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1st |
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Shorts Insights |
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Policy Press shorts. Insights.
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| Summary |
Epdf available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence In our society, a wealthy minority flourish, while around one-fifth experience chronic poverty and many people on middle incomes fear for their futures. Social policy has failed to find answers to these problems and there is now a demand for a new narrative to enable us to escape from the crisis in our society. With the aim of ending poverty, this book argues that we need to start with the society we want, rather than framing poverty as a problem to be solved. It calls for a bold forward-looking social policy that addresses continuing aust. |
| Contents |
1. The narrative on poverty has failed -- 2. The society we have -- 3. The society we want -- 4. How do we achieve a good society without poverty? -- 5. Who does what to produce a good society? -- 6. Towards transformation -- Index. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Poverty.
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Social policy.
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Pauvreté.
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Politique sociale.
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poverty.
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public policy.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- General.
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Poverty
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Social policy
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| Indexed Term |
social justice |
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social policy |
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new narrative |
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poverty |
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good society |
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Civil society |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9781447340010 |
| ISBN |
9781447340614 (electronic bk.) |
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1447340612 (electronic bk.) |
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9781447340621 (electronic bk.) |
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1447340620 (electronic bk.) |
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9781447340638 (electronic bk.) |
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1447340639 (electronic bk.) |
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9781447340607 (pbk.) |
| Standard No. |
UKMGB 018385858 |
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