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Dear colleagues
Please find below details of the ICSP study day which is a free event and we
hope will be of interest. We would be grateful also if you could forward the
details to any colleagues or postgraduate students to whom it might be of
interest and who may not be members of this list.
Many thanks
Zoe Irving and Nicola Yeates
** CALL FOR PAPERS **
ICSP Study Day
International and comparative perspectives on
social policy and economic crisis
07-08 September, 2009
University of Sheffield
A decade on from the ‘Asian’ financial crisis of 1997, the world economy
entered
into what has been called unchartered territory with the spread of a financial
crisis from the US housing loans system outwards to other financial sectors and
countries. This has taken place against the backdrop of existing global
economic relations and is compounded by other global crises in food and fuel,
that have hit the poorest the hardest in all countries. While the richest
countries debate ideas of domestic and global ‘new deals’, 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 7th-8th September and
will include keynote speakers (Dr. Armando Barrientos, Brooks World
Poverty Institute, University of Manchester, Prof. Bob Deacon, Professor
of International Social Policy, University of Sheffield and Prof.
Michael Hill, University of Brighton/Queen Mary College, University of London)
as well as presentations by attendees. Drawing on presentations at the Study
Day, the ICSP group plan to publish an edited collection with a reputable
publisher.
If you wish to present a paper or ideas/work in progress for discussion, please
send a title and short abstract of no more than 150 words to
[log in to unmask] by 24th August 2009. All abstracts should clearly indicate
the author and full contact details. As this is a study day, full papers will
not be required before the event.
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
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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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