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Intersectionality and Public Policy: Some Lessons from Existing Models

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In comparison to research practices, intersectionality is an underdeveloped concept within policy discourse and application. Because of the complexity and relative newness of this approach, policy analysis grounded within an intersectionality framework remains largely undertheorized, and methods for integrating intersectionality into policy processes are in the nascent stages. This chapter (1) defines intersectionality and demonstrates the need for this approach in public policy, (2) outlines challenges in applying intersectionality to policy making, and (3) describes and evaluates three innovative approaches to applying intersectionality to policy development and analysis.

This chapter has been reprinted with permission from Political Research Quarterly (Hankivsky & Cormier, Intersectionality and Public Policy: Some Lessons from Existing Models, Political Research Quarterly 64: 217–229. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F1065912910376385).

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  1. School of Public Policy, Institute for Intersectionality Research and Policy, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC, Canada

    Olena Hankivsky

  2. Grants and Strategic Communications, Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcomes Sciences, Providence Health Care Research Institute, St. Paul’s Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

    Renee Cormier

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Hankivsky, O., Cormier, R. (2019). Intersectionality and Public Policy: Some Lessons from Existing Models. In: Hankivsky, O., Jordan-Zachery, J.S. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of Intersectionality in Public Policy. The Politics of Intersectionality. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98473-5_4

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