Ruth Lister, Baroness Lister of Burtersett
Margot Ruth Aline Lister, Baroness Lister of Burtersett (born May 3, 1949 ) is a British politician.
She went to private school preparing for a degree in Oxbridge , but she chose to study at the newly formed University of Essex , where she studied social sciences. She graduated with a BA in Sociology and eventually did her Masters in Multi-Racial Studies at the University of Sussex . She was later awarded honorary doctorates from the University of Manchester (1987), Essex (2012) and Glasgow Caledonian University .
After completing her studies, she worked for the Child Poverty Action Group .
She is currently Professor of Social Policy at Loughborough University . She was made a Life Peeress on January 31, 2011 as Baroness Lister of Burtersett , of Nottingham in the County of Nottinghamshire, and has since served in the House of Lords for the Labor Party . In 1999 she was awarded the Order of the British Empire and has been a Fellow of the British Academy since 2009 . She has written a number of publications and books, particularly on social security and women's policy.
Publications
- Supplementary Benefit Rights, 1974 ISBN 0-09-909740-0
- Welfare Benefits, 1981 ISBN 0-421-24960-9
- The Exclusive Society, 1990 ISBN 0-946744-26-2
- Women's Economic Dependency and Social Security, 1992 ISBN 1-870358-11-2
- Citizenship: feminist perspectives, 1997, 2nd edition 2003 ISBN 0-333-94820-3
- Poverty, 2004 ISBN 0-7456-2563-0
- Gendering Citizenship in Western Europe, 2007 ISBN 1-86134-694-8
- Co-editor of Why Money Matters, 2008
- Understanding Theories and Concepts in Social Policy, 2010 ISBN 1-86134-793-6
Individual evidence
- ↑ Harry Potter director and Arctic explorer honored at Graduation 2012 ( Memento from August 29, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Who's Who 2011
- ^ A speech presented by the Baroness Lister upon her honorary doctorate from the University of Essex on the 18th of July, 2012.
- ↑ Information from the British Parliament
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Lister, Ruth, Baroness Lister of Burtersett |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lister, Margot Ruth Aline, Baroness Lister of Burtersett (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 3, 1949 |