New article (open access): Collective activism for an Illustrated Dictionary of La Búsqueda by Ana Pandal de la Peza, Técnicas Rudas, Colectivo Voz de los Desaparecidos Puebla, Colectivo Regresando a Casa Morelos & Colectivo Las Rastreadoras del Fuerte Sinaloa
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CSP invites proposals for Themed Issues (deadline 28th June)
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Advance article (open access): The decline of social protection in Ukraine: A case of dismantlement of a city-forming enterprise as a socioeconomic guarantor by Alexa Hilmarsson
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Advance article (open access): The absence of anger: ‘Lived experience’, emotions, and framing techniques in UK anti-poverty work by Stephen Crossley and Sophie Piggott
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Advance article: Depoliticising Race: A Critical Policy Analysis of the UK’s CRED 2021 Report by Zimao Yang, Jiawei Ren and Weiyue Wang
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Critical Social Policy- Volume: 46, Number: 2 (May 2026) now available online
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Advance article (open access): Impacts of anti-migrant policy and activism: The dynamics of hostility around small boat crossings to Dover by Matthijs Gardenier and Hilary Pilkington
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Advance article (open access): Social suffering and (mis)recognition: How welfare officials respond to the critical voices of clients by Melissa Sebrechts and Thomas Kampen
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The latest episode of the CSP podcast is now live. In this episode, writer, researcher, and disability justice advocate Abbie Muchecheti discusses how systems of care and inclusion often reproduce harm, and what accountability and refusal can look like in practice
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New on the CSP blog: Red Flags! Data led technology is leading families to mistrust, fear and avoid services by Val Gillies, Rosalind Edwards and Sarah Gorin
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CSP normally publishes one themed issue per year/volume on a topic which contributes to the journal’s overall remit (see aims and scope here). We welcome proposals on any topic relevant to the journal...
