The Socio-Legal Studies Association annual conference will be hosted by the University of York from 6 to 8 April 2022. In recent years SPA members have made valuable contributions to the stream on Social Rights, Citizenship and the Welfare State. We would love to hear about the latest research in our field again in the coming year, so please think about submitting an abstract if you are working on something suitable - even if you see your work as more 'socio' than 'legal'. The deadline for abstracts is 7 January 2022 - please see www.slsa2022.co.uk for submissions to Oxford Abstracts and full information on the conference (including the planned hybrid format).
The full call for papers for the stream follows:
Social Rights, Citizenship and the Welfare State
Changes in welfare states internationally have brought about upheaval in the social rights of citizenship and have fuelled debate on the nature and enforcement of social rights in international law. These upheavals in welfare states have taken place against a background of austerity, rising inequality and debates about devolution, migration and citizenship. Meanwhile, activists and social movements of those most affected challenge us to understand what it means to be on the receiving end of these changes.
The Covid-19 pandemic has set these pre-existing issues into even sharper relief. As Emily Maitlis observed, “this is a health issue with huge ramifications for social welfare, and it’s a welfare issue with huge ramifications for public health.” How have governments responded to the pandemic in relation to social rights? How have grass roots organisations reacted? As the economic fallout continues, will policy makers heed the lessons of a decade of austerity scholarship? Can this crisis stimulate debates about a new future for social rights, citizenship and the welfare state?
This stream seeks to explore all these issues and more, bringing papers together which address these problems from different perspectives. Submissions to the stream may approach aspects of Social Rights, Citizenship and the Welfare State from a range of standpoints, including (but not limited to):
Substantive legal problems in the judicial recognition of social rights and arguments about the role of the courts to determine and uphold them.
Theoretical issues on the uncertain status of social rights and social welfare, including material on the welfare state, conditionality, social justice, or the impact and meaning of ‘austerity’.
Comparative or supranational focused papers on social citizenship, welfare state typologies, or the effects of devolution and localism.
The stream convenors would particularly welcome submissions from practitioners or those engaged in the issues above (such as those working in welfare rights advice). If you have any questions about the scope of the stream or would like to discuss a possible contribution, please contact the stream convenors using the details below.
Convenor contact: [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask] and [log in to unmask]
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