Can the welfare state survive?
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Political Philosophy is back with a must see pre-election talk!
I am delighted to announce that Professor of Politics at Cambridge University, Andrew Gamble, is coming to discuss the future of the welfare state and whether it can survive . This event provides you with the unique opportunity to listen, discuss and debate issues of social justice with one of the most prominent thinkers in the field.
I really do hope you can come, it promises to be a fascinating evening for people across the political spectrum.
More about the Speaker:
Andrew Gamble is Professor of Politics at Cambridge University.
He is a joint editor of New Political Economy and The Political Quarterly, and a Fellow of the British Academy and the Academy of Social Sciences. He was awarded a Major Research Fellowship from the Leverhulme Trust in 2004, and in 2005 received the Sir Isaiah Berlin Prize for Lifetime Contribution to Political Studies from the UK Political Studies Association.
He has written several books, including:
• Crisis Without End?: The Unravelling of Western Prosperity (2014)
• The Spectre at the Feast (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Spectre_at_the_Feast&action=edit&redlink=1) (2009)
• Between Europe and America: The Future of British Politics (2003)
• Politics and Fate (2000)
• Hayek: The Iron Cage of Liberty (1996)
• The Free Economy and the Strong State (1988, 2nd Edition 1994)
• Britain in Decline (1981, 4th Edition 1994)
• An Introduction to Modern Social and Political Thought (1981)
• The Conservative Nation (1974)
Useful Links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Gamble
http://www.polis.cam.ac.uk/Staff_and_Students/professor-andrew-gamble
The details:
Date: May 6h
Time: 7pm-9pm
Venue: Conway Hall, Holborn, London
Price: £5