Christala Sophocleous
Biographic Data
| ID | 4238728 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Christala Sophocleous |
| GIVEN NAMES | Christala |
| FAMILY NAME | Sophocleous |
| SIGNATURE | SOPHOCLEOUS C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Wales Institute of Social and Economic Research, Data and Methods |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6079-1391 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Voluntary Action, Territory and Timing: The Council of Social Service for Wales, Periodisation and the New Historiography of the 'British Welfare State
This article analyses the development of the Council of Social Service for Wales during what is often called the Golden Age of the Welfare State. Recovering the neglected history of the peak organisation for voluntary social service in Wales adds to our understanding of the histories of social policy and postwar Wales. The article addresses social policy from a doubly peripheral perspective - it attends to a territorial periphery of the UK State …
Moments of alignment between devolved political ideology and policy design: The case of Wales
The devolution of power and responsibility from central to sub national levels of governance over the past half century marks a paradigm shift in forces shaping social policy across much of Western Europe. Scholarship in this field is often concerned with a binary analysis of before and after the advent of devolution, with insufficient attention paid to transitory changes over time. Through attention to Wales’ flagship community regeneration prog…
Exploring the meso-territorialization of third sector administration and welfare delivery in federal and union states: Evidence and theory-building from the UK
The international trend of state restructuring and the rise of decentralized welfare systems means a key challenge for social research is to systematically explore the breadth of factors shaping the territorialization of third sector welfare delivery at the meso level in federal and union states. We address this lacuna by synthesizing historical-institutionalism and critical realism with Salamon and Anheier’s classic framework on civic infrastruc…
Voluntary Action, Territory and Timing: The Council of Social Service for Wales, Periodisation and the New Historiography of the 'British Welfare State
This article analyses the development of the Council of Social Service for Wales during what is often called the Golden Age of the Welfare State. Recovering the neglected history of the peak organisation for voluntary social service in Wales adds to our understanding of the histories of social policy and postwar Wales. The article addresses social policy from a doubly peripheral perspective - it attends to a territorial periphery of the UK State …
Exploring the meso-territorialization of third sector administration and welfare delivery in federal and union states: Evidence and theory-building from the UK
The international trend of state restructuring and the rise of decentralized welfare systems means a key challenge for social research is to systematically explore the breadth of factors shaping the territorialization of third sector welfare delivery at the meso level in federal and union states. We address this lacuna by synthesizing historical-institutionalism and critical realism with Salamon and Anheier’s classic framework on civic infrastruc…
Moments of alignment between devolved political ideology and policy design: The case of Wales
The devolution of power and responsibility from central to sub national levels of governance over the past half century marks a paradigm shift in forces shaping social policy across much of Western Europe. Scholarship in this field is often concerned with a binary analysis of before and after the advent of devolution, with insufficient attention paid to transitory changes over time. Through attention to Wales’ flagship community regeneration prog…
Exploring the meso-territorialization of third sector administration and welfare delivery in federal and union states: Evidence and theory-building from the UK
The international trend of state restructuring and the rise of decentralized welfare systems means a key challenge for social research is to systematically explore the breadth of factors shaping the territorialization of third sector welfare delivery at the meso level in federal and union states. We address this lacuna by synthesizing historical-institutionalism and critical realism with Salamon and Anheier’s classic framework on civic infrastruc…
Voluntary Action, Territory and Timing: The Council of Social Service for Wales, Periodisation and the New Historiography of the 'British Welfare State
This article analyses the development of the Council of Social Service for Wales during what is often called the Golden Age of the Welfare State. Recovering the neglected history of the peak organisation for voluntary social service in Wales adds to our understanding of the histories of social policy and postwar Wales. The article addresses social policy from a doubly peripheral perspective - it attends to a territorial periphery of the UK State …
Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Public Administration (3 works) · Social Policy and Reform Studies (3 works) · Healthcare innovation and challenges (2 works) · Political economy (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Welfare state (2 works) · Action (physics) (1 works)