Poverty and Social Exclusion in the UK : : Volume 2 - The Dimensions of Disadvantage / / ed. by Glen Bramley, Nick Bailey.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Bristol UP/Policy Press Complete eBook-Package 2017
• MitwirkendeR: Bailey, Nick,; Besemer, Kirsten,; Bradshaw, Jonathan,; Bramley, Glen,; Fahmy, Eldin,; Fitzpatrick, Suzanne,; Hillyard, Paddy,; Mack, Joanna,; Manley, David,; Pantazis, Christina,; Patsios, Demi,; Pemberton, Simon,; Pomati, Marco,; Prior, Lucy,; Sosenko, Filip,; Tomlinson, Mike,; Wilson, Lisa,
• HerausgeberIn: Bailey, Nick,; Bramley, Glen,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol : : Policy Press, , [2017]; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in Poverty, Inequality and Social Exclusion
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (384 p.) :; 39 Black and White

How many people live in poverty in the UK, and how has this changed over recent decades? Are those in poverty more likely to suffer other forms of disadvantage or social exclusion? Is exclusion multi-dimensional, taking different forms for different groups or places? Based on the largest UK study of its kind ever commissioned, this fascinating book provides the most detailed national picture of these problems. Chapters consider a range of dimensions of disadvantage as well as poverty - access to local services or employment, social relations or civic participation, health and well-being. The book also explores relationships between these in the first truly multi-dimensional analysis of exclusion. Written by leading academics, this is an authoritative account of welfare outcomes achieved across the UK. A companion volume Poverty and Social Exclusion in the UK: Volume 1 focuses on specific groups such as children or older people, and different geographical areas.

Table of Contents

Front Matter -- Contents -- List of tables and figures -- Glossary -- Notes on contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Resources -- Fifty years of poverty in the UK -- Living standards in the UK -- Severe poverty and destitution -- Poverty, local services and austerity -- Participation -- Social participation and social support -- Employment, poverty and social exclusion -- Poverty, social exclusion and civic engagement -- Quality of life -- Poverty and health: thirty years of progress? -- Housing and the living environment -- Poverty and social harm: challenging discourses of risk, resilience and choice -- Financial inclusion, financial stress and debt -- The poverty of well-being -- Bringing it together -- The multidimensional analysis of social exclusion -- Conclusions and emerging themes -- Index