Download or read book Fifth Report on the Standing Reference written by Great Britain. Royal Commission on the Distribution of Income and Wealth and published by Stationery Office Books (TSO). This book was released on 1979 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Report analysing surveys of income trends between and within occupations in the UK - presents research methodology, and covers differences in earnings by industry, occupational structure, age group and self employed status, noting fringe benefit and taxation factors. Graphs, references and statistical tables.
Download or read book Inequality Knowledge written by Felix Römer and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2023-11-06 with total page 523 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poverty and inequality have pervaded British society to this day, but this has not always been self-evident to contemporaries – popular understandings have depended on existing knowledge. Inequality Knowledge provides the first detailed history of the numbers about the gap between rich and poor. It shows how they were produced, used, and suppressed at times, and how activists, scientists, and journalists eventually wrestled control over the figures from the state. The book traces the making and the politics of statistical knowledge about economic inequality in the United Kingdom from the post-war era to the 1990s. What kind of knowledge was available to contemporaries about socio-economic disparities in Britain and how they evolved over time? How was this knowledge produced and by whom? What did policy makers and civil servants know about the extent of poverty and inequality in British society and to what extent did they take the distributional impact of their social and fiscal policies into account? Far from just a technical matter, inequality knowledge had far-reaching implications for key debates and the wider political culture in contemporary Britain. Historicizing inequality knowledge speaks to a long tradition of historical research about social class divisions and cultural representations of economic disparities in twentieth-century Britain.
Download or read book Income Distribution and the Macroeconomy written by Brian Nolan and published by CUP Archive. This book was released on 1987 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Towards a more equal society written by Hills, John and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2009-02-25 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When New Labour came to power in 1997, its leaders asked for it to be judged after ten years on its success in making Britain 'a more equal society'. As it approaches the end of an unprecedented third term in office, this book asks whether Britain has indeed moved in that direction. The highly successful earlier volume A more equal society? was described by Polly Toynbee as the LSE's mighty judgement on inequality. Now this second volume by the same team of authors provides an independent assessment of the success or otherwise of New Labour's policies over a longer period. It provides: · consideration by a range of expert authors of a broad set of indicators and policy areas affecting poverty, inequality and social exclusion; · analysis of developments up to the third term on areas including income inequality, education, employment, health inequalities, neighbourhoods, minority ethnic groups, children and older people; · an assessment of outcomes a decade on, asking whether policies stood up to the challenges, and whether successful strategies have been sustained or have run out of steam; chapters on migration, social attitudes, the devolved administrations, the new Equality and Human Rights Commission, and future pressures. The book is essential reading for academic and student audiences with an interest in contemporary social policy, as well as for all those seeking an objective account of Labour's achievements in power.
Download or read book The Political Economy of the Welfare State written by Thomas Wilson and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2021-11-21 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the early 1980s, the welfare state, for too long regarded as a notable contribution to the establishment of a humane social order, had over the previous decade come under increasing attack. Some of its critics, especially in the UK and the USA, maintained that it had failed to deal satisfactorily with the problem of poverty. Others held that it was over-elaborate, created a psychology of dependence and imposed costs that needed to be reduced as part of a policy of general economic recovery. In a number of countries, cuts had already been imposed or were now contemplated. In this situation it was crucially important to direct attention once more to the basic objectives of the various welfare services from a systematic and comparative standpoint. Originally published in 1982, the authors of this book, one an economist and the other a specialist in social administration, subjected these aims to rigorous analysis and discuss the underlying issues of social philosophy. They then attempt to assess the various methods adopted for their attainment in Britain and comment on those adopted in the USA and in some continental European countries. Although the authors reject the more extreme assertion that the welfare state has been a failure, they point to the need to relate some of the policies followed more clearly to the basic objectives. A number of proposals for reform are put forward which would imply some change of emphasis and should permit a simplification of existing over-complex arrangements.
Download or read book Inequality in a Context of Climate Crisis after COVID written by David Byrne and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-06-17 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inequality in a Context of Climate Crisis after COVID uses a complex realist approach to examine the crisis of three interconnected problems: economic inequality, climate change, and the COVID-19 pandemic. Widely acknowledged as the key driver of political discontent and social instability, economic inequality across high and middle-income countries is profoundly interconnected with climate change. Both of these issues are now set within the particularly acute context of COVID-19 and its aftermath. Confronting the crisis of these inherently interwoven issues is now the major problem for all political and governance systems. This book uses a complex realist frame of reference to understand the character of social-cultural-economic-political-ecological systems. It gives us a vocabulary and modes of thinking to confront these societal challenges and inform future action. Contributing to our thinking about dynamic social systems, this text deploys complex realism to understand our trajectory towards increasing inequality. It puts complexity to work in addressing fundamental social issues in a context of climate crisis after COVID-19. This book will be of interest to students and scholars across the social sciences, in particular to those studying social inequality, climate change, heterodox economics, complex systems, and Master's students in prgrammes with an applied focus. It will be of use to policymakers and practitioners.
Download or read book Government Publications written by Great Britain. Her Majesty's Stationery Office and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Social Research and Royal Commissions Routledge Revivals written by Martin Bulmer and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-06-11 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Social scientists have proposed several different models for the relationship between social science theory, empirical social research and the actual making of public social policy. This book, first published in 1980, seeks to provide a critical analysis of the impact of research on policy through the detailed examination of the part which research played in the work of Royal Commissions of Inquiry, the bodies set up by government to consider, gather evidence on, report and make recommendations about specific policy areas. This titles varied and stimulating chapters will serve to shed considerable light, not all of it positive, upon the potential contribution of the social sciences to the practice of government. This book will be of interest to students of the social sciences, particularly sociology and politics.
Download or read book From Policy to Practice written by Martin Rein and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-29 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title was first published 1983. A common method, concern, and argument underlie all of these essays. The method is 'value critical'. The concern is with a more institutionally grounded understanding of why governments do what they do. The argument is substantive, dealing with concrete issues such as the claim for economic resources, social protection and the organization of social services....The canonical (that is, the conventional and normative) view is thrown into question, on the implicit assumption that things do not work as expected, that there is inherently a difference between the text and the message.
Download or read book Studies in Economics and Political Science written by Various Authors and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-07-30 with total page 2520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 13-volume collection originally published between 1929 and 1982 contains a selection of titles from the fields of economics and political science. Many individual titles focus on Britain and include topics such as democracy; environmental planning; foreign policy; legislation; microeconomics; national income; and the welfare state. The earliest title looks at the nature of nationality, and two further titles look at politics in France. This set will be an insight for those interested in the history of either field.
Download or read book Official Report of the Debates of the House of Commons written by Canada. Parliament. House of Commons and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 636 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Journals of the House of Commons of the Dominion of Canada written by Canada. Parliament. House of Commons and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Economics of Inequality written by Anthony Barnes Atkinson and published by Oxford [Oxfordshire] : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1983 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a substantially rewritten edition of an acclaimed examination of income and wealth distribution. Atkinson explains, through economic analysis, the observed differences in income and wealth and considers the impact of government measures, particularly taxation, on income and wealth redistribution.
Download or read book Fifth Report from the Select Committee Appointed to Take Into Consideration the State of the Administration of Justice in the Provinces of Bengal Bahar and Orissa written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee on the State of the Administration of Justice in Bengal, Bahar, and Orissa and published by . This book was released on 1782 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Journals Being the First Session of the First Provincial Parliament 1841 Fifth Session of the Eighth Provincial Parliament 1866 written by Canada. Parliament. Legislative Council and published by . This book was released on 1864 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Britain written by and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Fifth Report of Session 2012 13 written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: European Scrutiny Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2012 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
