Benevolent Policies
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Social policies have the potential to improve the lives of many people. These policies could serve low-income groups, women, refugees, migrants. Or they could tackle malnutrition, non-communicable diseases, long covid, post-infection syndromes, poor sanitation. Yet many governments fail to expand the needed social policies. What explains this? And what could trigger government action? Drawing upon a recently published paper and an upcoming book project, this presentation will show that while governments have weak incentives to expand “benevolent policies” – policies that serve groups with limited political power on issues with low visibility – the strategic actions of bureaucrats working within the government can facilitate policy expansion.
Date: 17 February 2022, 16:00 (Thursday, 5th week, Hilary 2022)
Venue: Venue to be announced
Speaker: Prof Carmen Jacqueline Ho (University of Guelph)
Organising department: Department of Social Policy and Intervention
Organiser: Dr Selçuk Bedük (University of Oxford)
Organiser contact email address: communications@spi.ox.ac.uk
Host: Dr Selçuk Bedük (University of Oxford)
Part of: OISP Seminar Series
Booking required?: Required
Booking url: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/carmen-jacqueline-ho-benevolent-policies-tickets-247323590517
Booking email: communications@spi.ox.ac.uk
Cost: FREE
Audience: Public
Editors: Lani Fukada, Upasna Rai