Post: Director of the Public Policy Unit, University Lecturer in Politics, Tutorial Fellow in Politics, Jesus College

Appointed: 1999

College: Jesus College

Office Details: Staircase 14, Room 7

Phone No: (01865) 279747 -  Contact electronically

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Research Activities and Interests:

Normative political theory, public policy and the history of political thought. I am particularly interested in egalitarianism and its application in policy, and in traditions of political and policy thinking that are simultaneously anti-capitalist and anti-statist.

Research News

• Jun 2009, Stuart White contributes to a new publication on the future of the Labour Party, Read more


• May 2007, Dr Stuart White Awarded Leverhulme Research Fellowship , Read more

Teaching Responsibilities:

Undergraduate teaching: Prelims: Theorizing Democracy, Theory of Politics, History of Political Thought: Plato to Rousseau, History of Political Thought: Bentham to Weber, Marxism.

Graduate teaching: Research Design Workshop (PRS).

Previous Posts Held:

Prize Research Fellow, Nuffield College, Oxford, 1994-1996.

Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1997-1999.

Media Expertise:

Ethical issues in welfare policy; asset-based welfare; inheritance tax.

Publications:

A. Books

Building a Citizen Society: The Emerging Politics of Republican Democracy. London: Lawrence and Wishart. Co-edited with Daniel Leighton. 2008.

Equality. Cambridge: Polity. 2006. (Polish translation, Rownosc, Warsaw: Sic. 2008).

The Citizen’s Stake: Exploring the Future of Universal Asset Policies. Bristol: Policy Press. Co-edited with Will Paxton and with Dominic Maxwell. 2006.

The Ethics of Stakeholding. Basingstoke: Palgrave. Co-edited with Keith Dowding and Jurgen De Wispelaere. 2003.

The Civic Minimum: On the Rights and Obligations of Economic Citizenship. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2003.

New Labour: The Progressive Future? Basingstoke: Palgrave. Edited volume. 2001.

Options for Britain: A Strategic Policy Review. Aldershot: Dartmouth Press. Co-edited with David Halpern, Stewart Wood, and Gavin Cameron. 1996.

B. Pamphlets

How to Defend Inheritance Tax. London: Fabian Society. With Rajiv Prabhakar and Karen Rowlingson. 2008. Winner of the 2008 Jenny Jeger Prize for the best publication of the Fabian Society over the preceding year.

C. Articles

'Revolutionary Liberalism'? The Philosophy and Politics of Ownership in the Post-War Liberal Party', British Politics 4 (2), pp.164-187. 2009.

'On the limits and possibilities of social democracy: the economics of Andrew Glyn', Renewal 16 (3/4), pp.134-147. 2008. A revised version of this paper, 'Must efficiency and equality conflict? The economics of Andrew Glyn', is published in Oxford Review of Economic Policy 25 (1), pp.155-163. 2009.

'Political Theory, Social Science and Real Politics', in David Leopold and Marc Stears, eds., Political Theory: Methods and Approaches (Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2008), pp.49-69. With Adam Swift.

'What (if Anything) is Wrong with Inheritance Tax?', The Political Quarterly 79 (2), 162-171. 2008.

'Is Republicanism the Left's 'Big Idea'?', Renewal 15 (1). 2007.

'Liberalism's Progressive Past: Post-War Liberalism and the Property Question', in Beyond Liberty: Is the Future of Liberalism Progressive?, Julia Margo, ed., London: ippr, 2007.

'Making Anarchism Respectable? The Social Philosophy of Colin Ward', Journal of Political Ideologies 12 (1), 12-31. 2007. (Italian translation: L'Anarchismo Pragmatico di Colin Ward, supplement to the bollettino Archivo G. Pinelli 30, Milan: Eleuthera Editrice, December 2007.)

'Reconsidering the Exploitation Objection to Basic Income', Basic Income Studies 1 (2). 2006.

'Universal Capital Grants: The Issue of Responsible Use’, in The Citizen’s Stake: Exploring the Future of Universal Asset Policies, Will Paxton and Stuart White with Dominic Maxwell, eds., Bristol: Policy Press. 2006. With Will Paxton.

’Inheritance Tax: What do the People Think? Evidence from Deliberative Workshops’, in The Citizen’s Stake: Exploring the Future of Universal Asset Policies, Will Paxton and Stuart White with Dominic Maxwell, eds., Bristol: Policy Press. 2006. With Miranda Lewis.

’Is Conditionality Illiberal?’, in Welfare Reform and Political Theory, Lawrence Mead and Christopher Beem, eds., New York: Russell Sage Foundation. 2005.

’Welfare Philosophy and the Third Way’, in Welfare State Change: Towards a Third Way?, Jane Lewis and Rebecca Surender, eds., Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2004.

’A Social Democratic Approach to Welfare Conditionality: Finding a Framework for Evaluation’, in Sanctions and Sweeteners: Rights and Responsibilities in the Benefits System, Kate Stanley and Liane Asta Lohde (with Stuart White), London: Institute for Public Policy Research. 2004.

’What’s Wrong with Workfare?’, Journal of Applied Philosophy 21, 271-284. 2004.

'Markets, Time and Citizenship.’ Renewal 12 (3): 50-63. 2004.

’Is Conditionality Unfair?’, in On Condition, Philip Collins and Ann Rossiter, eds., London: Social Market Foundation. 2004.

‘The Citizen’s Stake and Paternalism.’ Politics and Society 32 (2), March 2004. Special issue on ‘Redesigning Distribution’. Also in Redesigning Distribution: Basic Income and Stakeholder Grants as Proposals for a More Egalitarian Capitalism, Erik Olin Wright, ed. London: Verso. 2006.

‘Freedom, Reciprocity, and the Citizen’s Stake’, in The Ethics of Stakeholding, Keith Dowding, Jurgen De Wispelaere and Stuart White, eds. Basingstoke: Palgrave. 2003.

‘Stakeholding - Towards a New Social Paradigm’, in The Ethics of Stakeholding, Keith Dowding, Jurgen De Wispelaere and Stuart White, eds. Basingstoke: Palgrave. 2003. With Keith Dowding and Jurgen De Wispelaere.

‘Toleration of Religious Discrimination in Employment’, in The Culture of Toleration in Diverse Societies: Reasonable Tolerance, Dario Castiglione and Catriona McKinnon, eds. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 179-195. 2003.

‘Fair Reciprocity and Basic Income’, in Real Libertarianism Assessed: Political Theory After Van Parijs, Andrew Reeve and Andrew Williams eds. Basingstoke: Palgrave, 136-160. 2003.

‘Republicanism, Patriotism, and Global Justice’, in Forms of Justice, Daniel A. Bell and Avner de Shalit, eds. Lanham: MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 251-268. 2002.

‘Must Liberty and Equality Conflict?’ Renewal 10 (1): 27-38. 2002. A revised version of this article is also published in Ethical Socialism for a Prosperous Country, A.H. Halsey, ed. London: Methuen. 2007.

‘New Liberalism Revisited’, in Progressive Politics in the Global Age, Henry Tam, ed. Oxford: Polity Press, 36-53. With Marc Stears. 2001.
A revised version of this article is also published in Imprints: a journal of analytical socialism 5 (3), 221-236. 2002.

‘Asset-Based Egalitarianism: Forms, Strengths, and Limitations’, in Assets and Progressive Welfare, Sue Regan, ed. London: Institute for Public Policy Research. 2001.

‘The Ambiguities of the Third Way’; ‘Conclusion: The Uncertain Future of Progressive Politics’, in New Labour: The Progressive Future?, Stuart White, ed. Basingstoke: Palgrave. Conclusion with Susan Giaimo. 2001.

‘Welfare Contractualism: Is it Justifiable?’, Filosofia e Questioni Pubbliche, Nuova Serie N 2, ottobre 2000, L.U.I.S.S. edizioni Roma. (In Italian.) 2000.

‘Juggling With Reciprocity: Towards a Better Balance’, in The New Gender Agenda, Anna Coote, ed. London: Institute for Public Policy Research/Fabian Society/Fawcett Society, 99-108. With Diana Gardner. 2000.

‘Should Talent be Taxed?’, in The Demands of Citizenship, Catriona McKinnon and Iain Hampsher-Monk, eds. London: Continuum, 70-90. 2000.

‘Social Rights and the Social Contract: Political Theory and the New Welfare Politics.’ British Journal of Political Science 30 (2): 507-532. 2000.
‘Rediscovering Republican Political Economy.’ Imprints: a journal of analytical socialism 4 (3), 212-235.

‘The Egalitarian Earnings Subsidy Scheme.’ British Journal of Political Science 29 (4): 601-622. 1999.

‘Social Liberalism, Stakeholder Socialism and Postindustrial Social Democracy.’ Renewal 7 (3): 29-38. 1999.

‘‘Rights and Responsibilities’: A Social Democratic Perspective’, in The New Social Democracy, Andrew Gamble and Tony Wright, eds. Oxford: Blackwells: 166-179. 1999.

‘Trade Unionism in a Liberal State,’ in Freedom of Association, Amy Gutmann, ed. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 330-354. 1998.

‘Interpreting the ‘Third Way’: Not One Road, But Many.’ Renewal 6 (1): 17-30. 1998.
Also published as ‘Razlagnje ‘tretje poti’ Ne ena, vec poti’, Nova Socialdemokracija: Opredelitve in Kontroverze Tretje Poti, Igor Lusik, ed., Ljubljana, Slovenia, Zbirka Alternative. 2000.

‘Freedom of Association and the Right to Exclude.’ Journal of Political Philosophy 5 (4): 373-391. 1997.

‘Liberal Equality, Exploitation, and the Case for an Unconditional Basic Income.’ Political Studies 45 (2): 312-326. 1997.
Reprinted as ‘Liberal jamlikhet, exploatering och villkorslos basinkomst’, in Den Nya Sociala Fragen, Nanna Kildal, ed. Daidalos: Goteburg, Sweden, 221-242. 2000.

‘What do Egalitarians Want?’, in Equality, Jane Franklin, ed. London: Institute for Public Policy Research, 59-82. 1997.

‘Needs, Labour, and Marx’s Conception of Justice.’ Political Studies 44 (1): 88-101. 1996.

D. Other, including review essays:

'An end to Labourism', in Peter Harrington and Beatrice Karol Burks, eds., What Next for Labour? Ideas for the Progressive Left (London, Demos), pp.74-78. 2009.

'After Neo-Liberalism: Republican Democracy in New Times', Public Policy Research 16 (1), pp.14-20. 2009.

'The Republican Case for Basic Income: A Plea for Difficulty.' Basic Income Studies 2 (2). 2007.

'Too Few Tensions, but Not Enough Utopia? Comments on Equality: From Theory to Practice', Res Publica 13, pp.191-201. 2007.

'Why do the Liberal Democrats Oppose the Child Trust Fund?' Public Policy Research 14 (1). 2007.

’A Progressive Politics of Responsibility: What Would it Look Like?’ Public Policy Research 12 (1). 2005.

‘Autonomy for All? On the Case for an Inclusive Assets Policy.’ New Economy 10 (4). 2003.

‘The Preference for Personal Enhancement - Perfectionism or Fairness? A Response to Jonathan Wolff’. Comment on Jonathan Wolff, The Message of Redistribution, on the website of the Catalyst Forum: . 2003.

‘Don’t Legislate for Religious Belief’, The Observer, October 7, Comment Extra published on web-site. 2001.

‘Ethics and Equality’. The Boston Review 25 (6): 38-44. 2000.

‘Three Questions’, The Boston Review 23 (6): 22-23. Critical response to Bowles and Gintis, ‘Is Equality Passe?’, in same edition of this political and literary review. 1998.

‘Justice, Community, and the Inequality of Talents’, RUSEL Working Paper 27, University of Exeter. 1997.

‘Rethinking the Strategy of Equality: An Assessment of the Report of the Commission on Social Justice.’ The Political Quarterly 66 (3): 205-210. 1995.

Pensioners and the Public Purse. London: Institute for Fiscal Studies. With Vanessa Fry and Stephen Smith. 1990.

‘Demographic Influences on Public Spending.’ Fiscal Studies 10 (2): 48-65. With Marc Pearson and Stephen Smith. 1989.

E. Short reviews

Review of Brian Barry, Why Social Justice Matters, Journal of European Social Policy 16 (3): 306. (640 words approx.) 2006.

Review of Tony Fitzpatrick, After the New Social Democracy: Social Welfare for the Twenty-First Century, Social Policy and Adminsitration. (1,200 words approx.) 2004.

Review of David Marquand, Decline of the Public, Renewal 12 (2): 89-90. (1,000 words approx.) 2004.

Review of Anthony Giddens, ed. The Global Third Way Debate, Democratization 9 (3): 187-188. (700 words approx.) 2002.

Review of John Gray, Two Faces of Liberalism, Boston Review 26 (6): 59. (300 words approx.) 2002.