Social Policy (eBook)

Fiona Williams is Emeritus Professor of Social Policy at the University of Leeds.

1. Introduction

PART I ORIENTATION

2. A Critical and Intersectional Approach to Social Policy

3. Intersecting Global Crises and Dynamics of Family, Nation, Work, and Nature: a framework for analysis

PART II ANALYSIS

4. Un/Settling Family-Nation-Work-Nature: from austerity to pandemic

5. The Social Relations of Welfare: subjects, agents, activists

6. Intersections in the Transnational, Social and Political Economy of Care

PART III PRAXIS

7. Towards an Eco-Welfare Commons: intersections of political ethics and prefigurative practices

8. Conclusion: multi-dimensional thinking for social policy

Appendix I Elaborating Family-Nation-Work-Nature and Welfare

Appendix II Situating the Author within Social Policy

Joint Winner of the 2023 Peter Townsend Prize of the British Academy

'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!'
John Clarke, Emeritus Professor, The Open University

'Breathtaking in its scope, Social Policy 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.'
Ruth Lister, Member of the House of Lords and Emeritus Professor of Social Policy, Loughborough University

'Social Policy 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.'
Judging Panel of the British Academy's 2023 Peter Townsend Prize