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Losing Out: Emergence of Britain's Underclass


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The separation of the very poorest in society - the underclass - from the rest of the community over the last decade is one of the most alarming features of contemporary Britain, and signals a reversal of the notion of citizenship as an incorporating force. Frank Field has published widely on poverty and related matters, and in this book he examines how the creation of the new underclass has come about: - very high unemployment causes rapid downward social mobility for those denied access to the labour market - the reshaping of British culture around the enterprise ethos has effected a widening in class differences - through restrictions in the benefits system the poor are excluded from rapidly rising living standards - a significant change in public attitudes towards the poor has led to the psychological and political separation of the very poorest from the rest of the community. Frank Field used a wide range of data - much of it from official sources - to show how the poor will continue to lose out while current attitudes persist.

Table of Contents:
Part I A Cycle of Inequality 1. The Condition of the People 2. Class Differences at Birth 3. Educational Inequalities 4. Income Inequalities 5. Health Inequalities Part II Mrs Thatcher's Class Strategy 6. Incomes and Wealth Strategy 7. Incomes Policy for Poverty 8. Welfare Strategies 9. Poll Tax 10. Boosting Middle-class Welfare Part III Fixing the Underclass 11. Unemployment 12. Two-way Social Mobility 13. The Rise of Secondary Employment 14. Destroying Initiative 15. Capital Divisions 16. Completing the Cycle of Deprivation Part IV Freeing the Underclass 17. A National Balance Sheet 18. Re-establishing Full Employment 19. Rebuilding Initiatives 20. Spreading Wealth 21. Encouraging Initiatives 22. Income Floors Index general readers, journalists, students of contemporary British politics and social administration.


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  • ISBN-13: 9780631171485
  • Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: Blackwell Publishers
  • Height: 229 mm
  • Width: 152 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0631171487
  • Publisher Date: 14 Sep 1989
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Sub Title: Emergence of Britain's Underclass


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