Poor Parents - Social Policy and the 'Cycle of Deprivation'

Originally published in 1974, this book provides a critique of official policy towards families with young children living on low incomes and looks in detail at some of the myths prevalent in the public debate - both political and academic - about the 'cycle of deprivation'.

List of contents

1.Introduction Joseph Melling 2. Property Relations and Housing Policy: Oldham in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries Caroline Beade 3. State, Class and Housing: Glasgow 1885-1919 Seán Damer 4. Housing Policy in Leeds Between the Wars Robert Finnigan 5. Clydeside Housing and the Evolution of State Rent Control, 1900-1939 Joseph Melling 6. The Standard of Council Housing in Inter-War North Shields - A Case Study in the Politics of Reproduction David Byrne 7. Class Struggle, Social Policy and State Structure: Central-Local Relations and Housing Policy, 1919-1939 Jennifer Dale.
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Product details

• Authors: Bill Jordan
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 15.07.2025
• EAN: 9781041069850
• ISBN: 978-1-041-06985-0
• No. of pages: 206
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Social Administration & Social Policy
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research; Sociology, Medicine, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Work, Social welfare & social services, Social issues & processes, Social welfare and social services, Social and ethical issues, Medicine and Nursing, social security;family policy;housing policy;unemployment