Snell, Carolyn Jane orcid.org/0000-0003-3448-5985, Anderson, Sarah and Thomson, Harriet (2023) If Not Now, Then When?:Pathways to Embed Climate Change Within Social Policy. Social Policy and Society. ISSN 1475-3073
Abstract
Climate change is arguably the defining issue of our time, with global impacts. Yet to date, scholarship within social policy has remained relatively fragmented and disparate, leaving an urgent need to start comprehensively embedding environmental thinking across all domains of the discipline (Williams, 2021). Responding to this challenge, this paper draws together existing work at the nexus of social policy, the environment, and climate change. The paper then presents findings from workshops held with social policy scholars, policymakers, and practitioners, using these discussions to propose pathways to embed climate change within the discipline. The paper represents a significant contribution to knowledge within the field as it seeks to both broaden discussions about social policy and climate change; to identify theoretical and empirical relationships that exist between the two fields but have not been fully recognised in existing scholarship; and to bring new perspectives and voices into the discussion.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | This is an author-produced version of the published paper. Uploaded in accordance with the University’s Research Publications and Open Access policy. |
Keywords: | Climate crisis,climate change,environment,social policy,eco-social policy,sustainable welfare |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Social Sciences (York) > Social Policy and Social Work (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 19 Oct 2023 11:00 |
Last Modified: | 21 Jan 2025 18:10 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1017/S1474746423000167 |
Status: | Published online |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1017/S1474746423000167 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:204397 |