CHECK IT OUT! APASWE No.18 (2011-2013), October 2012

CHECK IT OUT! APASWE

No. 18 (2011-2013) from President Office 26 october 2012

Call for Papers from Australia

Call for papers for a special issue of the Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare on "Austerity and the Welfare State"

Howard Karger, Professor
Head of School, School of Social Work & Human Services
The University of Queensland, Australia

Dear Colleagues,

James Midgley and I are guest editors for a special issue of the Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare on the topic of “Austerity versus Stimulus: International Challenges for Social Welfare.”

Topic: The austerity measures being forced upon smaller highly indebted European Union (EU) member nations by the larger and wealthier ones, is causing great hardship for the populations of Ireland, Greece, Portugal, Spain and other highly leveraged countries. Even larger economies like the UK are being impacted by deep budget cuts in virtually all areas of the public sector. This strategy is a direct repudiation of stimulus‐based Keynesian principles that have been the accepted hallmark for nudging economies out of recessionary states. The replacement of Keynesian‐based spending approaches by severe

austerity measures is leading to widespread suffering by large swaths of Europeans, as well as developing nations that rely on exports to Europe. Even non‐European countries like the U.S., Canada and Australia, are also feeling the pinch as the financial and capital crisis reverberates throughout the world.

This special issue will focus on how the current economic crisis is affecting social policy and social welfare systems in various European nations, as well as the U.S. and non‐European
developing nations.

Topics of interest include:

• the impact of austerity policies on the social welfare system in the European Union,
  with a special focus on the more troubled economies like Portugal, Ireland, Greece and
  Spain
• the impact of austerity policies on Nordic countries, such as Sweden, Norway, Finland
  and Iceland
• the impact of the ongoing recession on the U.S. welfare state, with specific emphasis
  on the termination of the federal stimulus package and deficit‐driven state budgets.
  Comparison of the Democratic and Republican approaches to the problems and
  choices.
• the austerity‐driven changes to the social welfare states in larger European Union
  countries like the UK, Germany and France.
• the impact of the global financial crisis in key developing countries such as China and
  India, and on regional economies in Latin America and sub‐Saharan Africa. How have
  one or more of these countries responded to the global crisis?
• the historical perspective: Where have austerity measures historically been
  implemented and where have they failed or succeeded?

Call for Contributions

Authors should submit an abstract and outline for an original article that examines how austerity measures adopted in their (or another) country is impacting upon the welfare state, social inclusion, benefits, public employment and retirement security.

 

Please submit abstracts by January 31, 2013. The final paper will be due by May 31, 2013.

Final manuscripts should not exceed 5,000 words, excluding the references. All articles must comply with the citation and format requirements of the Journal of Sociology and Social
Welfare.

Please feel free to direct inquiries to Howard Karger at H.Karger@uq.edu.au or James Midgley at midg@berkeley.edu.

Abstracts and one‐page outlines should be submitted to Howard Karger at H.Karger@uq.edu.au

Howard Karger, Professor and Head, School of Social Work and Human Services, The University of Queensland, Australia.

James Midgley, Harry & Riva Specht Professor, School of Social Welfare, University of California, Berkeley

Thanks in advance,
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