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Peak inequality : Britain's ticking time bomb /
Dorling brings together new material alongside a selection of his most recent writing on inequality from publications including the Daily Telegraph, the Guardian, New Statesman, Financial Times and the China People's Daily. He explores whether we have now reached 'peak inequality' and...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bristol :
Policy Press,
2018.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro; PEAK INEQUALITY; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgements; Section 1. Inequality; Chapter 1.1. Crisis, austerity and the future; The fallout from the crash; What's included in the book
- an explanation; Section 2. Politics; Chapter 2.1. 1Introduction; Chapter 2.2. Fairness and the changing fortunes of people in Britain; Chapter 2.3. Mapping the August 2011 riots; Chapter 2.4. The machine brings class and change; Chapter 2.5. Thinking about class; Chapter 2.6. Should Parliament move out of London?
- Faced with a £3 billion repair bill, is the Palace of Westminster still the best place for MPs to meet?Chapter 2.7. The Tories will reduce UK public spending to Estonian levels; Chapter 2.8. A better politics
- a more enlightened economics; Health and life; Security and relationships; Work; Education; Conclusion; Chapter 2.9. Brexit: the decision of a divided country; Chapter 2.10. France shows what has gone wrong in the UK and US; Chapter 2.11. UK election cartography; Chapter 2.12. The election result in three graphs; Section 3. Housing; Chapter 3.1. Introduction
- Chapter 3.2. Housing has become the defining economic issue of our timesChapter 3.3 .Modern realities increasing the discomfort of the comfortably off; Chapter 3.4. Growing wealth inequality in the UK is a ticking time bomb; Chapter 3.5. Only one lucky generation ever struck housing gold; Chapter 3.6. The London bubble; Chapter 3.7. Policy, politics, health, and housing in the UK; Housing policies; Conclusions; Endnote; Chapter 3.8. London and the English desert; Chapter 3.9. Living in extraordinary times; Chapter 3.10. This government can't be trusted on housing
- Chapter 3.11. Turning the tide on inequalityInequality and poverty; Inequalities in education and health; Changing the climate; Chapter 3.12. Homelessness and risk of homelessness greatly harm public health; Section 4 . Demography; Chapter 4.1. Introduction; Chapter 4.2. Some good news
- World Population Day; Chapter 4.3. The turning points of history; Inequality, class and turning points; Voting divisions and social divisions; Principles and identifying future turning points; Chapter 4.4. The dimensions that shape London
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- Chapter 4.5. The hollowing out of London: poverty patterns are changingRegional change in poverty and wealth, England, 1980 to 2010; The changing patterns of rich and poor within London; Chapter 4.6. Income inequality in the UK: European comparisons; Those at the top of the 1%: bankers; Chapter 4.7. Visualizing urban and regional worlds; Chapter 4.8. A human cartographic perspective; Section 5. Education; Chapter 5.1. Introduction; Chapter 5.2. English education policy is based on a nasty little theory; Chapter 5.3. Are today's second-year students the unluckiest cohort ever?