A generation of change, a lifetime of difference? Social policy in Britain since 1979
A generation of change, a lifetime of difference? Social policy in Britain since 1979
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Abstract
This book addresses the historical development of social and fiscal policies from the late 1970s to the present day by asking what has changed, how these changes have affected the lifecourse and what the potential lifetime impacts of policy change are. This book provides an overview of the development of policy change over the period and uses an innovative and unique lifetime approach ‘from the cradle to the grave’ to put it into perspective. The chapters begin by reviewing the political changes and policy story since the 1970s and they demonstrate the economic and social changes that have occurred alongside. The book then takes an innovative approach in looking at specific programmes about crucial aspects of the lifecycle — from maternity and childhood, through to adult events and risks before finally looking at retirement, survivorship and death. Finally, profiles of three hypothetical ‘families’ — the Meades, who are median earners, the Moores, high earners and the Lowes who are low paid — are developed for 1979, 1997 and 2008 to provide a comprehensive discussion of policy change and make innovative insights for the future. This book joins up the history of policy direction with an analysis of outcomes over the whole period.
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Front Matter
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Introduction
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Part one A generation of change
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Part Two From the cradle to the grave
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Childhood
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Working age: taxation
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Working age: safety nets and housing
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Working age risks: social insurance
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Working age risks: disability, caring and lone parenthood
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Old age and retirement
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Childhood
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Part Three A lifetime of difference?
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Taxes, benefits and national profiles of inequality and poverty
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LOIS and model lifetimes
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The Meades
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The Moores
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The Lowes
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Conclusion: a generation of change, a lifetime of difference?
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Taxes, benefits and national profiles of inequality and poverty
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End Matter
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