Williams, F

Social Policy - A Critical and Intersectional Analysis

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ISBN 13:: 9781509540396
author:: Williams, F
format:: Paperback / softback
publisher:: Polity Press
language:: English
Publication Year:: 2021
Pages:: 248
Dimensions:: 23.1 x 15.9 x 2.4 centimetres (0
Genre:: Nonfiction, Politics, Public Affairs & Administration,
Condition:: New
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Social Policy: A Critical and Intersectional Analysis by Fiona Williams explores the complex landscape of welfare states in the face of profound challenges. Widening economic and social inequalities have been intensified by austerity politics, while recent decades have seen a resurgence of social justice activism. This book provides a much-needed new analysis of contemporary social policies, drawing together critical approaches with intersectionality and political economy. Fiona Williams contextualizes social policies within the global crises of finance capitalism, care, ecology, and racialized borders, which shape and are shaped at national scale by intersecting dynamics of family, nation, work, and nature. Through a critical assessment of these realities, the book probes the ethical, prefigurative, and transformative possibilities for a future welfare commons. This significant intervention will animate social policy thinking, teaching, and research, making it an essential read for anyone seeking to understand the complexities of social policy for the years ahead.

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