Books and Book Chapters

BOOKS

Mok, K. H. and Kühner, S. (eds.) (2018) Managing Welfare Expectations and Social Change: Policy Transfer in AsiaAbingdon/New York: Routledge.

Hudson, J., Kühner, S. and Lowe, S.  (2015)The Short-Guide to Social Policy, Second Edition, Bristol: Policy Press.

Hudson, J., Kühner, S. and Lowe, S.  (2011) The Short-Guide to Social Policy (Korean Translation), Seoul, South Korea: Press of Sharing House.

Hudson, J., Kühner, S. and Lowe, S.  (2008) The Short-Guide to Social Policy, First Edition, Bristol: Policy Press.

Kühner, S. & Lau, K. W. M. (2023) Hong Kong Children’s Views about Their Lives and Well-being during the Pandemic: Evidence from the Covid-19 Supplement of Children’s Worlds, Lingnan University, Hong Kong.

Lau, K. W. M. & Kühner, S. (2020) Children’s Worlds 3rd Wave National Report: China – Hong Kong (SAR), Lingnan University, Hong Kong.

Lee, H. J., Kim, J., Hudson, J., Kühner, S. & Jun, G. (2018) The Composition and Effects of Cash and In-Kind Programs, Korean Institute for Health and Social Affairs Research Report 2018-08, Seoul: KIHASA.

Hudson, J. & Kühner, S. (2016) Fairness for Children. A League Table of Inequality in Child Well-Being in Rich Countries (Unicef Innocenti Report Card 13), Florence: Unicef Innocenti Research Centre.


BOOK CHAPTERS

Kühner, S., Hamzah Nor, B. A. R., Pholark, A., and Yuda, T. K. (Forthcoming) Anti-poverty Policy in Southeast Asia, in: Barrientos, A., Carnes, M., Kwon, H. J., Obinger, H., Patel, L., & Schmitt, C. (eds.) Oxford Handbook of Social Policies in the Global South, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Kühner, S., Cruz-Martínez, G., & Yang, N. (2024) The Configurational Approach in Comparative Social Policy Analysis: Advances in Capturing the Impact of Globalisation on Social Policymaking in Moderate-n Research Designs, in: Greve, B., Moreira, A., & van Gerven, M. (eds.) Handbook on the Political Economy of Social Policy, London: Edward Elgar Publishers.

Kühner, S. & Shi, S. J. (2023) Diversity of Institutional Change in East Asian Social Investment Policy: The Cases of Hong Kong and Taiwan, in: Izuhara, M. (ed.) Research Agendas for East Asian Social Policy. London: Edward Elgar Publishers.

Koehler, G., Kühner, S. & Neff, D. (2021) Social Policy Development and Its Obstacles: An Analysis of the South Asian Welfare Geography During and After the ‘Social Turn’, in: Zafarullah, H. and Huque, A. S. (eds.) Handbook of Development Policy. London: Edward Elgar Publishers.

Kühner, S., Nakray, K. & Neff, D. (2021) India’s Social Policy Response to Covid-19:
Temporary Relief in a Rigid Welfare Landscape, in: Global Dynamics in Social Policy CRC 1342: Covid-19 Social Policy Response Series. Germany: University of Bremen.

Kühner, S. & Nakray, K. (2018) India’s Emerging Social Policy Paradigm: Productive, Protective or What?, in: Mok, K. H. and Kühner, S. (eds.) Managing Welfare Expectations and Social Change: Policy Transfer in AsiaAbingdon/New York: Routledge.

Mok, K. H. & Kühner, S. (2018) Introduction: Managing Welfare Expectations and Social Change: Policy Transfer in Asia, in: Mok, K. H. and Kühner, S. (eds.) Managing Welfare Expectations and Social Change: Policy Transfer in AsiaAbingdon/New York: Routledge.

Kühner, S. (2017) Convergence of Government Ideology in an Era of Competition: An Empirical Analysis Using Comparative Manifesto Data, in Horsfall, D. and Hudson, J. (eds.) Social Policy in an Era of Competition: From Global to Local Perspectives, Bristol: Policy Press.

Richardson, D., Hudson, J., Kühner, S., Frey, V. & Patana, P. (2015) Comparing The Effects Of Cash Benefits And In-Kind Childcare Services On Family Outcomes, OECD Social, Employment and Migration Working Paper, Paris: OECD.

Kühner, S. (2015) The Dependent Variable Problem within the Comparative Analysis of the Welfare State Revisited: What If We Waited a Little Longer?, Social Policy Review 27: Analysis and Debate in Social Policy, Bristol: Policy Press. [SOCX-Update-8-15 .xlsx]

Hudson, J. & Kühner, S. (2014) Analyzing the Productive Dimension of Welfare: Looking Beyond Greater China, in Mok, K. H. and Lau, M. (eds.) Welfare Regimes in Transition: Managing Social Change and Social Policy in Greater China, Routledge Research on Public and Social Policy in Asia, Milton Park: Routledge.

Kühner, S. (2012) Welfare Retrenchment under Left and Right Government Leadership: Towards a Consolidated Framework?, Social Policy Review 24: Analysis and Debate in Social Policy, Bristol: Policy Press.

Hudson, J. & Kühner, S. (2011) Tiptoeing Through Crisis? Re-evaluating the German Model in Light of the Global Recession, in Farnsworth, K. and Irving, Z. (eds.) Social Policy in Challenging Times. Economic Crisis and Welfare Systems, Bristol: Policy Press.

Hudson, J. & Kühner, S. (2011) Analyzing the Productive and Protective Dimensions of Welfare: Looking Beyond the OECD, Compasss Working Paper WP2011-63.

Hudson, J. & Kühner, S. (2011) Analyzing the Productive Dimensions of Welfare: Looking Beyond East Asia, in Hwang, G-J (ed.) New Welfare States in East Asia: Global Challenges and Restructuring. London: Edward Elgar.

Hudson, J. & Kühner, S. (2008) The Challenges of Classifying Welfare State Types: Capturing the Productive and Protective Dimensions of Social Policy, in Gerovska Mitev, M. (ed.) Reframing Social Policy: Actors, Dimensions and Reforms. Friedrich Ebert Stiftung: Skopje.


MISCELLANEOUS

Kühner, S., Lai, Y. S. R., & Cheung, S. Y. C. (2024) Consultancy Study of Women’s Helpline Service Statistics: Key Findings and Policy Implications.

Kühner, S. & Shiang, E. (2023) Consultancy Study of 30th Anniversary Free Legal Advice Clinic Service Statistics: Key Findings and Policy Implications. Submitted to Hong Kong Federation of Women Centres.

Addae, E. & Kühner, S. (2022) Family Social Capital as a ‘Safety Net’ For Adolescents’ Well-Being: Lessons for Ghana’s Child and Family Welfare Policy, The Social Policy Blog, 6 June 2022.

Kühner, S., Nakray, K., & Neff, D. (2022) India’s social policy response to Covid-19: Temporary relief in a rigid welfare landscape.

Lau, M.K.W. & Kühner, S. (2021) The Voices of Ethnic Minority Children on their Lives and Well‐being in Hong Kong: Key Findings. Submitted to UNICEF Hong Kong, November 2021.

Kühner, S., & Chou, K. L. (2021) Welfare Stigma Needs to be Addressed to Protect the Incomes of Hong Kong Older Adults, Institute of Policy Studies Policy Brief Series.

Kühner, S. & Lau, K. W. M. (2020) Hong Kong in Brief: Children’s Subjective Well-being, Institute of Policy Studies Policy Brief Series.

Hudson, J. & Kühner, S. (2016) Unequal Beginnings: More Must Be Done to Give the UK’s Most Vulnerable Children a Fairer Start in Life, LSE Policy & Politics Blog, 14 April 2016.

Kühner, S. (2020) Understanding Social Policy Divergence in East Asia, The Social Policy Blog, May 11 2020.

Kühner, S. & Nakray. K. (2017) India’s Emerging Social Policy Paradigm: Productive, Protective or What?, Policy and Politics Journal Blog, 22 February 2017.

Bradshaw, J. & Kühner, S. (2015) Narratives of Knowing in Social Policy, University of York, UK. [Full Text .pdf] [JSP 08-13 Survey .xls] 

Kühner, S. (2015) Comparative Welfare Reform Dataset, 1960-2010, Vol. 2, University of York, UK.

Kühner, S. (2012) Crisis Responses and Crisis Recovery. The UN Social Protection Floor Initiative and the ILO Social Protection Floor Recommendation in Focus, Policy World, UK Social Policy Association Newsletter, Summer 2012, Social Policy Association.

Kühner, S. (2007) Comparative Welfare Reform Dataset, 1960-2001, Vol. 1, University of York, UK.

Behrendt, C., Kühner, S., Hagemejer, K., & Bonnet, F. (2006) Old-age Pension Coverage in Sub-Saharan Africa: Methodological Considerations and Preliminary Findings from the ILO Social Security Inquiry, Unpublished ILO Working Paper (Geneva).

Kühner, S. (2006) From a ‘Divided Labour Market’ Towards a ‘Divided Society’ in Germany?, Policy World, UK Social Policy Association Newsletter, Spring 2006, Social Policy Association.