International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy: Volume 37 Issue 5/6

Ideology at work: reconsidering ideology, the labour process and workplace resistance

Anthony Lloyd

The purpose of this paper is to consider existing debates within the sociology of work, particularly the re-emergence of labour process theory (LPT) and the “collective worker”…

Waste pickers in the informal economy of the Global South: included or excluded?

Diego Coletto, Lieselot Bisschop

The purpose of this paper is to provide insights into the role and practices of informal waste pickers and the implications for waste management policy in urban contexts of the…

Income generation, informality and poverty in urban Turkey

Şebnem Eroğlu

The purpose of this paper is to examine the key sources of poor urban households’ relative success (or failure) in reducing poverty by income generation activities. It…

Exploring the approaches to care of faith-based and secular NGOs in Cambodia that serve victims of trafficking, exploitation, and those involved in sex work

John Frame

Faith-based organisations (FBOs) and secular NGOs provide important services to victims of trafficking, exploitation, and those involved in sex work, yet comparative analysis of…

Why do Swedes use less cash-for-childcare than Norwegians?

Julia Höppner

The purpose of this paper is to explain the rather large difference in the take-up of the cash-for-childcare (CFC) benefit between Norway and Sweden.

“Machinery” or “spirit” of the welfare state: institutional change as institutional inertia

Patricia Frericks

Much has been said about institutional change and the forms it can take, whether it is abrupt or incremental, path breaking or path dependent. This strand of research is highly…