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One Sir Keith Joseph and the cycle speech
Abstract
This chapter explores the cycle of deprivation speech, aiming to understand its content and immediate origins. It examines the drafting of the speech within the DHSS; the content of the speech itself; the evidence that Joseph cited in support of it; and the links between the speech and the parallel Preparation for Parenthood initiative. It also traces Joseph’s ongoing interest in the cycle in the years after 1972. It argues that the speech is primarily an individual obsession of Joseph’s, but that civil servants who had been transferred from the Home Office played a key part in the drafting of it. It notes that while the speech located the problems of families within the broader context of poverty and disadvantage, the primary focus is on individual behaviour and parenting. Joseph’s evidence is mainly drawn from psychiatric and criminological literature. It opines that there is much evidence that Joseph continued to be troubled by the cycle in the years after 1972.
Abstract
This chapter explores the cycle of deprivation speech, aiming to understand its content and immediate origins. It examines the drafting of the speech within the DHSS; the content of the speech itself; the evidence that Joseph cited in support of it; and the links between the speech and the parallel Preparation for Parenthood initiative. It also traces Joseph’s ongoing interest in the cycle in the years after 1972. It argues that the speech is primarily an individual obsession of Joseph’s, but that civil servants who had been transferred from the Home Office played a key part in the drafting of it. It notes that while the speech located the problems of families within the broader context of poverty and disadvantage, the primary focus is on individual behaviour and parenting. Joseph’s evidence is mainly drawn from psychiatric and criminological literature. It opines that there is much evidence that Joseph continued to be troubled by the cycle in the years after 1972.
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents iii
- Acknowledgements v
- Abbreviations vii
- Timeline: from transmitted deprivation to social exclusion viii
- Introduction 1
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The cycle hypothesis
- Sir Keith Joseph and the cycle speech 25
- From problem families to the cycle of deprivation 51
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The Transmitted Deprivation Research Programme
- Conceptual difficulties: setting up the Research Programme 79
- From a cycle of deprivation to cycles of disadvantage 107
- The final years of the Research Programme 139
- Poverty, structure, and behaviour: three social scientists 175
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New Labour and the cycle of deprivation
- The broader context: social exclusion, poverty dynamics, and the revival of agency 207
- From transmitted deprivation to social exclusion 233
- Conclusion 261
- References 271
- Index 295
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents iii
- Acknowledgements v
- Abbreviations vii
- Timeline: from transmitted deprivation to social exclusion viii
- Introduction 1
-
The cycle hypothesis
- Sir Keith Joseph and the cycle speech 25
- From problem families to the cycle of deprivation 51
-
The Transmitted Deprivation Research Programme
- Conceptual difficulties: setting up the Research Programme 79
- From a cycle of deprivation to cycles of disadvantage 107
- The final years of the Research Programme 139
- Poverty, structure, and behaviour: three social scientists 175
-
New Labour and the cycle of deprivation
- The broader context: social exclusion, poverty dynamics, and the revival of agency 207
- From transmitted deprivation to social exclusion 233
- Conclusion 261
- References 271
- Index 295
