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The Palgrave Handbook of Intersectionality in Public Policy

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Editors:
  1. Olena Hankivsky

    1. School of Public Policy, Institute for Intersectionality Research and Policy, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC, Canada

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  2. Julia S. Jordan-Zachery

    1. Providence College, Providence, RI, USA

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  • Provides relevant research to a broad range of scholars, policy actors, activists and practitioners who will benefit from insights related to the value-added application of intersectionality in their work
  • Offers a global perspective across a range of public policy issues and domains
  • Edited by leading experts in the field of intersectionality and public policy

Part of the book series: The Politics of Intersectionality (POLI)

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Table of contents (34 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxx
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  2. Introduction: Bringing Intersectionality to Public Policy

    • Olena Hankivsky, Julia S. Jordan-Zachery
    Pages 1-28

  3. Foundations in the Field

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 29-29
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    2. How Does One Live the Good Life?: Assessing the State of Intersectionality in Public Policy

      • Tiffany Manuel
      Pages 31-58

    3. Reflecting on Am I a Black Woman or a Woman Who Is Black? A Few Thoughts on the Meaning of Intersectionality

      • Julia S. Jordan-Zachery
      Pages 59-67

    4. Intersectionality and Public Policy: Some Lessons from Existing Models

      • Olena Hankivsky, Renee Cormier
      Pages 69-93

    5. Empirical Intersectionality: A Tale of Two Approaches

      • Ange-Marie Hancock
      Pages 95-132

    6. An Intersectionality-Based Policy Analysis Framework: Critical Reflections on a Methodology for Advancing Equity

      • Olena Hankivsky, Daniel Grace, Gemma Hunting, Melissa Giesbrecht, Alycia Fridkin, Sarah Rudrum et al.
      Pages 133-166

    7. The Difference That Power Makes: Intersectionality and Participatory Democracy

      • Patricia Hill Collins
      Pages 167-192

  4. Innovative Methodological Directions and Implications for Policy Analysis

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 193-193
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    2. Quantitative Approaches to Intersectionality: New Methodological Directions and Implications for Policy Analysis

      • Joshua K. Dubrow, Corina Ilinca
      Pages 195-214

    3. Cultivating Intersectional Communities of Practice: A Case Study of the New Mexico Statewide Race, Gender, Class Data Policy Consortium as a Convergence Space for Co-creating Intersectional Inquiry, Ontologies, Data Collection, and Social Justice Praxis

      • Nancy López, Michael O’Donnell, Lucas Pedraza, Carmela Roybal, Jeffrey Mitchell
      Pages 215-243

    4. Beyond Economic Barriers: Intersectionality and Health Policy in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

      • Gita Sen, Aditi Iyer
      Pages 245-261

    5. Lobbying Suicide Prevention Policy for Gay and Bisexual Men: An Intersectionality-Informed Photovoice Project

      • Olivier Ferlatte, John Oliffe
      Pages 263-284

  5. Different Perspectives on Persistent Problems

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 285-285
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    2. Understanding Single Womanhood in China: An Intersectional Perspective

      • Crystal Li Jiang, Wanqi Gong
      Pages 287-307

    3. An Intersectionality-Based Framework for Tobacco Control

      • Jenny Douglas
      Pages 309-328

    4. ‘If They Beat You and Your Children Have Eaten, That Is Fine…’ Intersections of Poverty, Livelihoods and Violence Against Women and Girls in the Karamoja Region, Uganda

      • Joseph Rujumba, Japheth Kwiringira
      Pages 329-345

    5. Through the Looking Glass: An Intersectional Lens of South African Education Policy

      • Michèle J. Schmidt, Raj Mestry
      Pages 347-365

    6. Scaling Educational Policy and Practice Intersectionally: Historical and Contemporary Cases from South and Southeast Asia

      • Mayurakshi Chaudhuri, Viola Thimm, Sarah J. Mahler
      Pages 367-385
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About this book

Grounded in black feminist scholarship and activism and formally coined in 1989 by black legal scholar Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw, intersectionality has garnered significant attention in the field of public policy and other disciplines/fields of study. The potential of intersectionality, however, has not been fully realized in policy, largely due to the challenges of operationalization. Recently some scholars and activists began to advance conceptual clarity and guidance for intersectionality policy applications; yet a pressing need remains for knowledge development and exchange in relation to empirical work that demonstrates how intersectionality improves public policy. This handbook fills this void by highlighting the key challenges, possibilities and critiques of intersectionality-informed approaches in public policy. It brings together international scholars across a variety of policy sectors and disciplines to consider the state of intersectionality in policy research and analysis. Importantly, it offers a global perspective on the added value and “how-to” of intersectionality-informed policy approaches that aim to advance equity and social justice.  

Reviews

“The first of its kind, and urgently needed to effect change in various policy arenas, this handbook will be of use to policy researchers, public policy stakeholders, students, faculty, activists and social justice advocates in a wide range of substantive areas.” (Lynn Weber, Professor Emerita, Department of Psychology and Women’s and Gender Studies Program, University of South Carolina, USA)

“This handbook brings together an impressive group of international scholars who have made use of an intersectional analysis to consider carefully specific areas of policy, and who themselves reflect an intersectional and international approach to scholarship in facilitating the articulation and comparison of policies from different countries.” (Angelia R. Wilson, Professor of Politics, University of Manchester, UK)

Editors and Affiliations

  • School of Public Policy, Institute for Intersectionality Research and Policy, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC, Canada

    Olena Hankivsky

  • Providence College, Providence, RI, USA

    Julia S. Jordan-Zachery

About the editors

Olena Hankivsky is Professor in the School of Public Policy and Director of the Institute for Intersectionality Research and Policy at Simon Fraser University, Canada. She is recognized internationally for methodological contributions in relation to intersectionality research and policy. 

Julia S. Jordan-Zachery is Professor and Chair of the Department of Africana Studies at the University of North Carolina Charlotte, USA. 


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