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LSE and Polity Press Public Debate
Date: Wednesday 29 June 2005
Time: 6.00pm
Venue: Old Theatre, Old Building
Speakers: Patrick Diamond, David Goodhart, Ed Miliband and Professor Anne Power
Chair: Professor Lord Giddens
This event marks the upcoming launch of The New Egalitarianism (Polity Press, June 2005) edited by Tony Giddens and Patrick Diamond. The book tackles one of the most pressing issues currently facing centre-left governments: social inequality. At a time when the traditional mechanisms of social cohesion have been undermined by greater individualism, the globalization of production, and the fragmentation of social life, the challenges posed by inequality are more pronounced than ever before. As communities and cultures become more complex, social solidarity and social justice can increasingly seem like impossible ideals. This publication is the product of a series of meetings of a working group on Community and Inequality, organised by Policy Network over the course of 2004.
Patrick Diamond is a Special Adviser in the British Prime Minister's Policy Unit. David Goodhart is the founder and editor of the London-based current affairs monthly, Prospect magazine. Edward Miliband is MP for Doncaster North and was appointed Chair of HM Treasury's Council of Economic Advisers in February 2004 to advise the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown, on long-term policy development. Before that, as a special adviser to the Chancellor of the Exchequer after May 1997, he worked across a range of economic and social policy areas, including taxation, public spending, and labour market issues. Anne Power is Professor of Social Policy at the London School of Economics and Deputy Director of the Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion. Currently she is leading a team from the London School of Economics on a new study to help produce a housing strategy for the London Thames Gateway, commissioned by the Thames Gateway London Partnership. Anthony Giddens is former director of the London School of Economics and Political Science. He is currently life fellow of King's College, Cambridge and a member of the House of Lords. Among many other books, he is the author of The Third Way (Polity, 1998).
Ticket Information
This event is free and open to all however a ticket is required.
Tickets for LSE staff and students are still available from the LSESU reception, located on the ground floor of the East Building. One ticket is available per person on a first come, first serve basis.
The ticket line for members of the public, LSE staff and alumni is now closed. Tickets for this event have been distributed as of 3pm Monday 28 June.
There will be limited tickets available on a first come first serve basis on the night of the event from 5.30pm.
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