| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white) |
| 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 |
This volume addresses the origin and effects of advantage and disadvantage from a global and UK perspective. It provides an overview of a variety of conceptual frameworks and a spectrum of social inequalities, processes, and divisions |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from home page (viewed on January 27, 2016) |
| Subject |
Social history.
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Equality.
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Poverty.
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social history.
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poverty.
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Equality
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Poverty
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Social history
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Dean, Hartley, 1949- editor.
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Platt, Lucinda, editor
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| ISBN |
9780191800597 |
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0191800597 |
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0191056855 |
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9780191056857 |
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