Social Policy in a Cold Climate
Policy Press (Verlag)
978-1-4473-2771-4 (ISBN)
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.
John Hills is Richard Titmuss Professor of Social Policy and Co-Director of the International Inequalities Institute at the London School of Economics. He has written 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.
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 ~ Rebecca 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.
| Reihe/Serie | CASE Studies on Poverty, Place and Policy |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Bristol |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4473-2771-3 / 1447327713 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4473-2771-4 / 9781447327714 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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