| A More Equal Society?: New Labour, Poverty, Inequality and Exclusion Contributor(s): Hills, John (Editor), Stewart, Kitty (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1861345771 ISBN-13: 9781861345776 Publisher: Policy Press OUR PRICE: $45.55 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2005 Annotation: As the UKs Labour Government approaches the end of its second term in office, there is a need for a book that provides an objective assessment of the welfare issues put into place and what has been achieved. This book brings together the expertise of a range of authors to provide this evaluation. It considers the challenges the government faced, examines the policies that were chosen and the targets set for them, and assesses results. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare - Social Science | Poverty & Homelessness - Political Science | Public Policy - Social Policy |
| Dewey: 361.941 |
| LCCN: 2005299129 |
| Series: Case Studies on Poverty, Place, and Policy |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.7" W x 9.4" (1.50 lbs) 408 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This major new book provides, for the first time, a detailed evaluation of policies on poverty and social exclusion since 1997, and their effects. Bringing together leading experts in the field, it considers the challenges the government has faced, the policies chosen and the targets set in order to assess results. Drawing on research from the Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, and on external evaluations, the book asks how children, older people, poor neighbourhoods, ethnic minorities and other vulnerable groups have fared under New Labour and seeks to assess the government both on its own terms - in meeting its own targets - and according to alternative views of social exclusion. |
Contributor Bio(s): Stewart, Kitty: - Kitty Stewart is an associate professor at the Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion and an associate professor in social policy at the London School of Economics and Political Science.Hills, John: - John Hills is the Richard Titmuss Professor of Social Policy and codirector of the International Inequalities Institute at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He is coauthor, most recently, of Wealth in the UK: Distribution, Accumulation, and Policy. |