Social Policy

Social policy is crucial to promote social justice. It aims to address social issues, enhance equal opportunities, and improve living conditions for all members of a society.

Here you can find current articles, publications, and thematic focuses on social policy.

Recent Articles on Social Policy

100 Days of Merz: Election Gifts for the Few Instead of Prosperity for All

Presidents' column

The federal government has unprecedented funds at its disposal but fails to use them for necessary modernization. In doing so, it jeopardizes Germany’s economic future and the prospects of coming generations.

Jan Philipp Albrecht

Statements From Everyday Life - One Option for the Argumentation Around Identity Politics

Statements we encounter in conversations about left-wing identity politics which it is important to respond to.

Josephine Apraku, Lou Herbst

“We won’t make progress if we don’t talk about differences in power”

Interview

Lou Herbst talks to Ed Greve about the opportunities and limitations of an anti-discriminatory identity politics, intersectionality and what ultimately leads to a divided society.

Lou Herbst, Ed Greve

Hard-Won Progress on Gender Equality Destroyed: The Impact of the COVID-19 Crisis on Women and LGBTIQ

2020 was expected to be the feminist super year - the anniversaries of the UN Resolution on "Women, Peace, and Security" and the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action were supposed to be celebrated, and discussions about the lack of their implementation to be held. Instead, this became the year that, according to UN Women, would destroy 25 years of feminist achievements.

Birte Rodenberg, Merima Šišić, Jana Prosinger

Family and gender in Orbán’s Hungary

Viktor Orbán`s and his government`s decisions on family tax allowance and child benefits favour middle-class traditional families and portray their conservative view on family and gender.

Balázs Pivarnyik

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Reproductive Justice

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Publications on Social Policy

Social Atlas 2022

Atlas

The Social Atlas 2022 provides an overview of the complexity of the social system, showing its foundations and prospects. It reveals that social cohesion is based on cooperation between society, the state, and the economy—and that its future can only be shaped through joint efforts.

Childbirth: From human rights abuses to autonomous decision-making

Facts & Figures

Giving birth under conditions of violence, discrimination or stress is a reality for many women giving birth. Economic and social resources often determine access to a safe and friendly birth environment.

Population policy: Between self-determined family planning and selective birth control

Factsheet

Almost 8 billion people will live on earth in 2021. While in the Global North people are encouraged to have children, in the Global South programmes of so-called development aid tend to aim at reducing the birth rate.

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