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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Ruth Lupton , Tania Burchardt , John Hills , Kitty StewartPublisher: Policy Press Imprint: Policy Press Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.590kg ISBN: 9781447327721ISBN 10: 1447327721 Pages: 342 Publication Date: 20 April 2016 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsIntroduction ~ 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.ReviewsDoes the financial crisis and its aftermath represent a key turning point in the history of the UK welfare state? This is an essential resource for anyone interested in UK social policy. Jonathan Portes, National Institute of Economic and Social Research, UK Analysis of the high quality we have come to expect from these authors - a vital contribution to current debates about the fundamental policy principles and goals of the welfare state. Fran Bennett, University of Oxford Does the financial crisis and its aftermath represent a key turning point in the history of the UK welfare state? This is an essential source for anyone interested in UK social policy. Jonathan Portes, National Institute of Economic and Social Research Author InformationJohn 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. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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