Social Policy in a Cold Climate: Policies and their Consequences since the Crisis (CASE Studies on Poverty, Place and Policy) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1447327721 ISBN 13: 9781447327721

Publisher: Policy Press, 2016

Synopsis

Social Policy in a Cold Climate offers a data-rich, evidence-based analysis of the impact Labour and coalition government policies have had on inequality and on the delivery of services such as health, education, adult social care, housing and employment in the wake of the greatest recession of our time.

The authors provide an authoritative and unflinching analysis of recent approaches to social policy and their outcomes following the financial crisis, with particular focus on poverty and inequality. Through a detailed look at spending, outputs and outcomes the book offers a unique appraisal of Labour and the coalition’s impact as well as an insightful assessment of future directions.

This volume offers a much-awaited follow-up to the critically acclaimed ‘A more equal society?’ (2005) and ‘Towards a more equal society?’ (2009).

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About the Author

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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Policy Press
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1447327721
• ISBN 13: 9781447327721
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 342
• Editor: Lupton Ruth, Burchardt Tania, Hills John, Stewart Kitty, Vizard Polly