{"product_id":"social-policy-a-critical-and-intersectional-analysis-paperback-softback-9781509540396","title":"Social Policy; A Critical and Intersectional Analysis (Paperback \/ softback) 9781509540396","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSocial Policy\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Critical and Intersectional Analysis\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eFiona Williams (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781509540396, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 16 July 2021\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e248 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.6 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm, 0.499 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoint Winner of the 2023 Peter Townsend Prize of the British Academy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Fiona Williams has been a vital force in developing critical approaches to social policy. This book brilliantly consolidates and advances our thinking about welfare and welfare states – and does so in a typically subtle and stimulating way. A must-read!’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Clarke, Emeritus Professor, The Open University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘Breathtaking in its scope, \u003ci\u003eSocial Policy\u003c\/i\u003e sets a challenging analytical and ethical agenda for social policy as a discipline and a praxis. And it contains important messages for all who seek to “build back better” from COVID-19.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRuth Lister, Member of the House of Lords and Emeritus Professor of Social Policy, Loughborough University\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘\u003ci\u003eSocial Policy\u003c\/i\u003e successfully marries critical and intersectional approaches to reveal the multiplicity of socio-economic inequalities and the ways in which they interlock... The book is strongly committed to humanity, social justice and welfare and is driven by a call for a radical paradigm change in welfare principles, praxis and governance, leading to transformational improvements in people’s lives.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJudging Panel of the British Academy’s 2023 Peter Townsend Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eWelfare 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book provides a much needed new analysis of this complex landscape, drawing together critical approaches in social policy with intersectionality and political economy. Fiona Williams contextualizes contemporary social policies not only in the global crisis of finance capitalism but also in the interconnected global crises of care, ecology and racialized borders. These shape and are shaped at national scale by the intersecting dynamics of family, nation, work and nature. Through critical assessment of these realities, the book probes the ethical, prefigurative and transformative possibilities for a future welfare commons.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis significant intervention will animate social policy thinking, teaching and research. It will be essential reading for anyone wanting to understand the complexities of social policy for the years ahead.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART I ORIENTATION\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2. A Critical and Intersectional Approach to Social Policy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e3. Intersecting Global Crises and Dynamics of Family, Nation, Work, and Nature: a framework for analysis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART II ANALYSIS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e4. Un\/Settling Family-Nation-Work-Nature: from austerity to pandemic \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e5. The Social Relations of Welfare: subjects, agents, activists\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e6. Intersections in the Transnational, Social and Political Economy of Care\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART III PRAXIS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e7. Towards an Eco-Welfare Commons: intersections of political ethics and prefigurative practices \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e8. Conclusion: multi-dimensional thinking for social policy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAppendix I Elaborating Family-Nation-Work-Nature and Welfare \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAppendix II Situating the Author within Social Policy\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Social services \u0026amp; welfare, criminology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Social services \u0026amp; welfare, criminology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Social%20services%20\u0026amp;%20welfare,%20criminology%20%5BJK%5D%22\"\u003eJK\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52460702302488,"sku":"9781509540396","price":17.87,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781509540396.jpg?v=1785458992","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/social-policy-a-critical-and-intersectional-analysis-paperback-softback-9781509540396","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}