Tackling Inequalities: Where Are We Now and What Can Be Done (Studies in Poverty, Inequality & Social Exclusion S.)

Rok: 2000
ISBN: 9781861341464
OKCZID: 110107107

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PANTAZIS, Christina., ed. a GORDON, David., ed. Tackling inequalities: where are we now and what can be done?. 1st pub. Bristol: Policy Press, 2000. xvi, 239 s. Studies in poverty, inequality and social exclusion.

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The growing divide between the poor and the rich is the most significant social change to have occurred during the last few decades. The new Labour government inherited a country more unequal than at any other time since the Second World War. This book brings together a collection of contributions on inequalities in the main areas of British life: income, wealth, standard of living, employment, education, housing, crime and health. It charts the extent of the growth in inequalities and offers a coherent critique of the new Labour government's policies aimed at those tackling this crisis. In particular, the numerous area-based anti-poverty policies currently being pursued are unlikely to have a significant and long-lasting effect, since many lessons from the past have been ignored. The contributors use and interpret official data to show how statistics are often misused to obscure or distort the reality of inequality. A range of alternative policies for reducing inequalities in Britain are discussed and set within the global context of the need for international action. Tackling inequalities is a valuable contribution to the emerging policy debate written by the leading researchers in the field. It is essential reading for academics, policy makers, and students with an interest in inequalities, poverty and social exclusion.

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