SPA Conference/Policy Process Book Launch
Have just returned from the Social Policy Association annual conference at the University of Nottingham. Some papers are available online: those that stood out for me were two given by Michael Hill and Hugh Bochel on the policy process; a couple of interesting papers on e-local government by a team from Newcastle; and a series of comparative papers from a team headed by Peter Taylor-Gooby. The conference ended with a lively plenary on ‘Where Next for Social Policy?’ featuring Paul Spicker, Adrian Sinfield and Nick Ellison; this will be taken forward in the next issue of the SPA newsletter that I’ll blog about nearer the time.
There was also a formal launch of The Policy Press’ new Understanding Welfare book series, including the text penned by myself and Stuart Lowe: Understanding the Policy Process.
