Poverty and Social Inequality in Wales

Originally published in 1980, this book presents a detailed empirical analysis of the key dimensions of inequality and poverty in Wales, discussing such aspects as the distribution of income and wealth, the housing situation, the functioning of the NHS and urban deprivation.

Sommario

Part 1: Dimensions of Social Inequality in Wales 1. Poverty at the Periphery: The Outline of a Perspective on Wales Gareth Rees and Teresa L. Rees 2. Income and Wealth in Wales Paul Wilding 3. Poverty and Housing in Wales: An Account of Current Problems Malcolm Fisk 4. Educational Inequality in Wales: Some Problems and Paradoxes Gareth Rees and Teresa L. Rees 5. Health, the Distribution of Health Services and Poverty in Wales Gareth Rees 6. Urban Deprivation and Urban Policy David T. Herbert Part 2: Towards Explanation 7. Low Pay and No Pay in Wales Denis Gregory 8. Segmented Labour Markets, Female Employment and Poverty in Wales Robert McNabb 9. Industrialisation, Inequality and Deprivation in Rural Wales Glyn Williams 10. Uneven Development, State Intervention and the Generation of Inequality: The Case of Industrial South Wales Gareth Rees 11. Capital Relation and State Dependency: An Analysis of Urban Development Policy in Cardiff Philip Cooke 12. Wales, the Regional Problem and Development Graham Day.

Info autore

Gareth Rees is an Emeritus Professor at WISERD and in the Cardiff School of Social Sciences. He was Director of WISERD from 2010 until 2013. Teresa Rees is a British Social Scientist and Professor at Cardiff University.

Riassunto

Originally published in 1980, this book presents a detailed empirical analysis of the key dimensions of inequality and poverty in Wales, discussing such aspects as the distribution of income and wealth, the housing situation, the functioning of the NHS and urban deprivation.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Gareth Rees Rees
• Con la collaborazione di: Gareth Rees (Editore), Teresa L. Rees (Editore), Rees Teresa L. (Editore)
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.02.2025
• EAN: 9781032437811
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3243781-1
• Pagine: 280
• Serie: Routledge Library Editions: Inequality
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Medicina > Branche non cliniche; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Pedagogia > Pedagogia sociale, assistenza sociale; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Marriage & Family, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Poverty & Homelessness, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Rural, Personal & public health, Illness & addiction: social aspects, Sociology: work & labour, Medical Sociology, Health, illness and addiction: social aspects, Personal and public health / health education, Sociology: work and labour