Title Action on poverty in the UK / Sarah Page, Martin Coates, Julie Tipping, Juliette Frangos, Katy Goldstraw, editors

Published Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, 2023

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Description 1 online resource (xxvii, 351 pages) : illustrations (some color) Series Sustainable development goals series, 2523-3092 Sustainable development goals series, 2523-3092 Contents Section 1: defining the poverty issue.-1 Introduction -- 2 Defining Poverty -- 3 A History of Poverty -- 4 The Stigmatisation of Poverty -- 5 Families in poverty -- 6 Addictions, Sexual Exploitation and Poverty -- 7 Poverty as a Public Health and Community Safety Concern -- 8 Welfare Reform: A Solution or Driver of Poverty? -- 9 Supply and demand: the need for debt advice specialists and how we create them -- 10 Poverty and precarious work -- 11 Lived experience of prison and probation and employment challenges -- 12 Experiencing homelessness and attempts to eliminate homelessness -- 13 Seeking asylum and refuge -- 14 Carbon pathways: The interplay between Poverty and climate change in the UK -- Section 2: anti-poverty work examples -- 15 The Hull We Want -- 16 The role Children's Hospices can play in tackling poverty in the UK -- 17 Addressing children's food poverty in a rural county -- 18 Trussell Trust : food poverty and Jo Hill Joanna Ralphs-Hill -- 19 Addressing digital poverty through community engagement -- 20 Housing First in England : an uncertain future -- 21 Preventing food poverty: light at the end of the tunnel? 22. 'Period poverty' in Stoke-on-Trent, UK: new insights into gendered poverty and the lived experiences of austerity -- 23 Raising Voices: Acting against poverty through lived experiences and creativity -- 24 Insight through experience: Who decides what positive practice looks like? -- 25 Faith Based Work to Tackle Poverty -- 26 The 100 Year Plan: Planning for Change, Long Term -- 27 Visioning for the Future Summary Action on Poverty in the UK is an original and significant statement on the lived experiences of contemporary capitalism. Edited by academics at Staffordshire University with a shared and important project of co-production and participatory practice, this book is the start of the action on poverty conversation -- a conversation that covers novel conceptual, methodological, political and policy strands. It is grounded in the real-world struggles and strategies of social and economic development. This book speaks to academics and professionals working on the anti-poverty agenda and to students in Sociology, Criminology, Law, Politics, Social Welfare Law, Social Work, Community Development, Community Nursing and Public Health. Sarah Page is Senior Lecturer in Criminology and teaches on the MA Leadership in Action on Poverty, at Staffordshire University, UK. Martin Coates is Lecturer on the MA Leadership in Action on Poverty, and Social Welfare Law, Policy and Advice Practice degree at Staffordshire University, UK. Martin has over 20 years of experience of working social welfare field of law, policy and advice. Julie Tipping is Senior Lecturer and the Course Leader for the MA Leadership in Action on Poverty at Staffordshire University, UK; she also teaches on the Social Welfare Law, Policy and Advice Practice degree. Juliette Frangos is Senior Lecturer at Staffordshire University, UK, and Course Leader for the Certificate of Credit in Money Advice Practice; she also teaches on the MA Leadership in Action on Poverty and the Social Welfare Law, Policy and Advice Practice degree. Katy Goldstraw is Senior Lecturer in Health and Social Care at Staffordshire University, UK Notes Includes index Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed September 21, 2023) Subject Poverty -- Great Britain -- Prevention Poverty -- Government policy -- Great Britain Politics and government. Poverty -- Government policy. Poverty -- Prevention. SUBJECT Great Britain -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056868 Subject Great Britain. Form Electronic book Author Page, Sarah, editor Coates, Martin, editor Tipping, Julie, editor Frangos, Juliette, editor Goldstraw, Katy, editor ISBN 9783031371820 3031371828

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