Towards a more equal society? :Poverty, inequality and policy since 1997 - CASE Studies on Poverty, Place and Policy
Towards a more equal society? :Poverty, inequality and policy since 1997 - CASE Studies on Poverty, Place and Policy
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25 February, 2009
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When New Labour came to power in 1997, its leaders asked for it to be judged after ten years on its success in making Britain 'a more equal society'. As it approaches the end of an unprecedented third term in office, this book asks whether Britain has indeed moved in that direction.
The highly successful earlier volume "A more equal society?" was described by Polly Toynbee as "the LSE's mighty judgement on inequality". Now this second volume by the same team of authors provides an independent assessment of the success or otherwise of New Labour's policies over a longer period. It provides:
· consideration by a range of expert authors of a broad set of indicators and policy areas affecting poverty, inequality and social exclusion;
· analysis of developments up to the third term on areas including income inequality, education, employment, health inequalities, neighbourhoods, minority ethnic groups, children and older people;
· an assessment of outcomes a decade on, asking whether policies stood up to the challenges, and whether successful strategies have been sustained or have run out of steam;
chapters on migration, social attitudes, the devolved administrations, the new Equality and Human Rights Commission, and future pressures.
The book is essential reading for academic and student audiences with an interest in contemporary social policy, as well as for all those seeking an objective account of Labour's achievements in power.
More Details
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9781847422019 |
| ISBN10 | 1847422012 |
| Number Of Pages | 432 |
| Item Weight | 1000 g |
| Publisher / Reseller | Bristol University Press |
| Format | paperback |
Media Reviews
"Welfare reform has been at the heart of the New Labour project. This book is the definitive assessment of those reforms: where they succeeded, where they failed - and why." Alan Deacon, Emeritus Professor of Social Policy, University of Leeds
"The LSE's mighty judgement on inequality" Polly Toynbee, The Guardian, on A More Equal Society
"Hills is the great authority, the chief examiner most feared and respected, social policy's equivalent of an Ofsted inspector. This great tome, with its hundreds of graphs and tables, will prove to be the definitive academic judgment." Polly Toynbee, The Guardian
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Author's Bio
John Hills (1954-2020) was Richard Titmuss Professor of Social Policy and Co-Director of the International Inequalities Institute at the London School of Economics. He wrote extensively on inequality, public policy and the welfare state. He was a member of the Pensions Commission and Chair of the National Equality Panel for the Labour government and led a review of the measurement of fuel poverty for the Coalition government. He was knighted in 2013 for services to the development of social policy.
Tom Sefton was formerly a research fellow at CASE, and now works for the Church Urban Fund.
Kitty Stewart is a lecturer in social policy at LSE and a research associate at CASE.