紹介
The Labour government has pledged to tackle poverty and social exclusion and to eradicate child poverty, forever, within 20 years. However, in order to have effective policies to deal with these pressing problems we need to have an accurate picture of the state of poverty and social exclusion. This book is the most authoritative study of poverty and social exclusion in Britain at the start of the 21st century. It reports on the most comprehensive survey of poverty and social exclusion, ever to be undertaken in Britain: the Poverty and Social Exclusion Survey. "Poverty and social exclusion in Britain" presents the first large-scale analysis of this data set; charts the extent and nature of material and social deprivation and exclusion in Britain at the end of the 20th century; makes the first ever measurement of the extent of social exclusion, based on a survey specifically designed for this purpose; provides a clear conceptual understanding of poverty and social exclusion from both a national and international perspective.
This important book should be read by officials and policy makers in national and local government, charities and voluntary organisations dealing with poverty and social exclusion. It will also be required reading for academics and students of social policy, sociology, public health, economics and politics. Christina Pantazis is Head of the Centre for the Study of Poverty and Social Justice in the School for Policy Studies, David Gordon is Professor of Social Justice and Director of the Townsend Centre for International Poverty Research and Ruth Levitas is Professor of Sociology and (from 2006) Head of Department, all at the University of Bristol, UK.
目次
Introduction Dave Gordon, Ruth Levitas and Christina Pantazis
Section One: Principles: The concept and measurement of poverty ~ Dave Gordon
The measurement of absolute and overall poverty ~ Peter Townsend and Christina Pantazis
The necessities of life Christina Pantazis, Dave Gordon and Peter Townsend
The concept and measurement of social exclusion ~ Ruth Levitas
Section Two: Processes: Does work pay? Employment, poverty and social exclusion from social relations ~ Nick Bailey
Debt and financial exclusion ~ Stephen McKay and Sharon Collard
Social exclusion and local services ~ Tania Fisher and Glen Bramley
Crime 'disorder' and insecurity and social exclusion ~ Christina Pantazis
Mental health, poverty and social exclusion ~ Sarah Payne
Section Three: People: Child, poverty and social exclusion ~ Eva Lloyd
Youth, poverty and social exclusion ~ Eldin Fahmy
Gender, poverty and social exclusion Christina Pantazis and Elisabetta Ruspini
Lone mothers, poverty and social exclusion ~ Ruth Levitas, Emma Head and Naomi Finch
Pensioners, poverty and social exclusion ~ Demi Patsios
Conclusion ~ Dave Gordon, Ruth Levitas, Christina Pantazis and Peter Townsend.
