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Publié par

Policy Press

Date de parution

30 juin 2008

Nombre de lectures

EAN13

9781447342656

Langue

English

Poids de l'ouvrage

10 Mo

At a time when the divide between the wealthy and the disadvantaged is widening, this major textbook provides students with a critical understanding of poverty and social exclusion in relation to wealth, rather than as separate from it. Raising fundamental questions about the organisation of society, social structures and relationships and social justice, the book is split into four main sections exploring key concepts and issues; 'people and place' (poverty and wealth across different groups and situations); the role of the state; and prospects for the future. This is the only textbook to focus on the links between wealth and poverty and contains an edited collection of chapters specially written by a distinguished panel of contributors including Pete Alcock, Daniel Dorling, Mary Shaw, Gill Scott and Jay Ginn. It is designed with the needs of students in mind and includes useful chapter summaries, illustrative boxes and diagrams, and pointers to relevant websites and other sources of further information. This is an essential textbook for level 1/2 undergraduate students studying social policy either as a main subject or as part of their course. It is a core text for level 3/4 specialist modules in this field.

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Publié par

Policy Press

Date de parution

30 juin 2008

Nombre de lectures

EAN13

9781447342656

Langue

English

Poids de l'ouvrage

10 Mo

Understanding welfare:Social issues, policy and practice

UNDERSTANDING INEQUALITY, POVERTY AND WEALTH

Policies and prospects

Edited by Tess Ridge and Sharon Wright

UNDERSTANDING INEQUALITY, POVERTY AND WEALTH

Policies and prospects Edited by Tess Ridge and Sharon Wright

FIrst publIshed In Great BrItaIn In 2008 by

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Cover desIgn by Qube DesIgn AssocIates, BrIstol. Front cover:photograph kIndly supplIed by www.gettyImages.com

Contents

Detailed contents List of tables, ﬁgures and boxes Acknowledgements Glossary Notes on contributors

one

Introduction Tess Ridge and Sharon Wright

Part One: Key concepts and issues twoWealth Karen Rowlingson threePoverty and social exclusion Pete Alcock fourExplaining poverty, social exclusion and inequality: towards a structural approach Gerry Mooney

vii xii xvi xvii xxi

Part Two: People and place: divisions of poverty and wealth ﬁve81Global inequality, poverty and wealth Nicola Yeates six103Spatial divisions of poverty and wealth Danny Dorling and Dimitris Ballas sevenGender, poverty and wealth 135 Gill Scott eight155The intersection of ethnicity, poverty and wealth Akwugo Emejulu nineChildren’s and young people’s experiences of 181 poverty and social exclusion Petra Hölscher tenPoverty and ﬁnancial inequality in later life 205 Jay Ginn elevenHealth and disability 235 Mary Shaw, Ben Wheeler, Richard Mitchell and Danny Dorling

Understandinginequality, poverty and wealth

Part Three: The role of the state twelveState approaches to wealth Michael Orton thirteenState approaches to poverty and social exclusion Tess Ridge and Sharon Wright

Part Four: Prospects fourteenConclusion Tess Ridge and Sharon Wright

Index

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Detailed contents

oneIntroduction Introduction Why look at poverty, inequality and wealth together? What do we mean by poverty, inequality and wealth? What is it like to experience poverty or wealth in the UK? The UK proﬁle of rising poverty, inequality and wealth Excessive inequality by accident or design? Structure of the book

twoWealth Overview Key concepts Introduction Differences between income and assets Conceptualising and deﬁning income Conceptualising and deﬁning assets Conceptualising and deﬁning ‘riches’ and ‘the rich’ Combining income and assets Measurement issues Distribution of income Distribution of assets Combining income and assets The rich and their riches Conclusion Summary Questions for discussion Further reading Electronic resources References

threePoverty and social exclusion Overview Key concepts Introduction Deﬁning and measuring poverty

1 1 1 2 5 7 10 10

15 15 15 15 16 17 17 18 21 22 24 25 28 29 32 33 33 33 34 34

37 37 37 37 38

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Understandinginequality, poverty and wealth

Social exclusion Dynamics of poverty and social exclusion Distribution of poverty Poverty or social exclusion? Conclusion Summary Questions for discussion Further reading Electronic resources References

44 48 51 54 55 56 56 56 57 57

four61Explaining poverty, social exclusion and inequality: towards a structural approach Overview61 Key concepts61 Introduction 62 Introducing structural approaches 63 Class and class analysis: ‘an embarrassing and unsettling subject’ 68 Conclusion 73 Summary 75 Questions for discussion75 Further reading75 References76

ﬁveGlobal inequality, poverty and wealth Overview Key concepts Introduction ‘Wealth’, ‘income’ and ‘poverty’ in the world context The global distribution gap Conclusion Summary Questions for discussion Electronic resources References

sixSpatial divisions of poverty and wealth Overview Key concepts Introduction ‘Manchester: so much to answer for’ Spatial divisions in Britain

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81 81 81 81 83 88 98 99 99 100 101

103 103 104 104 105 114

Spatial divisions worldwide Conclusion Summary Questions for discussion Further reading Electronic resources References

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sevenGender, poverty and wealth Overview Key concepts Introduction Gender, poverty and wealth The importance of poverty Policy solutions to poverty, wealth, gender and inequalities Conclusion Summary Questions for discussion Further reading Electronic resources References

eightThe intersection of ethnicity, poverty and wealth Overview Key concepts Introduction An overview of minority ethnic groups in the UK Economic activity, employment and income Income, wealth and poverty Social policy conundrums Conclusion Summary Questions for discussion Further reading Electronic resources References

nineChildren’s and young people’s experiences of poverty and social exclusion Overview Key concepts

121 129 130 130 131 131 131

135 135 135 136 136 141 145 148 149 150 150 150 151

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