Social Policy Review 33

Marco Pomati is Senior Lecturer in Social Sciences and Research Methods at Cardiff University.James Rees is Reader at the Institute for Community Research and Development at the University of Wolverhampton.Andy Jolly is Research Fellow in the Institute for Community Research and Development at the University of Wolverhampton.

• Part 1: COVID-19: Responses and Implications for Social PolicyIntroduction: Responses and implications for Social Policy - Marco Pomati and James Rees1. Locked Down or Locked In? Institutionalized Public Preferences and Government Pandemic Response in 32 Countries - Hung H.V. Nguyen, Nate Breznau and Lisa Heukamp2. New directions for European Union social policy in challenging times - Carla Valadas3. Lesson-drawing for the UK Government during the COVID-19 Pandemic: a comparison of official, media and academic lenses - Sophie King-Hill, Ian Greener and Martin Powell 4. On the periphery of the global spotlight: Sweden’s social policy responses during the COVID-19 pan-demic - Jayeon Lindellee5. Social Policies Put to Test by the Pandemic: Food Banks as an Indicator of the Insufficiencies and Paradoxes of Contemporary Social Policies - Jean-Michel Bonvin, Max Lovey, Emilie Rosenstein and Pierre Kempeneers6. "We have been left to go it alone” The wellbeing of family carers of older people under Covid-19 - Cheshire-Allen M. and Gideon Calder7. Gender crisis, or not? A comparative analysis of the impact on gender equality in Sweden and Germany due to the Covid-19 pandemic - Marlene Haupt and Viola Lind8. Older adults’ access to information and referral service using technology in British Columbia, Canada: Past learnings and learnings since COVID-19 - Karen Lok Yi Wong, Andrew Sixsmith andd Leslie Remund9. The pandemic as a litmus test for social security systems in transition economies – a case of Georgia - Ana DiakonidzePart 2: MigrationIntroduction - Andy Jolly10. All of the same type? The use of ‘welfare tourism’ to limit the access of EU migrants to social benefits in the UK and Germany - Angie Gago11. Where is the vulnerability assessment tool? Disabled asylum seekers in Direct Provision in Ireland and the EU (recast) Reception Conditions Directive (2013/33/EU) - Keelin Barry12. Re-thinking exclusionary policies: the case of irregular migrants during the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe - Marie Mallet and Nicola Delvino