Norman Ginsburg

I have been Professor of Social Policy at London Metropolitan University since 1996. I was a Lecturer in Applied Social Studies at the University of Warwick (1975-83), and Senior/Principal Lecturer in Social Sciences at London South Bank University (1984-96).

I have researched and published across a diverse range of topics, including housing, urban regeneration, racism, globalisation, political economy of welfare and cross national social policy analysis. I was director of a project within the ESRC Cities Programme (1998-2001) analysing particular instances of economic and social activity in Inner North East London which counter and reverse processes of social exclusion and economic inactivity, focusing on minority ethnic business; new communities of visual and performance artists; black voluntary organisations; and large community sector regeneration organisations.

I coordinated the University of North London’s preparation for and submission in Social Policy and Administration for the Research Assessment Exercise, RAE 2001. We submitted 12 staff for assessment and achieved a 3a rating.

My current teaching includes an introduction to social policy themes and issues;social problems; ‘race’, ethnicity and social policy; comparative social policy; intercultural studies.

I was one of the founders of the journal Critical Social Policy in 1980 and have been a member of the Editorial Board ever since. I am currently the business manager and production editor for the journal.

Qualifications

BA (Hons) Social and Political Sciences, University of Cambridge, 1972

Publications

Books

Ginsburg, N. (1992) Divisions of Welfare: A Critical Introduction to Comparative Social Policy, Sage Publications.

Ginsburg, N. (1979) Class, Capital and Social Policy, Macmillan

Chapters/articles

Ginsburg, N. (2004) ‘Globalization and racism’ in Page, R. and George, V. (eds) Global Social Problems and Global Social Policy, Polity Press

Ginsburg, N. (2004) ‘Structured diversity: a framework for critically comparing welfare states’ in Kennett, P. (ed) Handbook of Comparative Social Policy, Edward Elgar.

Foord, J. and Ginsburg, N. (2004) ‘Whose Hidden Assets? Inner city potential for social cohesion and economic competitiveness’ in Boddy, M. and Parkinson, M. (eds) Changing Cities: Lessons from Research, Bristol: Policy Press

Ginsburg, N. (2003) 'The socialist perspective' in Alcock, P., Erskine, A. and May, M. (eds) The Student's Companion to Social Policy, Blackwell.

Ginsburg, N. (2001) 'Sweden: the Social Democratic Case' in Clarke, J. and Cochrane, A. (eds) Comparing Welfare States, Sage.

Ginsburg, N. (2001) 'Globalization and the Liberal welfare states' in Sykes, R., Palier, B. and Pryor, P. (eds) Globalization and European Welfare States, Palgrave.

Ginsburg, N. (1999) 'Putting the social into urban regeneration policy', Local Economy, 14(1)

Ginsburg, N. (1999) 'Housing and housing policy in the 20th century' in Page, R. and Silburn, R. (eds) British Social Welfare in the Twentieth Century, Macmillan.

Ginsburg, N. (1998) 'Postmodernity and Social Europe' in Carter, J. (ed) Postmodernity and the Fragmentation of Welfare, Routledge.