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Social policy in a cold climate : policies and their consequences since the crisis /

A data-rich, evidence-based analysis of the impact Labour and Coalition government policies following the financial crisis, with particular focus on poverty and inequality, by leading policy experts from the LSE, and Universities of Manchester and York.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Lupton, Ruth (Editor ), Burchardt, Tania (Editor ), Hills, John (Editor ), Stewart, Kitty (Editor ), Vizard, Polly (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol : Policy Press, 2016.
Colección:CASE studies on poverty, place, and policy.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • SOCIAL POLICY IN A COLD CLIMATE; Contents; List of tables, figures and boxes; List of acronyms; Notes on editors and contributors; Editors; Contributors; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; Part One; 2. Benefits, pensions, tax credits and direct taxes; The situation on the eve of the crisis; Policies since 2007; Spending on social security and tax credits; Benefit levels and generosity; Redistribution; Longer-term effects of reforms agreed by the coalition; Conclusion; Appendix; 3. Young children; The situation on the eve of the crisis; Policies, 2008-15; Spending, 2008-14.
  • Inputs and outputs, 2008-14Outcomes, 2008-14; Analysing change and the relationship between policies and outcomes; Conclusion; 4. Schools; The situation on the eve of the crisis; Labour policies, 2007-10; Coalition policies, 2010-15; Spending; Inputs and outputs; Outcomes; Conclusion; 5. Further and higher education and skills; The situation on the eve of the crisis; Labour policies, 2007-10; Coalition policies, 2010-15; Spending; Inputs and outputs; Outcomes; Conclusion; 6. Employment policy since the crisis; The situation on the eve of the crisis; Policies, 2008-15; Spending; Outcomes.
  • General labour market assessmentAnalysing change: relationships between policies and outcomes; Conclusion; 7. Housing; The situation on the eve of the crisis; The coalition's inheritance from the 1997-2010 Labour government; The coalition's housing policy goals; The new Conservative government, 2015; Spending on housing; Outputs and outcomes; Conclusion; 8. Health; The situation on the eve of the crisis; Policies under Labour, 2007-10; Policies under the coalition, 2010-15; Spending; Inputs, outputs and productivity4; Outcomes; The UK's international position; Conclusion; 9. Adult social care.
  • The situation on the eve of the crisisPolicies, 2008-15; Spending, 2008-14; Inputs and outputs, 2008-14; Outcomes, 2008-14; Conclusion; Part Two; 10. Public and private welfare; Welfare provision, finance and choice; The situation on the eve of the crisis; Goals and policies, 2008-15; Spending in 2013/142; Conclusion; 11. Socioeconomic inequalities; The labour market2; Household income6; Income inequality and benefits in kind; Household wealth14; Conclusion; 12. The changing structure of UK inequality since the crisis; Introduction; The situation on the eve of the crisis; Gender differences.
  • Rapidly falling real wages, incomes and wealth for those in their twentiesContrasting trends in qualifications and outcomes by ethnicity; Outcomes by housing tenure; London had the smallest employment fall but became more unequal; Disability status: continuing disadvantage for disabled people; Conclusion; 13. Spatial inequalities; Introduction; Trends in economic outcomes at the regional and neighbourhood levels; Trends in social outcomes; Policy approaches; Conclusion; Part Three; 14. Summary and conclusion; Social policy in a warmer climate; Labour's response to the crisis.