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...

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