Social policy in a cold climate

Medium: Buch

ISBN: 978-1-4473-2772-1

Verlag: Policy Press

Erscheinungstermin: 20.04.2016

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Beschreibung
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An authoritative and unflinching analysis of recent approaches to social policy and their outcomes following the financial crisis, with particular focus on poverty and inequality. Through a detailed look at spending, outputs and outcomes the book offers a unique appraisal of Labour and the coalition’s impact as well as an insightful assessment of future directions.

Produkteigenschaften

Artikelnummer: 9781447327721
Medium: Buch
ISBN: 978-1-4473-2772-1
Verlag: Policy Press
Erscheinungstermin: 20.04.2016
Sprache(n): Englisch
Auflage: 1. Auflage 2016
Produktform: Kartoniert, Paperback
Gewicht: 632 g
Seiten: 342
Format (B x H x T): 156 x 234 x 22 mm
Ausgabetyp: Kein, Unbekannt

Themen

Herausgeber

Burchardt, Tania

Lupton, Ruth

Hills, John

John Hills (1954-2020) was Richard Titmuss Professor of Social Policy and Co-Director of the International Inequalities Institute at the London School of Economics. He wrote extensively on inequality, public policy and the welfare state. He was a member of the Pensions Commission and Chair of the National Equality Panel for the Labour government and led a review of the measurement of fuel poverty for the Coalition government. He was knighted in 2013 for services to the development of social policy.

Stewart, Kitty

Vizard, Polly

Introduction ~ Ruth Lupton, Kitty Stewart, Tania Burchardt, John Hills and Polly Vizard;
Part One:

Benefits, pensions, tax credits and direct taxes ~ John Hills, Paola De Agostini and Holly Sutherland;
Young children ~ Kitty Stewart and Polina Obolenskaya;
Schools ~ Ruth Lupton, Stephanie Thomson and Polina Obolenskaya;
Further and higher education and skills ~ Ruth Lupton, Lorna Unwin and Stephanie Thomson;
Employment policy since the crisis ~ Abigail McKnight;
Housing ~ Becky Tunstall;
Health ~ Polly Vizard, Polina Obolenskaya and Emily Jones;
Adult social care ~ Tania Burchardt, Polina Obolenskaya and Polly Vizard;
Part Two:

Public and private welfare ~ Tania Burchardt and Polina Obolenskaya;
Socioeconomic inequalities ~ John Hills and Kitty Stewart;
The changing structure of UK inequality since the crisis ~ John Hills, Jack Cunliffe and Polina Obolenskaya;
Spatial inequalities ~ Ruth Lupton, Polina Obolenskaya and Amanda Fitzgerald;
Part Three:

Summary and conclusion ~ John Hills, Ruth Lupton, Tania Burchardt, Kitty Stewart and Polly Vizard.

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