Social Policy in a Cold Climate : Policies and their Consequences since the Crisis /

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The financial crisis of 2008 led the United Kingdom's Labour Government to make changes - primarily cuts - to social programs and a wide range of social services. The subsequent Coalition Government followed those changes with much more dramatic cuts. This book offers the first in-depth empiric...

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Other Authors: Vizard, Polly (Editor), Stewart, Kitty, 1970- (Editor), Hills, John, 1954- (Editor), Burchardt, Tania (Editor), Lupton, Ruth (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bristol : Policy Press, 2016.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Society.
Social policy.
Equality.
Equality > Great Britain.
Great Britain.
Great Britain > Social policy.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • One. Introduction / Polly Vizard
  • Part One
  • Two. Benefits, pensions, tax credits and direct taxes / Holly Sutherland
  • Three. Young children / Polina Obolenskaya
  • Four. Schools / Polina Obolenskaya
  • Five. Further and higher education and skills / Stephanie Thomson
  • Six. Employment policy since the crisis / Abigail McKnight
  • Seven. Housing / Rebecca Tunstall
  • Eight. Health / Emily Jones
  • Nine. Adult social care / Polly Vizard
  • Part Two
  • Ten. Public and private welfare / Polina Obolenskaya
  • Eleven. Socioeconomic inequalities / Kitty Stewart
  • Twelve. The changing structure of UK inequality since the crisis / Polina Obolenskaya
  • Thirteen. Spatial inequalities / Amanda Fitzgerald
  • Part Three
  • Fourteen. Summary and conclusion / Polly Vizard.

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