IMF conditionality and development policy space, 1985–2014 by Kentikelenis, AE, Stubbs, TH, King, LP

“…Do these programmes now allow for the protection of labour and social policies? We collected relevant archival material on the IMF's lending operations and identified all policy conditionality in IMF loan agreements between 1985 and 2014, extracting 55,465 individual conditions across 131 countries in total. …”

Indian languages in Singapore by Jain, Ritu, Rai, Rajesh

“…Discussing the representation of the linguistic identity of Singapore‘s Indian community in social policies, this chapter explores the implications to maintenance and shift of the unrepresented languages. …”
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Emotional blackmail for dads : a qualitative analysis of father involvement public service announcements. by Lam, Yarn., Yong, Meredith Min.

“…Finally, implications for the field of advertising and social policies to encourage father involvement are discussed.…”
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Life : it is your choice? by Tan, Jie Lin

“…This project is a metaphor of Singapore’s norms - in five categories it deconstructs structural factors – especially government’s social policies and benefit schemes, to ask the question: Life: who’s choice is it? …”
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Aid, Policy, and Growth in Post-conflict Societies. by Collier, P, Hoeffler, A

“…Comparing the efficacy of different policies, we find that social policies are differentially important relative to macroeconomic policies. …”

Diverging identification of the poor: a non-random process. Chile 1992–2017 by Klasen, S, Villalobos, C

“…The decline is unimportant during the 1990s, a decade of rapid economic growth, while it is notable thereafter, in a period characterized by modest economic growth and the progressive introduction and deepening of social policies. The conditional correlation between socioeco­nomic and demographic characteristics with R0 is examined at the province and household levels. …”

Leveraging digital and computational demography for policy insights by Kashyap, R, Zagheni, E

“…Within methodological opportunities, individual-level simulation approaches, such as microsimulation and agent-based modelling, infused with different data, provide tools to create empirically informed synthetic populations that can serve as virtual laboratories to test the impact of different social policies (e.g. fertility policies, support for the elderly or bereaved people). …”

Long-term effects of rainfall shocks on foundational cognitive skills: evidence from Peru by Pazos, N, Favara, M, Sánchez, A, Scott, D, Behrman, JR

“…We also find evidence of rainfall shocks decreasing households' abilities to invest in human capital, which may affect both FCS and domain-specific test scores. Interestingly, social policies providing affected households with additional resources partially offset the effects of the rainfall shocks.…”

Marketing communication through the integration of new media and traditional media : the insights. by Adzharuddin, Nor Azura

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State Policy and Mental Health Outcomes under COVID-19 by Sances, Michael W., Campbell, Andrea Louise

“…We examined downstream effects on mental health, how effects vary by race and ethnicity, and the role of existing state-level social policies in softening the pandemic's impact.</jats:p> <jats:p>Methods: We analyze an online, multi-wave Census Bureau survey fielded to nearly a million respondents between late April and July 2020. …”
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Young adults' expressions of contemporary filial piety: development of a young adult filial piety scale by Tay, Celine Shi Qing

“…Researchers and policymakers can also use the scale to inform social policies. Given its current limitations, future refinements of the scale are warranted.…”
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Unintended consequences of people’s housing programme / Baharuddin Mat Asek by Mat Asek, Baharuddin

“…Housing policy in Malaysia is not much linked to other social policies that dealing with poverty reduction. The poverty issues are tackled by the government through sectoral, instead of issue based approach, thus making an integrated approach not feasible. …”
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Can low-income households afford a healthy diet? Insufficient income as a driver of food insecurity in Europe by Penne, T, Goedemé, TBF

“…Our findings show that policies directed at tackling food insecurity should be embedded in broader economic and social policies that promote an adequate income for all, and limit the cost of other essential goods and services.…”

Aid, Policy, and Growth in Post-Conflict Societies. by Collier, P, Hoeffler, A

“…Comparing the efficacy of different policies, they find that social policies are differentially important relative to macroeconomic policies. …”

Determining teaching methods for Malaysian nationhood: towards increasing student patriotism by Wan Mohd Nor, Murni, Adnan, Zatul Himmah, Ku Samsu, Ku Hasnita, Ismail, Mohd Mahadee

“…In this paper, the writer focuses on student evaluations of two particular course contents; namely the topic of the “The Legislative” and “Social Policies.” Then, the writer analyses whether the students have achieved the learning outcome of these topics, as well as whether their feelings of patriotism increased after the topic has been delivered. …”
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The third way: the British Labour Party and the German SPD by Meyer, Henning

“…Once in government however, a similar economic logic was observable in the application of new economic and social policies, although Labour's commitment to this economic logic went further than in the case of the SPD. …”
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Parties, factions and votes: a comparative study of electoral politics in post-colonial Namibia by Cooper, I, Ian Cooper

“…Third, it explores the nature and drivers of dominant-party motivation, challenging an assumption that ruling elites are primarily interested in gangster-style theft and demonstrating that Namibia’s governing party has pursued, not only a formally legitimate path to wealth accumulation, but also a set of progressive social policies designed to empower its support base. …”

The relationship of household monetary poverty and multidimensional child deprivation : a longitudinal study of children growing up in India by Singh, R, Sarkar, S

“…The paper recommends social policies to be based on alternative principles of universalism and selfselection to ensure that no child falls between the cracks and to focus efforts to remove child deprivation, particularly in rural areas.…”

Welfare politics in East Asia: an analysis of welfare legislation patterns in South Korea, Japan and Taiwan by Shim, J

“…Moreover, the key analysis includes both orthodox and unorthodox social policies and applies multiple methods (e.g. social network analysis, media content analysis, or theory-informed narratives) to verify/triangulate/fine-tune findings from the legislation patterns.…”

The politics of judicial review in inter-war Europe by Bubenheimer, F

“…My argument partly explains these differences: In Norway and Germany, judicial review emphasised safeguarding rights, raising concerns that the courts would obstruct progressive social policies. In Austria, judicial review hardly protected rights against the legislature; its purpose was primarily the adjudication of federalism-related conflicts. …”