Koch, M, Buchs, M orcid.org/0000-0001-6304-3196 and Lee, J (Cover date: January - April 2023) Towards a New Generation of Social Policy: Commonalities between Sustainable Welfare and the IPCC. Politiche sociali Social Policies (1/2023). pp. 27-42. ISSN 2284-2098
Abstract
The climate crisis calls for a new generation of social policy compatible with planetary limits and economic postgrowth circumstances. This article analyses how some of the pillars of such a new generation of social policy may be conceptualized by highlighting commonalities between the most recent IPCC report and the sustainable welfare literature. Methodologically triangulating content analysis of the IPCC report, literature review and qualitative data analysis from citizen forums, we argue that this convergence is particularly evident in four areas central to policymaking: the importance of human needs in eco-social policymaking; the identification of governance structures suitable for a social-ecological transformation; the requirement to co-develop policies via a deliberative, «bottom-up» element; and the need to decouple welfare provision from economic growth.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © by Societa editrice il Mulino, Bologna. This is an author produced version of an article published in Politiche sociali Social Policies. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Climate crisis, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), sustainable welfare, eco-social policies, degrowth/postgrowth |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > School of Earth and Environment (Leeds) > Sustainability Research Institute (SRI) (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 06 Jun 2023 09:02 |
Last Modified: | 30 Sep 2024 00:13 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Il Mulino |
Identification Number: | 10.7389/107137 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:199930 |