Contents

pp iii-iv

List of figures and tables

pp v-vi

Notes on contributors

pp vii-xii

Part I - COVID-19: responses and implications for social policy

pp 1-4

1 - Locked down or locked in? Institutionalised public preferences and pandemic policy feedback in 32 countries

pp 5-28

2 - New directions for European Union social policy in challenging times

pp 29-48

3 - Lesson-drawing for the UK government during the COVID-19 pandemic: a comparison of political, scientific and media lenses

pp 49-74

4 - On the periphery of the global spotlight: Sweden’s social policy responses during the COVID-19 pandemic

pp 75-94

5 - Social policies put to the test by the pandemic: food banks as an indicator of the inadequacies of contemporary labour markets and social policies

pp 95-114

6 - ‘We have been left to go it alone’: the wellbeing of family carers of older people during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic in Wales

pp 115-134

7 - Gender crisis, or not? A comparative analysis of the impact on gender equality in Sweden and Germany due to the COVID-19 pandemic

pp 135-160

8 - Older adults’ access to information and referral services using technology in British Columbia, Canada: past learnings and learnings since COVID-19

pp 161-180

9 - The pandemic as a litmus test for social security systems in transition economies – the case of Georgia

pp 181-200

Part II - Migration, welfare and public health in Europe

pp 201-202

10 - All of the same type? The use of fears of ‘welfare tourism’ to limit the access of EU migrants to social benefits in the UK and Germany

pp 203-222

11 - Where is the vulnerability assessment tool? Disabled asylum seekers in Direct Provision in Ireland and the EU (recast) Reception Conditions Directive (2013/33/EU)

pp 223-242

12 - Rethinking exclusionary policies: the case of irregular migrants during the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe

pp 243-264

Index

pp 265-276