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First published in 1997, this series, published in association with
the Social Policy Research Unity at the University of York, is
designed to inform public debate about these policy areas and to
make the details of important policy-related research more widely
available.
First published in 1997, this series, published in association with
the Social Policy Research Unity at the University of York, is
designed to inform public debate about these policy areas and to
make the details of important policy-related research more widely
available.
How much does the condition of our housing affect our health? This
timely new study looks in detail at the impact poor housing has on
health, using data from the National Child Development Study
(NCDS). It provides important information to inform the current
debate on Our Healthier Nation and to strengthen arguments for
health, housing and social care agencies to work together. It
focuses on three main areas: if, and when, housing deprivation
impacts on overall health; the link between overcrowding and
respiratory and infectious disease; housing deprivation and health
in the context of other possible influences on health. The study
uses the innovative approach of creating indices for both the
severity of ill-health and housing deprivation. These indices are
incorporated into an analysis of the impact over time of housing
deprivation upon health. The authors conclude that housing plays a
significant role in health outcomes and hence provides support for
the argument that addressing housing deprivation should be central
to thinking about health improvement. Home Sweet Home? is essential
reading for researchers and students in housing, public health,
urban renewal, and social policy as well as professionals working
in these areas.
"Beyond Criminology" is an innovative, groundbreaking critique of
the narrow focus of conventional criminology. The authors argue
that crime forms only a small and often insignificant amount of the
harm experienced by people. They show that, while custom and
tradition play an important role in the perpetuation of some types
of harm, many forms of harm are rooted in the inequalities and
social divisions systematically produced in -- and by --
contemporary states. Exploring a range of topics including
violence, indifference, corporate and state harms, murder,
children, asylum and immigration policies, sexuality and poverty,
the contributions raise a number of theoretical and methodological
issues associated with a social harm approach. Only once we have
identified the origins, scale and consequences of social harms,
they argue, can we begin to formulate possible responses -- and
these are more likely to be located in public and social policy
than in the criminal justice system. The book provides an original
and challenging new perspective that goes beyond criminology -- one
which will be of interest to students, teachers and policy makers.
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. This enormously rich data set records levels of poverty not
just in terms of income and wealth but by including information
about the goods and services which the British public say are
necessary to avoid poverty. The relationship between poverty and
factors such as age, gender and paid work are explored, as well as
other social issues such as crime and neighbourhood disadvantage.
Poverty and social exclusion in Britain 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 and provides a clear conceptual
understanding of poverty and social exclusion from both an national
and international perspective. This important book should be read
by officials and policy makers in national and local government,
NGOs, 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.
The results of this report from a major international research
project, funded by UNICEF, on child rights and child poverty in the
developing world are shocking. They show that over one billion
children - more than half the children in developing countries -
suffer from severe deprivation of basic human need and over a third
(674 million) suffer from absolute poverty. The study's findings
indicate that considerably more emphasis needs to be placed on
improving basic infrastructure and social services for families
with children, particularly with regards to shelter, sanitation and
safe drinking water in rural areas. Anti-poverty strategies need to
respond to local conditions, as blanket solutions to eradicating
child poverty will be unsuccessful. (REPORT)
The growing divide between the poor and the rich is the most
significant social change to have occurred during the last few
decades. The new Labour government inherited a country more unequal
than at any other time since the Second World War. This book brings
together a collection of contributions on inequalities in the main
areas of British life: income, wealth, standard of living,
employment, education, housing, crime and health. It charts the
extent of the growth in inequalities and offers a coherent critique
of the new Labour government's policies aimed at those tackling
this crisis. In particular, the numerous area-based anti-poverty
policies currently being pursued are unlikely to have a significant
and long-lasting effect, since many lessons from the past have been
ignored. The contributors use and interpret official data to show
how statistics are often misused to obscure or distort the reality
of inequality. A range of alternative policies for reducing
inequalities in Britain are discussed and set within the global
context of the need for international action. Tackling inequalities
is a valuable contribution to the emerging policy debate written by
the leading researchers in the field. It is essential reading for
academics, policy makers, and students with an interest in
inequalities, poverty and social exclusion. Studies in poverty,
inequality and social exclusion series Series Editor: David Gordon,
Director, Townsend Centre for International Poverty Research.
Poverty, inequality and social exclusion remain the most
fundamental problems that humanity faces in the 21st century. This
exciting series, published in association with the Townsend Centre
for International Poverty Research at the University of Bristol,
aims to make cutting-edge poverty related research more widely
available. For other titles in this series, please follow the
series link from the main catalogue page.
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