Political philosophy and social policy: the concept of poverty
Recent political philosophy has not had much to say about poverty in general. But two currents of thought demonstrate its potential contribution to the thinking about this important issue for social policy.

First, political philosophy is paying increasing attention to social inequality; when this focuses on social exclusion, it connects with the concern of empirical poverty studies about ‘not having enough to fit in’. But in addition, some political philosophers argue that poverty, as traditionally understood, is only one way in which lives can go badly, and hence a wider concept of disadvantage or deprivation is needed.
Date: 18 January 2018, 17:00 (Thursday, 1st week, Hilary 2018)
Venue: 32-42 Wellington Square (Barnett House), 32-42 Wellington Square OX1 2ER
Venue Details: Violet Butler Room
Speaker: Professor Jonathan Wolff (Blavatnik School of Government)
Organising department: Department of Social Policy and Intervention
Organiser contact email address: events@spi.ox.ac.uk
Part of: Perspectives on Social Policy in Oxford
Booking required?: Not required
Audience: Members of the University only
Editor: Ruth Moore