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Social Policy. A Critical and Intersectional Analysis. 2021
Hosted by the Department of Social Policy and the International Inequalities Institute
An open conversation about the new book by Fiona Williams, Social Policy. A Critical and Intersectional Analysis. Following a presentation of the key themes and arguments in the book by Williams, the three discussants will share their perspectives.
Welfare states face profound challenges. Widening economic and social inequalities have been intensified by austerity politics, sharpened by the rise in ethno-nationalism and exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic. At the same time, recent decades have seen a resurgence of social justice activism at both the local and the transnational level. Yet the transformative power of feminist, anti-racist and postcolonial/decolonial thinking has become relatively marginal to core social policy theory, while other critical approaches – around disability, sexuality, migration, age and the environment – have found recognition only selectively.
This book provides a much needed new analysis of this complex landscape, drawing together critical approaches in social policy with intersectionality and political economy.
Speakers: Dr Timo Fleckenstein, Dr Armine Ishkanian, Dr Isabel Shutes, Professor Fiona Williams
Chair: Professor Lucinda Platt
Social Policy. A Critical and Intersectional Analysis