Towards a more equal society?
Subtitle: poverty, inequality and policy since 1997
By: edited by John Hills, Tom Sefton and Kitty Stewart
Series: CASE studies on poverty, place, and policy; CASE studies on poverty, place, and policy
Publisher: Policy Press in association with the Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Bristol
Language: eng
Number of pages: 415
ISBN-13: 9781847422026; 9781847422019
Subjects: Equality; Conditions sociales; Inégalités sociales; Conditions économiques; Social policy; Politique sociale; Soziale Ungleichheit; Public welfare; Politique gouvernementale; Politique économique; Public Policy; Socialistes
Description: When New Labour came to power in 1997, its leaders asked for it to be judged after 10 years on its success in making Britain 'a more equal society'. This volume provides an independent assessment of the success or otherwise of New Labour's policies.
Notes: Previous edition: 2005.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Poverty, inequality and redistribution  -- Tom Sefton, John Hills and Holly Sutherland; title: 'A scar on the soul of Britain': child poverty and disadvantage  -- Kitty Stewart; title: Education: New Labour's top priority  -- Ruth Lupton, Natalie Heath and Emma Salter; title: More equal working lives? An assessment of New Labour policies  -- Abigail McKnight; title: New Labour and unequal neighbourhoods  -- Anne Power; title: Health inequalities: a persistant problem  -- Franco Sassi; title: Pensions and income security in later life  -- Maria Evandrou and Jane Falkingham; title: Ethnic inequalities: another 10 years of the same?  -- Coretta Phillips; title: Migration, migrants and inequality  -- Jill Rutter and Maria Latorre; title: Moving in the right direction? Public attitudes to poverty, inequality and redistribution  -- Tom Sefton; title: Inequality and the devolved administrations: Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland  -- Tania Burchardt and Holly Holder; title: Poverty, inequality and child well-being in international context: still bottom of the pack?  -- Kitty Stewart; title: The Equality and Human Rights Commission: a new point of departure in the battle against discrimination and disadvantage  -- Polly Vizard; title: Future pressures: intergenerational links, wealth, demography and sustainability  -- John Hills; title: Conclusions: climbing every mountain or retreating from the foothills? -- John Hills, Tom Sefton and Kitty Stewart.