The Gluttonous State: Remaking State and Society in the Netherlands
Lecture by Anouk de Koning
On 4 February, Anouk de Koning - professor of Power, Politics and the State - will talk about 'the gluttonous state', a state that materializes due to policy desires for nearby, collaborative and activating welfare programs. She explores the conundrums of the gluttonous state and asks how state and society are reimagined in this context.
Event details of
The Gluttonous State: Remaking State and Society in the Netherlands
- Date
- 4 February 2025
- Time
- 15:30 -17:00
- Room
- B5.12 (Common Room Anthropology)
- Organised by
- Anouk de Koning
Rethinking Welfare and Hybrid Governance
Drawing on research from the Welfare Futures team - on changing welfare landscapes in the Netherlands and beyond - Anouk de Koning argues that, increasingly, the state is no longer enacted as a distinct entity that governs society and provides services. Instead, as state programs recruit more and more people and initiatives, they produce hybrid forms of welfare governance and provision that are unsettled and unsettling how we understand the very terms of our political lives. Anouk explores the conundrums that attend the gluttonous state and traces how state and society are reimagined and remade in practice.
Livestream
If you are not able to join in person, you can also follow the talk and discussion via the livestream.