Looks like inequality is becoming a hot topic again. Once more, usual
cross-posting apol.s

Julian Wells

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>From: Mcdaid,D <[log in to unmask]>
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>Date: 20 July 2001 16:46
>Subject: BA Science Festival: On Inequalities
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>Dear All,
>
>apologies for the inevitable cross posting, this event looks
>very good and
>may be of interest to some of you
>
>David
>
>
>>From : Adrian Sinfield [[log in to unmask]]
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>PROMOTING SOCIAL POLICY AT THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION
>All Welcome
>BA Festival of Science, UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW
>4 - 6 September 2001
>
>This year I am putting up the full programme for the Social Policy and
>Sociology Section, and not just the SPA contribution on the Thursday
>morning, as I have been able to get details earlier.
>
>This is the third year that the SPA has organised the papers
>for a half day
>for the Sociology and Social Policy Section of the British
>Association for
>the Advancement of Science, presenting some papers from this
>year¹s Social
>Policy Review, which will be on sale at the session on
>Thursday morning. The
>British Sociological Association presents the other papers that day.
>
>While I hope that some of you will be able to come, my main reason for
>publicising this is to ask you to tell people in the wider
>community who
>might be interested. The British Association for the
>Advancement of Science
>exists to gain a wider audience for scientific work reaching beyond our
>colleagues - and particularly including schoolteachers and potential
>students. So, if you know of any schools or continuing
>education courses
>taking part in this year¹s Festival of Science, please
>encourage them to
>come to our session. Modern Studies courses should be particularly
>interested.
>
>The BA's charge for non-speakers is £15 for the half-day and
>£25 for a full
>day, with reductions for BA members. It is possible to
>register on the day.
>Students pay £5 a day and Glasgow University students have
>free entry. Full
>details in the BA programme and at
>www.the-ba.net/festivalofsci That is what
>
>you need to type and not stop at festival! But it keeps
>coming up on my
>screen in this very odd way!
>
>There will be flyers at Belfast for anyone who wants them.
>
>Adrian Sinfield
>
>
>BA FESTIVAL OF SCIENCE, UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW
>
>Tuesday, September 4th - Kelvin Building, room 222
>President¹s Day. President: Professor David Donnison
>Theme: Inequality
>Investigating equality and inequality in all aspects of life, from
>healthcare to education to the notion of restorative justice.
>Is inequality
>linked to age, class or profession? Why do we still have so
>much inequality
>in this country? What can be done to balance the scales? This
>will relate
>mainly to society using science as a means to make sense of
>itself. Each
>paper will be followed by a discussion led by members of the
>CAP Network of
>the Poverty Alliance.
>
>10:00 -10:45 Introduction - Professor David Donnison:
>University of Glasgow
>
>10:45-11:15 Health Inequalities - Professor Ken Judge: University of
>Glasgow
>of the Poverty Alliance
>11:15-12:00 Inequalities in the Labour Market - David Webster:
>Glasgow City Council
>This paper will consider how unemployment is measured in order
>to disclose
>the huge scale and geographically concentrated nature of
>Britain¹s problem
>of worklessness, and will spell out the implications for policy.
>
>12:00-12:45 Inequalities of Income - Professor David Piachaud:
>London School of Economics
>Social spending intended to redistribute income and opportunities has
>increased dramatically over the last 50 years. Equality,
>however, has not
>increased. Has redistribution failed? What contribution can
>redistribution
>make to equality in the future?
>
>2:00-2:45 Educational Inequalities - Professor Lindsay Paterson:
>University of Edinburgh
>This paper surveys the evidence on patterns of educational
>inequality in
>several parts of the UK since the middle of the twentieth
>century, and also
>the history of political and academic thinking about
>educational inequality.
>
>
>2:45-3:30 Restorative justice: achieving a better balance?
>Professor David Miers: Cardiff University
>Restorative justice is a world-wide initiative designed to
>give victims of
>crime an opportunity to tell their offenders about the
>personal impact of
>their offending, and to encourage offenders to accept
>responsibility for,
>and to repair, the harm they caused.
>
>3:30-4:00 Poverty and Inequalities - members of the Poverty Alliance,
>including Frank McCarter
>
>
>Wednesday, September 5th - Humanities lecture theatre, Main building
>Departmental Day.
>Theme - Bridging the Divide: Linking people and communities with the
>mainstream.
>This is local day from the host department incorporating talks
>on criminal
>justice, family policy, children's issues, disability issues,
>gerontology,
>community development and participation, poverty and income inequality
>research, community care and more.
>
>10:00-10:45 Building Social Capital: Implications for people
>with learning
>disabilities - Professor Sheila Riddell: Strathclyde Centre
>for Disability
>Research
>
>11:15-12:00 Reducing Social Exclusion amongst Recovering Drug Addicts -
>Professor Neil McKeganey and Professor Jim McIntosh:
>University of Glasgow
>In this paper we will look at the impact of drug addiction on
>the family
>life of addicts in Scotland and consider the opportunities for
>rebuilding
>the addict's links with his or her family and recovering a
>sense of self
>esteem.
>
>12:00-12:45 Consulting Children and Young People - Professor
>Malcolm Hill:
>University of Glasgow
>The presentation will review the purposes and methods of
>consulting children
>and young people. Particular attention will be given to assessments of
>consultation processes involving children in general and
>looked-after young
>people
>
>2:00-2:45 Bitch or Lover: How men construe women in violent
>relationships-
>Professor Joan Orme: University of Glasgow
>This paper describes research that evaluated a programme for
>perpetrators of
>domestic violence and examines how men construe women in these
>relationships.
>
>2:45-3:30 Making a Difference: The usefulness of community projects in
>areas of social need - Professor Bob Holman: University of Glasgow
>Bob Holman was involved in a community project on the Southdown Estate,
>Bath, 1976-86. In 1998, he went back and asked 51 former
>youngsters about
>its influence upon them. For the last 15 years, he has worked
>and lived in
>Easterhouse, Glasgow, and will compare the two projects.
>
>3:30-4:15 Thresholds and Limits: Making sense of the
>requirements of older
>people with support needs - Professor Alison Petch: University
>of Glasgow
>Political debate over the funding of long-term care raises important
>questions as to the preferences and needs of older people
>themselves. These
>questions will be explored in a presentation drawing on research with
>individuals receiving intensive support packages.
>
>
>Thursday, September 6th - Kelvin Building, room 222
>Social Policy Association and British Sociological Association Speakers
>
>10:00-10:45 People and Their Money: Theory and Practice in Personal
>Finances - Professor Jan Pahl: University of Kent at Canterbury
>Do we make rational choices with regard to our money? This
>research examined
>the economic, social and cultural factors which affect
>relationships between
>people and their money, and explored the implications for
>social policy and
>financial exclusion.
>
>11:15-12:00 Community values and social morals: welfare
>realities in Blair's
>Britain
>Dr. Emma Heron: Sheffield Hallam University
>The Labour government¹s social and public policy agenda
>emphasises social
>and moral behaviour. Recent policy developments emerge around
>an axis of
>rights and responsibilities. This can be seen in particular within the
>worlds of housing and regeneration, social security, criminal
>justice and
>education.
>
>12:00-12:45 The Welfare of Future Generations - Dr. Tony Fitzpatrick:
>University of Nottingham
>As systems of social insurance unravel, the idea that there is
>a contract
>between generations becomes less meaningful. Can we reinvent
>the notion of
>an intergenerational contract? What kind of social policies might be
>appropriate?
>
>2:00-2:45 Place and Urban Renewal - Professor Gareth Williams
>Regeneration is in fashion. No-one is entirely sure what it
>means and some
>communities are fed up with being regenerated. Studies of
>regeneration in
>'deprived communities' are exploring the need for more partnership and
>participation and how this can be achieved.
>
>2:45-3:30 Promoting Mental Health and Well being: a challenge
>to society -
>Professor Steven Platt : University of Edinburgh
>The relationship between the organisation of society and the
>health of the
>population is reciprocal and inter-dependent. An integrated and
>inter-sectoral approach to tackling mental ill-health and enhancing
>well-being is long overdue.
>
>4:00-4:45 Transforming Scotland: Devolution and the State of Britain -
>Professor David McCrone: University of Edinburgh
>Two years after the Scottish Parliament was established, how are we to
>assess its impact? To what extent has it begun to transform
>Scotland? Has
>Scottish devolution had much impact on the rest of the UK?
>
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