Notes on contributors

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents iii
3. List of tables and figures iv
4. Glossary viii
5. Notes on contributors xii
6. Acknowledgements xv
7. Introduction 1
8. Resources
9. Fifty years of poverty in the UK 27
10. Living standards in the UK 57
11. Severe poverty and destitution 91
12. Poverty, local services and austerity 113
13. Participation
14. Social participation and social support 137
15. Employment, poverty and social exclusion 159
16. Poverty, social exclusion and civic engagement 179
17. Quality of life
18. Poverty and health: thirty years of progress? 203
19. Housing and the living environment 225
20. Poverty and social harm: challenging discourses of risk, resilience and choice 245
21. Financial inclusion, financial stress and debt 267
22. The poverty of well-being 289
23. Bringing it together
24. The multidimensional analysis of social exclusion 311
25. Conclusions and emerging themes 343
26. Index 363