Tackling inequalities: Where are we now and what can be done?
Author:   Christina Pantazis (Centre for the Study of Poverty and Social Justice,, University of Bristol) ,  David Gordon (Townsend Centre for International Poverty Research, School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol)
Publisher:   Bristol University Press
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9781861341464


Pages:   256
Publication Date:   12 January 2000
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Christina Pantazis (Centre for the Study of Poverty and Social Justice,, University of Bristol) ,  David Gordon (Townsend Centre for International Poverty Research, School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol)
Publisher:   Bristol University Press
Imprint:   Policy Press
Weight:   0.412kg
ISBN:  

9781861341464


ISBN 10:   1861341466
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   12 January 2000
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  General/trade ,  Professional & Vocational ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction ~ Christina Pantazis; Inequalities in income, wealth and standard of living in Britain ~ David Gordon; Inequalities in employment: problems of spatial divergence ~ Ivan Turok; Educational inequalities and Education Action Zones ~ Ian Plewis; How can we end inequalities in housing? ~ Alan Murie; Tackling inequalities in crime and social harm ~ Christina Pantazis; Poverty across the life-course and health ~ George Davey Smith and David Gordon; Inequalities in health service provision: how research findings are ignored ~ Walter Barker and Colin Chalmers; A mortality league table for Cabinet ministers? ~ Danny Dorling; Ending world poverty in the 21st century ~ Peter Townsend.

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...a very clearly written and accessible book, which at the same time manages to present a range of key issues and pack in lots of factual information. Politics Included An excellent contribution to the ongoing policy debate surrounding social exclusion and how best to tackle it. BSA Network Magazine


... a very clearly written and accessible book, which at the same time manages to present a range of key issues and pack in lots of factual information. Politics Included An excellent contribution to the ongoing policy debate surrounding social exclusion and how best to tackle it. British Sociological Association Network Magazine


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David Gordon is Professor of Social Justice and the Director of the Townsend Centre for International Poverty Research at the University of Bristol. He is co-editor of Breadline Europe and World Poverty (with Peter Townsend) Christina Pantazis is a Research Fellow in the School for Policy Studies at the University of Bristol. She is co-editor of Breadline Britain (with David Gordon).

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