Companion Blog to the Journal of Social Policy, Social Policy & Society, and the Journal of International & Comparative Social Policy
This blog post is based on an article published in the Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy by Marina Angelaki and Leandro Nicolas Carrera. In response to demographic pressures associated with population ageing, countries around the world have embarked since the 1980s – and more intensely since the 1990s – on reforms of their… Continue reading What Can We Learn from Pension Reforms in Latin America and Southern Europe?
This blog is based on an article published in the Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy by Martin Gurin and Janet C. Gornick. Imagine a policy so emblematic of gender equality that it ticks every box for progressives: dismantling breadwinner–caregiver stereotypes, promoting work–family balance, and boosting birth rates in ageing societies. And yet, in… Continue reading The High-Stakes Gamble of Father Leave: Why Political Courage still Falters