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Contemporary Social Evils (Book, New)
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Contemporary Social Evils (Book, New)
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Which underlying problems pose the greatest threat to British
society in the 21st century? A hundred years after its
philanthropist founder identified poverty, alcohol, drugs and
gambling among the social evils of his time, the Joseph Rowntree
Foundation initiated a major consultation among leading thinkers,
activists and commentators, as well as the wider public. Individual
contributors, ranging across the political spectrum, include Sean
Bailey, Zygmunt Bauman, Anthony Browne, Chris Creegan, A.C.
Grayling, Neal Lawson, Anna Minton, Ferdinand Mount, Julia
Neuberger, Jeremy Seabrook, Matthew Taylor and Stephen Thake. But
the book also reports the results from a web survey of more than
3,500 people and a specially-commissioned consultation with groups
whose voices are less often heard, including care leavers, carers,
people with learning difficulties, ex-offenders, and people with
experience of homelessness or unemployment. The results are
eloquently and passionately expressed. They suggest that while some
evils - like poverty - endure as undisputed causes of social harm,
more recent sources of social misery attract controversy. Not least
among them are an alleged rise in selfish consumerism driven by
economic liberalization, and a perceived decline in personal
responsibility and family commitment.
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