Poverty and Social Exclusion in the UK: Volume 1 - The Nature and Extent of the Problem

ISBN-13: 9781447332176 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 280 str.

Esther Dermott; Gill Main

Opis

How can we measure poverty in the United Kingdom today, and which measures are most reliable? Is poverty related to other problems and disadvantages? Based on the largest research study on UK poverty ever commissioned, these fascinating volumes answer these questions and more, providing the most authoritative and up-to-date picture ever assembled of poverty throughout the four countries of the United Kingdom. Using state-of-the-art measurement methods, Poverty and Social Exclusion in the UK looks across geography, time, and key domains like health, employment, and housing to make enlightening--and sometimes shocking--comparisons. Volume one focuses on assessing poverty through the lens of a wide range of groups, reporting on the living standards of older and younger people, parents and children, ethnic groups, and disabled people--as well as on the differing impacts of political intervention.

Spis treści

Introduction: Poverty and social exclusion in the UK ~ Esther Dermott; Measuring poverty in the UK ~ David Gordon; The impoverishment of youth: poverty, deprivation and social exclusion among young adults in the UK ~ Eldin Fahmy; Improvement for some: poverty and social exclusion among older people and pensioners ~ Demi Patsios; Which men and women are poor? Gender, poverty and social exclusion ~ Esther Dermott and Christina Pantazis; Better understandings of ethnic variations: ethnicity, poverty and social exclusion ~ Saffron Karlsen and Christina Pantazis; Improving lives? Child poverty and social exclusion ~ Gill Main and Jonathan Bradshaw; The cost of children: parents, poverty, and social support ~ Esther Dermott and Marco Pomati; A worsening picture: poverty and social exclusion and disabled people ~ Pauline Heslop and Eric Emerson; Devolution and North/South division: poverty and social exclusion in the countries and regions of the UK ~ Mike Tomlinson; More similarities than differences: poverty and social exclusion in rural and urban locations~ Nick Bailey and Maria Gannon; Conclusion: innovating methods, informing policy and challenging stigma ~ Gill Main.