Dr. Ruth Levitas

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  Ruth Levitas, co-editor and Professor of Sociology at Bristol University said:
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  2. Poverty and social exclusion in Britain: The millennium survey edited by Christina Pantazis, David Gordon and Ruth Levitas is published by The Policy Press.
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  3. Christina Pantazis is Head of the Centre for the Study of Poverty and Social Justice in the School for Policy Studies, David Gordon is Professor of Social Justice and Director of the Townsend Centre for International Poverty Research and Ruth Levitas is Professor of Sociology and Head of Department, all at the University of Bristol, UK.

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  For an article on the work by Professor Ruth Levitas and colleagues in the Department of Sociology, please visit Research News.

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  Ruth Levitas (University of Bristol)

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  Ideal Cities: Utopianism and the (Un)Built Environment. (Ruth Levitas, reviewer).JWMS 15.2 (Summer 2003): 52-82.
  
  Ebbatson, J. R. "Visions of Wild England: William Morris and Richard Jefferies."JWMS 3.3 (Spring 1977): 12-29.
  
  Eckert, Hans."The Impact of Morris and the Kelmscott Press in Germany."JWMS 11.2 (Spring 1995): 20-24.
  
  Edwards, Steve."The Trouble with Morris."JWMS 15.1 (Winter 2002): 4-10.
  
  Edwards, Steve.
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  Frow, Edmund and Ruth.
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  Frow, Edmund and Ruth.
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  Frow, Ruth, J. Clayson, and Edmund Frow."Monopoly: Or How Labour is Robbed: A Bibliographical Note."JWMS 9.4 (Spring 1992): 29-31.
  
  Fyrth, Jim."Looking Backwards-Even Further."JWMS 7.4 (Spring 1988): 25-26.
  
  Gadoin, Isabelle, ed.News from Nowhere: William Morris. (Trevor Harris, reviewer).JMWS 16.2/3 (Summer/Winter 2005): 105-17.
  
  Gagnier, Regenia."Morrs's Ethics, Cosmopolitanism, and Globalisation."JMWS 16.2/3 (Summer/Winter 2005): 9-30.
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  William Morris: The Art of Socialism. (Ruth Levitas, reviewer).

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  Ruth Levitas, Professor of Sociology, University of Bristol
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  Ruth Levitas will argue that Utopia should be taken more seriously.Her lecture begins by exploring what is meant by utopia, the tension between what is desirable and what is possible, and the quest for fulfilment that lies at utopia's core.

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  Edited by Christina Pantazis, David Gordon and Ruth Levitas, University of Bristol
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  Christina Pantazis is Head of the Centre for the Study of Poverty and Social Justice in the School for Policy Studies, David Gordon is Professor of Social Justice and Director of the Townsend Centre for International Poverty Research and Ruth Levitas is Professor of Sociology and (from 2006) Head of Department, all at the University of Bristol, UK.
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  Contents: Introduction Dave Gordon, Ruth Levitas and Christina Pantazis; Section One: Principles: The concept and measurement of poverty ~ Dave Gordon; The measurement of absolute and overall poverty ~ Peter Townsend and Christina Pantazis; The necessities of life Christina Pantazis, Dave Gordon and Peter Townsend; The concept and measurement of social exclusion ~ Ruth Levitas; Section Two: Processes: Does work pay?
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  Contents: Introduction Dave Gordon, Ruth Levitas and Christina Pantazis; Section One: Principles: The concept and measurement of poverty ~ Dave Gordon; The measurement of absolute and overall poverty ~ Peter Townsend and Christina Pantazis; The necessities of life Christina Pantazis, Dave Gordon and Peter Townsend; The concept and measurement of social exclusion ~ Ruth Levitas; Section Two: Processes: Does work pay?
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  Employment, poverty and social exclusion from social relations ~ Nick Bailey; Debt and financial exclusion ~ Stephen McKay and Sharon Collard; Social exclusion and local services ~ Tania Fisher and Glen Bramley; Crime 'disorder' and insecurity and social exclusion ~ Christina Pantazis; Mental health, poverty and social exclusion ~ Sarah Payne; Section Three: People: Child, poverty and social exclusion ~ Eva Lloyd; Youth, poverty and social exclusion ~ Eldin Fahmy; Gender, poverty and social exclusion Christina Pantazis and Elisabetta Ruspini; Lone mothers, poverty and social exclusion ~ Ruth Levitas, Emma Head and Naomi Finch; Pensioners, poverty and social exclusion ~ Demi Patsios; Conclusion ~ Dave Gordon, Ruth Levitas, Christina Pantazis and Peter Townsend.
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  Employment, poverty and social exclusion from social relations ~ Nick Bailey; Debt and financial exclusion ~ Stephen McKay and Sharon Collard; Social exclusion and local services ~ Tania Fisher and Glen Bramley; Crime 'disorder' and insecurity and social exclusion ~ Christina Pantazis; Mental health, poverty and social exclusion ~ Sarah Payne; Section Three: People: Child, poverty and social exclusion ~ Eva Lloyd; Youth, poverty and social exclusion ~ Eldin Fahmy; Gender, poverty and social exclusion Christina Pantazis and Elisabetta Ruspini; Lone mothers, poverty and social exclusion ~ Ruth Levitas, Emma Head and Naomi Finch; Pensioners, poverty and social exclusion ~ Demi Patsios; Conclusion ~ Dave Gordon, Ruth Levitas, Christina Pantazis and Peter Townsend.
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  Ruth Levitas; Social exclusion: concepts and evidence Tania Burchardt; Trajectories of social exclusion: the wider context for third and first worlds Graham Room; Conclusion Peter Townsend and David Gordon.

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  Ruth Levitas of the University of Bristol describes The Corrosion Of Character as a "wonderful description of the way in which insecure work has taken away the basics for a certain kind of character".But she also thinks there's something about the thesis "that doesn't work in relation to women, something that's not quite right.

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  John Stokes, ed. (Ruth Levitas, reviewer).
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  Ruth Eaton (Ruth Levitas, reviewer).
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  Ruth Kinna (Ruth Levitas, reviewer).

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  Ruth Levitas , University of Bristol , UK

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  Other research specialisms include the study of gender relations (Professor Vieda Skultans, Professor Harriet Bradley, Dr Esther Dermott, Dr Jackie West, Dr Suruchi Thapar-Bjorkert); the study of systems of culture, expertise and knowledge (Professor Greg McLennan, Professor Ruth Levitas, Dr Tom Osborne, Dr Lee Marshall, Professor Skultans); social theory (Professsor Ruth Levitas, Dr Kieran Flanagan, Professor McLennan, Dr Osborne); and research methods (Ms Paula Surridge, Dr Will Guy, Dr Dermott)
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  Anothem concern is with the culture and politics of Utopia (Professor Levitas).
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  This research complements the work of Dr Osborne on the relevance of the writing of the late Michel Foucault to social thought, and the important researches of Professor Levitas on political discourses of New Labour and the New Right, as well as on systems of measurement and expertise in relation to policy initiatives and official discourses of inequality and social exclusion.
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  Professor Levitas is one of the world's leading thinkers in Utopian Studies.
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  There has been a long-standing interest amongts members of the Department, especially Professor Levitas and Dr Guy, in the social construction of official statistics.
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  Contact Professor Ruth Levitas
  
  Tel: (+44 117) or (0117) 928 7506Fax: (+44 117) or (0117) 970 6022Email: socpg-enquiries@bris.ac.uk
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  Professor Ruth Levitas, BA, PhD (Sheffield): Ruth Levitas researches in the areas of social and political thought.Her work addresses contemporary politics and policy, including the New Right in the 1980s and more recently the rhetoric and policies of New Labour, and she has an international reputation as an expert on the concept of social exclusion, its measurement, and current UK policies to combat it.She has also been closely involved in the development of the relatively new field of utopian studies, and is a leading international figure in this field.

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