Poverty: The Facts - Couverture souple

Marsh, Alan

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1910715212 ISBN 13 : 9781910715215

Editeur : Child Poverty Action Group, 2017

Synopsis

A comprehensive overview of the causes, extent and effects of poverty in the UK. * History of the politics of and debates around poverty* CPAG's analysis of the causes and effects of poverty* Impacts on children and cost to society * Discussion of what is poverty? How does it relate to concepts like inequality and deprivation? Is it all about money? * How can poverty be measured?* What causes poverty?* Who is most at risk? Eg, women, children, people with disabilities, ethnic minority groups, age groups...* Impact of family structures, eg lone apretns* Poverty and work* Poverty and costs - eg, housing and childcare* Poverty dynamics - how long do people stay poor etc? * The lived experience of poverty - costs, debt, food, shame, exclusion etc* How do we tackle poverty?* International comparisons* Where next?

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Alan Marsh is emeritus professor at the Policy Studies Institute. He is a specialist in the use of large-scale survey research to study the relationship between social and economic change and social policy, and the evaluation of social policy, both in general and in quasi-experimental pilots.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Child Poverty Action Group
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1910715212
• ISBN 13: 9781910715215
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 256
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• Personne responsable: non disponible