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The Politics of Intersectional Practice has been shortlisted for the 2025 BSA Philip Abrams Memorial Prize and Mackenzie Book Prize.
It is increasingly recognized that, to achieve social justice, policies and organizations need to apply an intersectional approach, rather than addressing inequalities separately. However, intersectionality is a challenging theory to apply, as policy makers and practitioners often navigate the confines of divided policy areas.
This book examines the use of intersectionality in UK policy and practice, with a specific focus on NGOs, outlining five distinct interpretations of intersectional practice and their implications.
Drawing from extensive fieldwork with a diverse range of equality organizations, this book offers invaluable insights into how policy and practice can be organized in more (and less) intersectional ways.
1. Introduction: equality policy, the NGO sector and intersectionality
Part 1
2. Assessing intersectionality’s operationalization: Fields and issues of practice
Part 2
3. Contextualising intersectionality: Equality policy, austerity and relations with the state
4. Perceptions and practices: The spectrum of ‘intersectionality’
Part 3
5. Representation: The politics of intersectionality in practice
6. Coalition: Solidarity and intersectional practice
7. Conclusion: Intersectional practice – Ideas, politics and policy
Appendix 1: Participants
Appendix 2: Selections and methods