Mutuality, Survival Strategies and the Friendly Society
A conference organised jointly by the Pavis Centre for Social and Cultural
Research and the Centre for Social Policy Research, Faculty of Social
Sciences, Open University, in association with the Friendly Societies
Research Group.
Friday, 24th November 2000
Open University, Milton Keynes
Plenary speakers will present the following papers:
Professor John Clarke Mutuality uncertainty - is there a beyond the
welfare state?'
Professor Martin Daunton Mutuality and state formation.
Professor Pat Thane Friendly Societies helped to make the
'welfare state'; the makers of
the welfare state abandoned the friendly
societies. Why?
Professor Stephen Yeo Ten ways in which old labour's associations were as
modern as the newest of the new.
Workshops will include:
* Mutuals, markets and the state
* Trust and the creation and maintenance of communities
* Gender and social and economic networks
* Social entrepreneurship and the stakeholder society
* Linking small-scale studies of friendly societies, welfare and
mutualism
* Survival strategies in the post-welfare era
Conference Aims
* To share ideas on the future of mutualism from a variety of sources
* To explore the development and functions of social networks, social
capital and social policy ideas about co-operation, mutuality and friendly
societies
* To analyse the changing nature of trust relations and the
institutions of the civil society in the context of debates on social
exclusion
* To conceptualise relationships between the voluntary sector and the
(post-welfare) state
* To examine co-operation, consumption and popular culture in
contemporary society
Fee: £25 (£15 - FSRG Members and Students)
If you would like to attend the conference please send a cheque made payable
to the Open University to : Pavis Centre for Social and Cultural Research,
Faculty of Social Sciences, The Open University, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA.
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