Description
Book SynopsisThis fascinating book provides a detailed national picture of poverty and social exclusion. Chapters consider a range of dimensions of exclusion and explores relationships between these in the first truly multi-dimensional analysis.
Trade Review"This excellent book achieves the near impossible task of analysing social exclusion quantitatively, while maintaining the sense of lived experience of poor and excluded individuals and families." Naomi Eisenstadt, Oxford University
“This report’s unique analysis highlights the pressing need for a comprehensive and long-term plan to solve poverty in the UK.” Campbell Robb, Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Table of ContentsIntroduction ~ 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.
