Health and wellbeing

David C. Lane and Kristen M. Budd, co-editors of 'Beyond Bars', consider what has led to the dire state of mass incarceration in the US. …Read more

The authors of a recent Policy & Politics article examine the politics of the pandemic and suggest that making policy decisions based only on scientific evidence is impossible, as ‘the science’ is always contested and, therefore, represents an abdication of responsibility by politicians. …Read more

Brian Gac, Hanna D. Yakubi and Dorie E. Apollonio examine opioid overdoses in the US which have led to over one million deaths and highlight how the pharmaceutical industry often overstates the benefits while understating the risks.…Read more

Sunit Bagree explains how inclusive urbanisation is all very well, but only if accessibility is affordable for the urban poor, and their human rights are considered. …Read more

Robin Sen and Christian Kerr respond to the BBC's 'Teens In Care' documentary and discuss how it didn't cover society and the government's role in letting down young people in the care system.…Read more

Ceryl Teleri Davies, author of 'Understanding Abuse in Young People’s Intimate Relationships', welcomes the shift in focus to the harmful impact of gendered social norms on the prevalence of abusive behaviour. …Read more

Wulf Livingston, Jo Redcliffe and Abyd Quinn Aziz, editors of 'Social Work in Wales', outline the key findings from their new book on how social work in Wales differs from its English counterpart. …Read more

Donna Baines, author of an article in Work in the Global Economy, looks at the victories won by the Hospital Employees’ Union in Canada for its members during the COVID-19 pandemic. …Read more

Ellen Stewart, author of 'How Britain Loves the NHS', traces the roots of the love shown by the British public towards the NHS during the COVID-19 pandemic. …Read more

Parthasarathi Shome, author of 'The Creation of Poverty and Inequality in India', ponders the limitations of social science’s attempts to understand why poverty persists despite global and individual country attempts to eradicate it and alleviate inequality. …Read more