Part I: Race, Racism and Social Policy ~ James Rees

Race and Social Policy: Challenges and Obstacles ~ Nasar Meer

‘Race’: the Missing Dimension in Social Policy Higher Education? ~ Bankole Cole, Gary Craig and Nasreen Ali

Young People as Cultural Critics of the Monocultural Landscapes that Fail them ~ Rick Bowler and Amina Razak

Returnees: Unwanted Citizens or Cherished Countrymen ~ Bozena Sojka and Maarja Saar

Part II: Social Policy and Young People ~ Elke Heins

The Family Welfare Source and Inequality in Liberal Welfare States: Evidence from Cohort Studies ~ Sarah Weakley

Economic Hardship in Young Adulthood: A Cause for Concern or a Matter of Course while Settling into the Swedish Labour Market? ~ Anna Kahlmeter

Cultural Education and the Good Citizen: A Systematic Analysis of a Neo-Liberal Communitarian Policy Trend ~ Katherine Tonkiss, Eleni Stamou and Malgorzata Wootton

How Geographical and Ideological Proximity Impact Community Youth Justice (In)accessibility in England and Wales ~ Sarah Brooks Wilson

Part III: Austerity ~ Marco Pomati

After a Decade of Austerity, Does the UK Have an Income Safety Net Worth its Name? ~ Donald Hirsch

A New Page? The Public Library in Austerity ~ Emma Davidson

No Way Home: the Challenges of Exiting Homelessness in Austere Times ~ Christina Carmichael

‘Everywhere and Nowhere’: Interventions and Services under Austerity ~ Stephen Crossley