Social interventionism

Social interventionism is an action which involves the deliberate intervention of a public or private organization into social affairs for the purpose of changing them. In other words, it is a deliberate attempt to change society in some way, "an alteration of the social structure".^[1]

In the late 20th century, with the rise of the Washington Consensus, social interventionism fell out of favor in international political thought.^[2]

Academic research of social interventions occurs in many public policy schools around the world. Some universities also have dedicated research centres or clusters covering social intervention, for example the Department of Social Policy and Intervention at the University of Oxford.