Good Times, Bad Times

This revised edition uses extensive updated research and survey evidence to challenge the view of 'skivers versus strivers', showing how much our lives vary not just as we age, but from week-to-week and year-to-year.

Sommario

Preface;
Introduction: Them and us;
Are the poor too expensive? Redistribution and the welfare state;
The long view: Social policies and the life cycle;
It's complicated: High frequency living;
Good years, bad years: Reacting to change;
The long wave: Wealth and retirement;
The longest wave: From generation to generation;
A moving backdrop: Economic crisis, cuts, growth and ageing;
Conclusion: Britain's misunderstood welfare state.

Info autore

JOHN HILLS is Vice Chair of the Association for Family Therapy and British correspondent of the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy.

Riassunto

This revised edition uses extensive updated research and survey evidence to challenge the view of 'skivers versus strivers', showing how much our lives vary not just as we age, but from week-to-week and year-to-year.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: John Hills, John (London School of Economics and Political Science) Hills
• Editore: Policy Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 28.02.2017
• EAN: 9781447336471
• ISBN: 978-1-4473-3647-1
• Pagine: 354
• Dimensioni: 145 mm x 222 mm x 23 mm
• Peso: 577 g
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Pedagogia > Pedagogia sociale, assistenza sociale