Hilary Wainwright
{{Short description|British magazine editor (born 1949)}}
{{BLP sources|date=January 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2012}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Hilary Wainwright
| image = Hilary Wainwright 2016.jpg
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| caption = Wainwright in 2016
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1949}}
| birth_place = United Kingdom
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| education = Mount School
St Anne's College, Oxford
| alma_mater = St Antony's College, Oxford (BPhil)
| employer = {{Nowrap|Durham University (until 1979)
Open University (1979–1981)
University of California
University of Wisconsin–Madison}}
| parents = Richard Wainwright (father)
| relatives = Martin Wainwright (brother)
| spouse = {{marriage|Roy Bhaskar|1971|2014|end=d.}}
| credits = Co-editor, Red Pepper
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| occupation = Editor, fellow, journalist, political activist, professor, research fellow, sociologist
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Hilary Wainwright (born 1949) is a British sociologist, political activist and socialist feminist, best known for being a co-editor of Red Pepper magazine.
Early life and education
Wainwright's father was the Liberal MP Richard Wainwright. Her brother, Martin, was formerly the Northern Editor of The Guardian, to which she has occasionally contributed.
Wainwright was educated at the Mount School, York, and St Anne's College, Oxford, where she studied Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE). She graduated in 1970. She gained a Bachelor of Philosophy (BPhil) in Sociology from St Antony's College, Oxford in 1973.
Life and career
Until 1979, Wainwright was a research fellow at the Department of Sociology at Durham University. From 1979 to 1981, she was a researcher at the Technology Department of the Open University. In 1982, she became Ken Livingstone's Deputy Chief Economic Advisor to the Greater London Council (GLC).
Wainwright is a Fellow of the international think tank for progressive politics, the Transnational Institute, Amsterdam;{{Cite web|url=https://www.tni.org/en/bio/hilary-wainwright|title=Hilary Wainwright|date=14 July 2009|website=Transnational Institute}} Senior Research Associate at the International Centre for Participation Studies at the Department for Peace Studies, University of Bradford, UK and previously research fellow at the Centre for the Study of Global Governance at the London School of Economics. She has also been a visiting professor and scholar at the University of California, Los Angeles; Havens Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, and Todai University, Tokyo. Formerly on the editorial board of New Left Review, she was also on the National Council of the Catalyst think tank.
A researcher and writer, Wainwright is concerned with the emergence of new forms of democratic accountability within parties, movements and the state. She has documented examples of resurgent democratic movements in many countries around the world and the lessons they provide for progressive politics.{{Citation needed|date=March 2010}}
In July 2015, Wainwright endorsed Jeremy Corbyn's campaign in the Labour Party leadership election. She said: "To be honest, the Labour Party isn't worth that valuable three quid. But a platform for someone who not only insists that there is an alternative, but stretches himself to support everyone who is fighting for it, is beyond anything that money can buy." She added: "I believe Jeremy Corbyn should be supported not as an attempt to 'reclaim the Labour Party' but as a transition to a political organisation beyond the Labour Party and beyond parliamentary politics".{{cite news |last=Wainwright |first=Hilary|url=http://www.redpepper.org.uk/my-support-for-jeremy-corbyn-is-about-much-more-than-reclaiming-labour/|title=My support for Jeremy Corbyn is about much more than 'reclaiming Labour'|publisher=Red Pepper|date=17 July 2015|access-date=15 July 2017}}{{cite magazine |last=Bush|first=Stephen|author-link=Stephen Bush|url=http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2015/07/25-campaign-groups-and-activists-back-jeremy-corbyn-labour-leader|title=25 campaign groups and activists back Jeremy Corbyn for Labour leader|magazine=New Statesman|date=29 July 2015|access-date=15 July 2017}}
Wainwright has written for The Guardian,{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/profile/hilarywainwright|title=Hilary Wainwright | The Guardian|website=The Guardian}} The Nation, New Statesman, openDemocracy, Jacobin, Carta, Il Manifesto and {{Interlanguage link multi|El Viejo Topo|es}}, as well as appearing as a commentator on the BBC. Wainwright is a founding member and co-editor of the Red Pepper political magazine.
Personal life and honours
In 1971, Wainwright married the British philosopher Roy Bhaskar.{{cite news|last=Graeber|first=David|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/dec/04/roy-bhaskar|title=Roy Bhaskar obituary|work=The Guardian|date=4 December 2014|access-date=25 May 2018}} The couple remained close lifelong friends after their separation and never divorced.{{cite news|last=Reisz|first=Matthew|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/people/obituaries/roy-bhaskar-1944-2014/2017419.article#survey-answer|title=Roy Bhaskar, 1944-2014|work=Times Higher Education|date=11 December 2014|access-date=25 May 2018}} She received an Honorary DLitt from the University of Huddersfield on 28 November 2007, along with Martin Wainwright, for "services to journalism".{{cite web |url=http://www.hud.ac.uk/news/hudd-lines/news_stories/07_10_stories/01_honorary_awards_2007_hilarywainwright.html |title=The University of Huddersfield | Hudd-lines | News |access-date=2008-03-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080314034229/http://www.hud.ac.uk/news/hudd-lines/news_stories/07_10_stories/01_honorary_awards_2007_hilarywainwright.html |archive-date=14 March 2008 }}
Select bibliography
- [https://www.tni.org/en/publication/reclaim-the-state-experiments-in-popular-democracy-seagull-2009 Reclaim the State: Experiments in Popular Democracy] (Seagull books, 2009), {{ISBN|978-1-905422-60-9}}
- [https://www.tni.org/en/archives/know/291 Public service reform - But not as we know it!] (Compass/UNISON, 2009), {{ISBN|978-0-9560370-5-3}}
- [https://www.tni.org/en/archives/act/2914 Reclaim the State: Experiments in Popular Democracy] (Verso Books, 2003), {{ISBN|978-1-85984-689-6}}
- [http://eu.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0631191917.html Arguments for a New Left: Answering the Free-market Right] (Blackwell, 1994), {{ISBN|978-0-631-19191-9}}
- Labour: A Tale of Two Parties (Hogarth Press/Chatto Windus, London, 1987).
- A Taste of Power: The Politics of Local Economics (Verso Books, London, October 1987) (co-edited with Maureen MacIntosh).
- The Lucas Plan: A New Trade Unionism in the Making? (first published by Allison and Busby, 1981){{cite web|url=https://www.redpepper.org.uk/a-real-green-deal/|title=A real green deal|first=Hilary|last=Wainwright|author2=Andy Bowman|magazine=Red Pepper|date=7 October 2009}} (co-authored with Dave Elliott), {{ISBN|0805280987}}.
- Beyond the Fragments: Feminism and the Making of Socialism (Merlin Press, 1980) (co-authored with Sheila Rowbotham and Lynne Segal).
- The Workers Report of Vickers (Pluto Press, 1978) (co-authored with Huw Benyon).
References
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External links
- [https://www.tni.org/en/bio/hilary-wainwright Hilary Wainwright's profile] on the Transnational Institute
- [https://twitter.com/hilarypepper Hilary Wainwright on Twitter]
- [http://www.redpepper.org.uk Red Pepper magazine]
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