Full Description
Based on the largest UK study of its kind ever commissioned, this fascinating book provides the most detailed national picture of poverty and social exclusion. Chapters consider a range of dimensions of disadvantage - access to local services or employment, social relations or civic participation, health and well-being. The book also explores relationships between these in the first truly multi-dimensional analysis of exclusion. Written by leading academics, this is an authoritative account of welfare outcomes achieved across the UK.
Contents
Introduction ‾ Nick Bailey and Glen Bramley;
Part 1: Resources;
Fifty years of poverty in the UK ‾ Joanna Mack;
Living standards in the UK ‾ Demi Patsios, Marco Pomati and Paddy Hillyard;
Severe poverty and destitution ‾ Glen Bramley, Suzanne Fitzpatrick and Filip Sosenko;
Poverty, local services and austerity ‾ Glen Bramley and Kirsten Besemer;
Part 2: Participation;
Social participation and social support ‾ Lisa Wilson, Eldin Fahmy and Nick Bailey;
Employment, poverty and social exclusion ‾ Nick Bailey;
Poverty, social exclusion and civic engagement ‾ Eldin Fahmy;
Part 3: Quality of life;
Poverty and health: thirty years of progress? ‾ Lucy Prior and David Manley;
Housing and the living environment ‾ Glen Bramley;
Poverty and social harm: challenging discourses of risk, resilience and choice ‾ Simon Pemberton, Christina Pantazis and Paddy Hillyard;
Financial inclusion, financial stress and debt ‾ Glen Bramley and Kirsten Besemer;
The poverty of well-being ‾ Michael Tomlinson and Lisa Wilson;
Part 4: Bringing it together;
The multidimensional analysis of social exclusion ‾ Nick Bailey, Eldin Fahmy and Jonathan Bradshaw;
Conclusions and emerging themes ‾ Glen Bramley and Nick Bailey.
