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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).
Introduction ~ Ruth Lupton, Kitty Stewart, Tania Burchardt, John Hills and Polly Vizard;
Part One:
Benefits, pensions, tax credits and direct taxes ~ John Hills, Paola De Agostini and Holly Sutherland;
Young children ~ Kitty Stewart and Polina Obolenskaya;
Schools ~ Ruth Lupton, Stephanie Thomson and Polina Obolenskaya;
Further and higher education and skills ~ Ruth Lupton, Lorna Unwin and Stephanie Thomson;
Employment policy since the crisis ~ Abigail McKnight;
Housing ~ Becky Tunstall;
Health ~ Polly Vizard, Polina Obolenskaya and Emily Jones;
Adult social care ~ Tania Burchardt, Polina Obolenskaya and Polly Vizard;
Part Two:
Public and private welfare ~ Tania Burchardt and Polina Obolenskaya;
Socioeconomic inequalities ~ John Hills and Kitty Stewart;
The changing structure of UK inequality since the crisis ~ John Hills, Jack Cunliffe and Polina Obolenskaya;
Spatial inequalities ~ Ruth Lupton, Polina Obolenskaya and Amanda Fitzgerald;
Part Three:
Summary and conclusion ~ John Hills, Ruth Lupton, Tania Burchardt, Kitty Stewart and Polly Vizard.