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Beskrivning

Poverty in modern-day Britain looks different to the form it took in Beveridge’s day but it has not disappeared. For 14 million people across the UK the lack of access to the goods and services necessary to live a decent life and to participate fully in society remains a grim reality. Despite rising standards of living, social and economic structures continue to trap those at the bottom in constant job insecurity, ill-health, overcrowded housing and educational disadvantage. Helen Barnard considers what it might take to finally slay the giant of poverty in Britain. She examines how we might build a fairer, more equal society, and what a modern welfare state should aim to achieve, including an honest appraisal of the trade-offs and choices involved in creating it.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2022-10-20
Mått:129 x 198 x 16 mm
Vikt:208 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Giants: A New Beveridge Report
Antal sidor:184
Förlag:Agenda Publishing
ISBN:9781788213974

Utforska kategorier

Ekonomisk politik inom Ekonomi och Ledarskap

Mer om författaren

Helen Barnard combines her work as Associate Director at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, with her role as Research and Policy Director at Pro Bono Economics.

Recensioner i media

A tour d’horizon of social injustice in Britain today – and a twenty-first-century manifesto for rooting it out. At every turn, she presses not only the question of what substantively will have to be done to slay the giant of 'want', but asks how can we foster the political conversation that is a prerequisite for getting it done. Her demand for meaningful public deliberation, not least with those who are on the wrong end of anachronistic top-down services, is an urgent one – not only for social policy, but for the wider health of our democracy too.

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction1. Defining decency2. Hard pressed families3. Disabled people and carers4. Renting pensioners5. Young, Black and held back6. Stigma and shame or dignity and respect?7. Equality and discrimination8. What is social security for?9. Public services for the digital age10. Reimagining work11. Managing modern markets12. Tax, wealth and housingConclusion