The politics of intersectional practice: competing concepts of intersectionality

The recent intensification of both intersecting inequalities and demands for change calls an intersectional approach which can account the complexity factors processes structuring social relations, risk outcomes. Yet intersectionality is thought to be a challenging theory apply , represents puzzle policymakers practitioners navigating policy area equality strand silos. Based on first empirical study internationally explore how themselves understand operationalise ‘intersectionality’, this article establishes different ways in applied practice. ‘Intersectionality’ understood used five contradicting UK organising policy, integral insight because some these advance justice while others serve further entrench inequalities. This typology proposed as heuristic analyse may institutionalised other countries sectors, their outcomes, discursive material.