RC19 Sociology of Poverty, Social Welfare and Social Policy

Program Coordinators:

Bjorn HVINDEN, NOVA, Oslo and Akershus University College, Norway, bjorn.hvinden@nova.hioa.no

Hildegard THEOBALD, University of Vechta, Germany, hildegard.theobald@uni-vechta.de


Sessions:


A Worldwide Decline of Universalism? Welfare Reform in Comparative Perspective

Changing Care Diamonds in Europe and Asia: Is Europe Becoming Asia?

Global Health Policy: From the MDGs to the Sdgs

Global Social Protection and Migration: Reproduction of Inequalities or Safety Net?

Global and Transnational Social Policy: Contexts, Policies and Processes

Obstacles to Immigrants’ Successful Labour Market Integration

Open Session I

Open Session II

Open Session III

Open Session IV

Struggling for Better Social Potection: How Are Decision-Making Processes Evolving?

Sustainable Welfare: Perspectives, Policies and Emerging Practices

The Challenges of Innovating Social Policies

Transnational Migration of Care Workers: Policy Challenges and Outcomes -- a Proposal for 2-Part Panel Session

Welfare Regimes and Social Policy after the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Welfare States and Health Care Systems: In Search for Solutions to Social Inequalities in Health