The Palgrave Handbook of Intersectionality in Public Policy

Grounded in black feminist scholarship and activism and formally coined in 1989 by black legal scholar Kimberle 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. The book 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, and 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.

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Front Cover.
Half Title Page.
Other Frontmatter.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Series Introduction: The Politics of Intersectionality.
Preface.
Contents.
Notes on Contributors.
List of Figures.
List of Tables.
Introduction: Bringing Intersectionality to Public Policy.
1: Foundations in the Field.
2: How Does One Live the Good Life?: Assessing the State of Intersectionality in Public Policy.
3: Reflecting on Am I a Black Woman or a Woman Who Is Black? A Few Thoughts on the Meaning of Intersectionality.
4: Intersectionality and Public Policy: Some Lessons from Existing Models.
5: Empirical Intersectionality: A Tale of Two Approaches.
6: An Intersectionality-Based Policy Analysis Framework: Critical Reflections on a Methodology for Advancing Equity.
7: The Difference That Power Makes: Intersectionality and Participatory Democracy.
8: Innovative Methodological Directions and Implications for Policy Analysis.
9: Quantitative Approaches to Intersectionality: New Methodological Directions and Implications for Policy Analysis.
10: 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.
11: Beyond Economic Barriers: Intersectionality and Health Policy in Low- and Middle-Income Countries.
12: Lobbying Suicide Prevention Policy for Gay and Bisexual Men: An Intersectionality-Informed Photovoice Project.
13: Different Perspectives on Persistent Problems.
14: Understanding Single Womanhood in China: An Intersectional Perspective.
15: An Intersectionality-Based Framework for Tobacco Control.
16: ‘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.
17: Through the Looking Glass: An Intersectional Lens of South African Educati