(2) Public Symposium:
Is Japan an Equal Society? Policies against Poverty and Social Exclusion
Programme
What is Social Exclusion?
Lessons from the UK, Hopes for Japan
Venue: North Hall, Keio University, Tokyo
Time: January 7th, 2012 13:00～17:15
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13.00 — Opening Words
Dr Nishimura, Director, IPSS
13.15 — Keynote Speeches
David Gordon, University of Bristol:
Poverty and Social Exclusion Policies in the UK
15.00 — Break
15.15 — Panel Discussion
Moderator: Aya Abe, NIPSSR
David Gordon, Bristol University
Makoto Yuasa, Social Exclusion Unit Japan
Jonathan Bradshaw, York University →
Christina Pantazis, Bristol University
Kohei Komamura, Keio University
Masami Iwata, Japan Women's University
Toshiaki Tachibanaki, Doshisha University
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17.15 — Close
Jonathan Bradshaw
Jonathan Bradshaw is Professor of Social Policy at the University of York. He was appointed Academician of the Learned Societies for the Social Sciences in 1996, Commander of the British Empire (CBE) in 2005 for services to child poverty and Fellow of the British Academy in 2010. In 2011 he was made Doctor of the University of Turku, Finland (honoris causa). He has published widely on family change; poverty/social exclusion; comparative research; child wellbeing; and social security policy
Contact details: jonathan.bradshaw@york.ac.uk
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