| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xiv, 374 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Contains bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
Part I. Concepts and theory -- 1. Poverty and social exclusion / Hartley Dean -- 2. The capability approach to advantage and disadvantage / Tania Burchardt ; Rod Hick -- 3. The human rights and equalities agenda / Polly Vizard -- 4. Class, capitals, and social mobility / Lucinda Platt -- Part II. Advantage and disadvantage across the life course -- 5. The family disadvantage / Kitty Stewart -- 6. Education and learning / Sonia Exley -- 7. The income distribution in the UK: a picture of advantage and disadvantage / Stephen P. Jenkins -- 8. Accumulated advantage and disadvantage: the role of wealth / John Hills ; Jack Cunliffe -- 9. Divisions of labour and work / Hartley Dean -- 10. Ageing and disadvantage / Emily Grundy -- Part III. Cross-cutting themes -- 11. Gender and (dis)advantage / Margarita Léon -- 12. 'Race' and ethnicity / Coretta Phillips ; Lucinda Platt -- 13. Citizenship and Migration / Isabel Shutes -- 14. Religious advantage and disadvantage / Malcolm Torry -- 15. Social disadvantage and place / Neil Lee -- 16. Social disadvantage, crime, and punishment / Tim Newburn -- Part IV. Conclusion -- 17. Conclusions / Lucinda Platt ; Hartley Dean. |
| Summary |
"The book critically discussesfrom a global and a UK perspectivea spectrum of conceptual frameworks and ideas relating to poverty, social exclusion, capability deprivation, rights violations, social immobility, and human or social capital deficiency. It addresses the advantage and disadvantage from a life course perspective through discussions of family and childhood, education, work, old age, and the dynamics of income and wealth. It considers cross-cutting divides that are implicated in the social construction and maintenance of advantage and disadvantage, including divisions premised on gender, 'race' and ethnicity, migration, religion, neighbourhood, and the experience of crime" -- from back cover. |
| Subject |
Social history.
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Equality.
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Poverty.
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Equality. (OCoLC)fst00914456
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Poverty. (OCoLC)fst01074093
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Social history. (OCoLC)fst01122498
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Soziale Ungleichheit. (DE-588)4055736-4
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Soziale Situation. (DE-588)4077575-6
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Vorteil. (DE-588)4188732-3
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Nachteil. (DE-588)4440395-1
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Ausgrenzung. (DE-588)4300539-1
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Soziale Klasse. (DE-588)4077571-9
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| Added Author |
Dean, Hartley, 1949- editor.
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Platt, Lucinda, editor.
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| ISBN |
9780198737087 (paperback) |
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0198737084 (paperback) |
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9780198737070 (hardback) |
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0198737076 (hardback) |
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