Sociology and Social Policy

Peter Townsend was Professor of International Social Policy, LSE, and Emeritus Professor of Social Policy, Bristol University. Over the course of a long career his research interests included international social policy; the sociology of poverty; inequalities in health; and ageing, disability and the family. His most recent publications include show more The Rights to Social Security and National Development: Lessons from OECD Experience for Low-Income Countries (2007), Child Poverty in the Developing World (co-authored with David Gordon and others, 2003) and World Poverty: New Policies to Defeat an Old Enemy (co-editor, 2002). A tireless activist and campaigner, he was co-founder and president of the Disability Alliance, and a founding member and president of the Child Poverty Action Group until his death in June 2009. show less