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An international dialogue, the conference examined social policies and their outcomes from multiple perspectives and assessed current challenges to social progress.
 Papers and presentations from the conference are now available.
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Keynote Speakers:
Joseph E. Stiglitz
Nobel Laureate in Economics;
Professor of Economics, Columbia University
Read more about Joseph Stiglitz
Joakim Palme
Director, Institute for Futures Studies;
Professor, Swedish Institute for Social Research, Stockholm University
Read more about Joakim Palme
Other Highlights
An interdisciplinary and international panel of scholars discussed trends in social well-being in eight industrialized nations: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Sweden, United Kingdom, and the United States.
The panel consisted of contributing authors to Diminishing Welfare: A Cross-national Study of Social Provision (2002), edited by Gertrude Schaffner Goldberg, conference co-chair, and Marguerite G. Rosenthal.
Sponsors
Social Policy as if People Matter was sponsored by
Adelphi University and The Consulate General of Sweden.
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Adelphi University
1 South Avenue
P.O. BOX 701
Garden City, NY 11530-0701 |
The Consulate General of Sweden
885 Second Avenue, 45th floor
New York, NY 10017
Tel: 212.583.2550 |
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