... controlled. © 2022 by The Regents of the University of California 2022 housing inequality social policy protests COVID-19 pandemic Europe Fierce competition for scarce housing units thus plays out within both private rental and ownership markets. Almost everywhere, the private rental...

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...Rana Jawad Nations in the Middle East and North Africa have traditionally seen the primary function of social policy as serving the goal of economic growth. But the COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated the need for a more balanced approach to make societies more resilient, with social protection...

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... formal conversations regarding end-of-life care may help Americans to age and die with dignity. © 2020 by The Regents of the University of California 2020 Nursing homes have emerged as the public face of the pandemic. COVID-19 pandemic health care inequality aging social policy...

... by The Regents of the University of California 2020 Russia COVID-19 pandemic public health welfare social policy “Although the majority of Russia’s population has some degree of social protection, the most excluded groups…have been left to face the pandemic without adequate health services...