The indentured state as a heuristic tool

Tue 8 Dec · Waterloo Bridge Wing

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08 December 2026 13:00 to 14:00 Waterloo Bridge Wing, Franklin Wilkins Building, Waterloo Campus, London 08 Dec Part of Centre for Public Policy Research Seminars Dr Nika Mahnič will discuss the findings of their PhD research, a genealogy of the British digital welfare state. In particular, this talk reflects on the applicability of the organising concept of ‘the indentured state’. The ‘state’ of the indentured state refers to the state as a political formation, as well as to the state as an entity’s condition.

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