Poverty and social exclusion in the UK. Volume 1, The nature and extent of the problem /

This text provides insights into the nature and extent of poverty and social exclusion in the UK today for different social groups: older and younger people; parents and children; ethnic groups; men and women; disabled people; and across regions through the recent period of austerity.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Dermott, Esther, 1973- (Editor ), Main, Gill (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol, UK : Policy Press, 2018.
Temas:
Poverty > Great Britain.
Marginality, Social > Great Britain.
Pauvreté > Grande-Bretagne.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > Macroeconomics.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Economic Conditions.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Poverty & Homelessness.
Marginality, Social
Poverty
Great Britain
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Matter
  • Contents
  • List of tables and figures
  • Notes on contributors
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction: poverty and social exclusion in the UK
  • Measuring poverty in the UK
  • The impoverishment of youth: poverty, deprivation and social exclusion among young adults in the UK
  • Improvement for some: poverty and social exclusion among older people and pensioners
  • Which men and women are poor? Gender, poverty and social exclusion
  • Better understandings of ethnic variations: ethnicity, poverty and social exclusion
  • Improving lives? Child poverty and social exclusion
  • The cost of children: parents, poverty, and social support
  • A worsening picture: poverty and social exclusion and disabled people
  • Devolution and North/South division: poverty and social exclusion in the countries and regions of the UK
  • More similarities than differences: poverty and social exclusion in rural and urban locations
  • Conclusion: innovating methods, informing policy and challenging stigma
  • Technical appendix
  • Index

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