Margot Ruth Aline Lister, Baroness Lister of Burtersett, (born 3 May 1949), is currently Professor of Social Policy at

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. She has written or contributed to a number of books, pamphlets and articles on poverty, social security and women's citizenship.

Biography

She was born to Dr Werner Bernard and Daphne (née Carter) Lister. She attended a private school and then the

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, from which she graduated with a BA in sociology, and continued to an MA in multi-racial studies from the

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. She has also received honorary doctorates from the Caledonian University. After completing her MA, she worked for the

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. She was appointed

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(CBE) in the

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and, in 2009, became a

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. She was appointed to the

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as a

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on 31 January 2011 as Baroness Lister of Burtersett, of

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in the County of

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(Burtersett being the village her mother originated from). She sits as a member of the Labour Party.

Employment history

Child Poverty Action Group

* Legal Res. Officer, 1971–75 * Assistant Director, 1975–77 * Deputy Director 1977–79 * Director 1979–87

As a professor

* Professor of Applied Social Studies,

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, 1987–93 * Professor of Social Policy, Loughborough University, 1994 onwards * Donald Dewar Visiting Professor of Social Justice,

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, 2005–06

Miscellaneous

* Vice-Chair, NCVO, 1991–93 * Member:

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, 1992–93 * Commission for Social Justice, 1992–94 * Commission on Poverty, Participation and Power, 1999–2000 * Fabian Commission on Life Chances and Child Poverty, 2004–06 * National Equality Panel, 2008–10 * The Eleanor Rathbone Memorial Lecture,

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, 1989 * Founding Academician, Academy of Social Sciences, 1999

Publications

* Supplementary Benefit Rights, 1974 * Welfare Benefits, 1981 * The Exclusive Society, 1990 * Women's Economic Dependency and Social Security, 1992 * Citizenship: feminist perspectives, 1997, 2nd edition 2003 * Poverty, 2004 * Poverty, 2nd edition 2020 ISBN 978-0745645971 * Gendering Citizenship in Western Europe, 2007 * Co-editor of Why Money Matters, 2008 * Understanding Theories and Concepts in Social Policy, 2010

References

External links

Debretts profile
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