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Fiona Williams draws out the implications of her approach for current debates about welfare policy and strategy. Social Policy is an indispensable introductory text for all students and teachers of social policy and administration who want a clear, challenging and politically relevant approach to welfare studies.
Fiona Williams’ work identified the two processes that are contributing to the global crisis of care: the devaluation of care (the lack of recognition for care – whether it is unpaid or poorly paid work) and the depletion of care across the world today – put simply, lack of time and resources are diminishing people’s capacity to care, a problem exacerbated by many factors including austerity, the pandemic and the climate crisis.
Fiona Williams, Social Policy: A Critical Introduction. Issues of Race, Gender and Class (Cambridge, Polity, first published in 1989) evaluates and critiques major theoretical perspectives on welfare, including different feminist and anti-racist theories. It argues for an integrated analysis of social policy which puts issues of ‘race ...
Jun 1, 2010 · Fiona Williams. Show author details Fiona Williams* Affiliation: Department of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Leeds E-mail: J.F.Williams@leeds.ac.uk.
Jul 5, 2022 · In this important book, Fiona Williams impressively extends her previous pathbreaking work on the intersections between family, work and nation in Social Policy: A Critical Introduction, 1989, to include ‘nature’, in order to map the outlines of a future challenging social policy agenda beyond COVID-19 and the outlines of a future socially just ‘eco-welfare commons’.
Join us for this event that will take the form of an open conversation about the new book by Fiona Williams, Social Policy. A Critical and Intersectional Analysis. Following a presentation of the key themes and arguments in the book by Williams, the three discussants will share their perspectives. Welfare states face profound challenges.
In this important book, Fiona Williams impressively extends her previous pathbreaking work on the intersections between family, work and nation in Social Policy: A Critical Introduction, 1989, to include ‘nature’, in order to map the
