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Tackling Inequalities
Roger Hargreaves
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Description for Tackling Inequalities
Paperback. This challenging book brings together contributions from leading poverty analysts on inequalities in income, wealth, standard of living, employment, education, housing, crime and health. It charts the extent of the growth in inequalities and offers a coherent critique of the New Labour government's policies aimed at those tackling this crisis. Series: Studies in Poverty, Inequality and Social Exclusion Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFF; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 288 x 23. Weight in Grams: 400.
The growing divide between the poor and the rich is the most significant social change to have occurred during the last few decades. The new Labour government inherited a country more unequal than at any other time since the Second World War. This book brings together a collection of contributions on inequalities in the main areas of British life: income, wealth, standard of living, employment, education, housing, crime and health. It charts the extent of the growth in inequalities and offers a coherent critique of the new Labour government's policies aimed at those tackling this crisis. In particular, the numerous area-based anti-poverty ... Read more
The growing divide between the poor and the rich is the most significant social change to have occurred during the last few decades. The new Labour government inherited a country more unequal than at any other time since the Second World War. This book brings together a collection of contributions on inequalities in the main areas of British life: income, wealth, standard of living, employment, education, housing, crime and health. It charts the extent of the growth in inequalities and offers a coherent critique of the new Labour government's policies aimed at those tackling this crisis. In particular, the numerous area-based anti-poverty ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Poverty, Inequality and Social Exclusion Series
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781861341464
SKU
V9781861341464
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About Roger Hargreaves
David Gordon is Professor of Social Justice and the Director of the Townsend Centre for International Poverty Research at the University of Bristol. He is co-editor of Breadline Europe and World Poverty (with Peter Townsend) Christina Pantazis is a Research Fellow in the School for Policy Studies at the University of Bristol. She is co-editor of Breadline Britain (with David ... Read more
Reviews for Tackling Inequalities
"An excellent contribution to the ongoing policy debate surrounding social exclusion and how best to tackle it." British Sociological Association Network Magazine "... a very clearly written and accessible book, which at the same time manages to present a range of key issues and pack in lots of factual information." Politics Included