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Launch of the UNRISD book series on Social Policy in a Development Context
Date: 23 Jun 2005
- Time:
- Location: Khalili Lecture Theatre, School of Oriental and African Studies, 10 Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London, UK
- Counterpart(s): Palgrave Macmillan
Provisional Agenda
>> 17.30 – 17.45 Opening Session
Welcome and Opening Statement: Thandika Mkandawire, Director, UNRISD
Presentation of the Social Policy in a Development Context Series: Amanda Hamilton, Palgrave Macmillan
>> 17.45– 18.30 Social Policy in Late Industrializers
Chairperson: Peter Townsend: Professor, London School of Economics
Presentations:
Social Policy in a Development Context, by Thandika Mkandawire
Transforming the Developmental Welfare State in East Asia, by Huck-ju Kwon
Social Policy and Development in the Nordic Countries, by Olli Kangas
Social Policy in the Middle East and North Africa: Political, Economic and Gender Dynamics, by Massoud Karshenas and Valentine Moghadam
Discussants:
Bob Deacon – Professor, University of Sheffield
Stein Ringen – Professor, Oxford University
Robert Springborg – Director, London Middle East Institute
>> 18.30 – 19.00 Health Care, Gender and Social Policy
Chairperson: Deniz Kandiyoti – Reader, SOAS
Presentations:
Commercialization of Health Care: Global and Local Dynamics and Policy Responses, Maureen Mackintosh
Social Policy and Gender in a Development Context: Mothers, Workers and Citizens, by Shahra Razavi
Discussants:
Naila Kabeer – Research Fellow, Institute of Development Studies
Mike Rowson – Managing Editor, Global Health Watch