Poverty and insecurity : Life in low-pay, no-pay Britain /

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This book is the first of its kind to examine the relationship between social exclusion, poverty and the labour market. It challenges long-standing and dominant myths about 'the workless' and 'the poor', by exploring close-up the lived realities of life in low-pay, no-pay Britain...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Shildrick, Tracy, 1966-
Otros Autores: MacDonald, Robert, 1962-, Webster, Colin (Criminologist), Garthwaite, Kayleigh
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol : The Policy Press, 2012.
Colección:Studies in poverty, inequality, and social exclusion.
Temas:
2000-2099
Poor > Great Britain > Social conditions > 21st century.
Labor market > Social aspects > Great Britain.
Unemployment > Social aspects > Great Britain.
Marginality, Social > Great Britain > History > 21st century.
Pauvres > Grande-Bretagne > Conditions sociales > 21e siècle.
Marché du travail > Aspect social > Grande-Bretagne.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Poverty & Homelessness.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Policy.
Labor market > Social aspects
Marginality, Social
Poor > Social conditions
Unemployment > Social aspects
Great Britain
Electronic books.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction
  • 2. Poor work, welfare and poverty
  • 3. Researching the low-pay, no-pay cycle and recurrent poverty
  • 4. The low-pay, no-pay cycle: the perspectives and practices of employers and `welfare to work' agencies
  • 5. The low-pay, no-pay cycle: its pattern and people's commitment to work
  • 6. Searching for jobs: qualifications, support for the workless and the good and bad of informal social networks
  • 7. Poor work: insecurity and churning in deindustrialised labour markets
  • 8. `The ties that bind': ill health and caring and their impact on the low-pay, no-pay cycle
  • 9. Poverty and social insecurity
  • 10. Conclusions.

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