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Welshman, John

 
9781861348357: From Transmitted Deprivation to Social Exclusion: Policy, Poverty and Parenting
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ISBN 10 : 1861348355 ISBN 13 : 9781861348357
Editeur : Policy Press, 2007

Synopsis

John Welshman's new book fills a major gap in social policy: the history of debates over 'transmitted deprivation', and their relationship with current initiatives on social exclusion.

The book explores the content and background to Sir Keith Joseph's famous 'cycle of deprivation' speech in 1972, examining his own personality and family background, his concern with 'problem families', and the wider policy context of the early 1970s. Tracing the direction taken by the DHSS-SSRC Research Programme on Transmitted Deprivation, it seeks to understand why the Programme was set up, and why it took the direction it did. With this background, the book explores New Labour's approach to child poverty, initiatives such as Sure Start, the influence of research on inter-generational continuities, and its new stance on social exclusion. The author argues that, while earlier writers have acknowledged the intellectual debt that New Labour owes to Joseph, and noted similarities between current policy approaches to child poverty and earlier debates, the Government's most recent attempts to tackle social exclusion mean that these continuities are now more striking than ever before.

Making extensive use of archival sources, private papers, contemporary published documents, and oral interviews with retired civil servants and social scientists, "Policy, Poverty and Parenting" is the only book-length treatment of this important but neglected strand of the history of social policy. It will be of interest to students and researchers working on contemporary history, social policy, political science, public policy, sociology, and public health.

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À propos de l'auteur

John Welshman is Senior Lecturer in Public Health at the Institute for Health Research, Lancaster University, UK.

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Éditeur
Policy Press
Date d'édition
2007
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1861348355
ISBN 13 
9781861348357
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
320
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
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