Social Policy in a Cold Climate: Policies and Their Consequences Since the Crisis

ISBN-13: 9781447327714 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 342 str.

Ruth Lupton; John Hills; Kitty Stewart

Opis

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 empirical analysis of the two governments and their approach to social policy in a period of crisis, assessing policy aims, policy implementation, and measurable outcomes.

Spis treści

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.