Cologne University has canceled philosopher Nancy Fraser’s planned professorship after learning she signed a pro-Palestine letter. In her first interview after the cancellation, Fraser says she won't let Germany stop her from standing up for Palestine. jacobin.com/2024/04/nancy-…

Workers of all member states unite❓Very happy to see our new article published in JEPP!

How to explain the return of EU social policy activism in an area - wages & collective bargaining - where past interventions were all but positive?

Sven Schreurs & I got curious ⬇️

Here's the context of the #Skocpol quote, in case anyone cares.

She starts by saying:
'If you are someone who cares about substantive questions...'
and:
'And maybe this is the one daring thing I would say: ...'

Source: annualreviews.org/content/journa…

Today, on #WorldHealthDay2024 , #Gaza is dying: famine has set in, clean water is scarce, the healthcare system has been systematically destroyed.

Join the public health community in calling for a #ceasefire and an end to the health catastrophe.

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One of the biggest problems with presidentialism is that it prevents the emergence of bright politicians as the parliament becomes irrelevant (Fish 2005). Let's hope that mayorships will provide an alternative path. Below, the new, bright mayor of Uskudar, district of Istanbul.

Huge red wave in 🇹🇷. First time CHP poised to win an election since 89. Massive wins in Istanbul & Ankara. Limits of Erdogan's ability to carry decaying AKP. Notable surge by Islamist YRP. Kurdish voters are smart & complex. Poor showing by nationalists, esp self-destructing IYI.

İlk iş arkadaşlarımdan çok sevgili Ertuğrul (Ertu) Polat çocuk yoksulluğu ve müdahale politikaları konusunda alandaki sayılı uzmanlardan biri. Yeni belediye başkanlarının çocuk yoksulluğu için atması gereken adımları yazdı.

Söz konusu belediyeler olduğunda biliyorsunuz birinin…

Ertuğrul (Ertu) Polat : Seçilen belediye başkanları, her şeyden önce, pek çok çocuğun içinde bulunduğu durumun artık bir açlık krizi olduğunun adını koyup örneğin önümüzdeki 23 Nisan’da bir seferberlik ilan etmeli ve açıkça çocuk yoksulluğu sorununu sahiplenmelidir.'

Oxford Üniversitesi Sosyal Politika Enstitüsünden Ertuğrul (Ertu) Polat Türkiye'deki çocuk yoksulluğu sorununu ele alarak, göreve gelecek belediye başkanlarının bu konuda atması gereken en acil adımları İdeaPolitik Enstitü için yorumladı.

ideapolitik.com/yerel-secimler…

Why do people maintain that theirs is a meritocratic society?

In Social Forces, Adaner Usmani & I present a *sociological simulation* to show how the same social forces that produce inequality also distort people’s ability to see it for what it is academic.oup.com/sf/advance-art… (1/9)

can I be a politics and policy scholar if I'm always spelling bureacrats wrong

to be seriously committed to student mental health University of Oxford can start with the bare minimum: make counselling service accessible WITHOUT such long waiting times and for as long as students need i.e. not a session or two to tick the box.

Care homes that fail to meet standards or severely breach regulation will be closed by the Care Quality Commission

But how often does it happen? To what homes?

In The Lancet Healthy Longevity (doi.org/10.1016/S2666-…): 804 out of 816 enforcement-related closed homes (2011-2023) were for-profit.

Sevgili Ayşe Buğra’nın heyecanla beklediğimiz kitabı yayımlandı.
Social Policy in Capitalist History e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/socia…