Understanding social exclusion / Phil Agulnik ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Agulnik, Phil.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Marginality, Social--Great Britain.

Marginality, Social.

Poverty--Great Britain.

Poverty.

Great Britain--Social policy.

Great Britain.

Social policy.

Physical Description:

xiv, 274 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.

Summary:

This book explores the issue of social exclusion. It asks three main questions: How can social exclusion be measured? What are its main determinants or influences? And what policies can reduce social exclusion? The authors aim to consider how a focus on social exclusion may alter the policy questions that are most relevant by fostering debate in government, research, and academic circles.

Contents:

2. Social Exclusion, Social Isolation, and the Distribution of Income / Brian Barry 13

3. Degrees of Exclusion: Developing a Dynamic, Multidimensional Measure / Tania Burchardt, Julian Le Grand, David Piachaud 30

4. The Dynamics of Poverty in Britain / Simon Burgess, Carol Propper 44

5. Social Exclusion and the Generations / John Hobcraft 62

6. Disadvantage and Demography

Chicken and Egg? / Kathleen Kiernan 84

7. Low-paid Work: Drip-feeding the Poor / Abigail McKnight 97

8. Social Exclusion and Neighbourhoods / Ruth Lupton, Anne Power 118

9. Child Poverty / David Piachaud, Holly Sutherland 141

10. Response and Prevention in the British Welfare State / Phil Agulnik, Tania Burchardt, Martin Evans 155

11. Preventing Social Exclusion: Education's Contribution / Jo Sparkes, Howard Glennerster 178

12. Community, Neighbourhood, and Social Infrastructure / Liz Richardson, Katharine Mumford 202

13. Does a Focus on 'Social Exclusion' Change the Policy Response? / John Hills 226.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [244]-262) and index.

ISBN:

019925107X

0199251940

OCLC:

49875130