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