Neo-liberalism & the New Welfare State
UCD School of Social Policy, Social Work and Social Justice
With
The Irish Social Policy Association and
Dept. of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Speaker: PETER TAYLOR-GOOBY
Professor of Social Policy, School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research University of Kent, UK
‘Neo-liberalism and the New Welfare State: UK popular attitudes in comparative context’
Discussant: Dr Rory O’Donnell, Director, National Economic & Social Council
Chair: Terry Corcoran, Principal Officer, Dept. Employment Affairs & Social Protection
Thursday April 26th 2018, Oak Room, Mansion House
Peter Taylor-Gooby’s main interests are in current developments in the welfare state: the cuts and welfare state restructuring, the social divisions associated with inequality and the struggles over multiculturalism. In addition to having published
23 books, 120 articles and 95 chapters he has held a number of key positions including Chair of the British Academy New Paradigms in Public Policy Programme (2010/2011). He is a Fellow of the British Academy and a Founding Academician at the Academy of Social Sciences. On the policy side, he participated in the Prime Minister’s No 10 ‘progressive consensus’ Round Table and advised the Prime Minister’s Strategy Unit between 2009 and 2010. 