Dear colleagues,
Apologies for cross-posting.
This is a final reminder for the International and Comparative Social Policy
Group study day on 6th/7th July 2009, details below. Part of the ICSP mission
is to encourage and support those who wish to develop comparative, global and
international dimensions to their work and the study day is part of this aim.
So if you or someone you know falls into this category please register for the
study day, come to our meeting at the SPA annual conference in Edinburgh or
contact us for further information about the group.
Best Wishes
Zoe Irving & Nicola Yeates (Co-convenors, ICSP)
International and comparative perspectives on
social policy and economic crisis
06-07 July, 2009
ICoSS, University of Sheffield, 219 Portobello, Sheffield, S1 4DP
A decade on from the ‘Asian’ financial crisis of 1997, the world economy entered
into what has been called unchartered territory with the onset of a crisis of
the financial system that started in the US housing loans system and spread
outwards to other financial sectors and countries. This has taken place against
the backdrop of existing global economic relations which include both fractured
alliances and ossified inequalities and competition. The financial crisis is
compounded by other global crises in food and fuel, that has hit the poorest
the hardest in all countries. While the richest countries debate the idea of a
global ‘new deal’, the coping strategies of the poorer and the poorest
countries are taking many different directions which have direct implications
for social policy. In the wake of these developments, this study day, organised
by the International and Comparative Social Policy special interest group of
the UK’s Social Policy Association, aims to discuss:
• Analyses of the impacts of the global economic crisis on social welfare;
• Responses to the crisis with a particular focus on the international and
comparative social policy dimensions and implications of these;
• The role of local and national government as well as of world-regional
associations and international organisations in responding to the crisis;
The study day will run lunchtime to lunchtime over the 6th-7th July and will
include keynote speakers (Prof. Bob Deacon, Professor of
 International
Social Policy, University of Sheffield (6th July) and Dr.
Armando
Barrientos, Brooks World Poverty Institute, University of Manchester, 7th July)
as well as presentations by attendees and 
discussion sessions. Drawing
on presentations at the Study Day, the ICSP group plan to publish an edited
collection with a reputable publisher.
Places are limited to 30 persons. With support from the UK Social Policy
Association, the study day (including accommodation) is free and open to all
but registration is required. Assistance with travel costs is available for a
limited number of postgraduate students. Registration forms can be requested
via email from Zoë Irving [log in to unmask] Any queries can be
directed to the organisers, Zoë Irving or Nicola Yeates [log in to unmask]
Dr. Zoë Irving
Department of Sociological Studies
University of Sheffield
Elmfield
Northumberland Road
Sheffield S10 2TU
UK
Tel. +44 (0)114 222 6415
email: [log in to unmask]
International and Comparative Social Policy Group
http://www.globalwelfare.net
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