Eight From transmitted deprivation to social exclusion
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John Welshman
Abstract
This chapter focuses on the way that New Labour has chosen to tackle social exclusion and child poverty from its election in May 1997, relating this to CASE research and to work on poverty dynamics, and looking in particular at the Sure Start initiative. It argues that these, along with the focus on transmission mechanisms and intergenerational continuities, point to marked continuities with the 1970s debate over transmitted deprivation. It also looks at other pressures, most notably those around antisocial behaviour and at Blair’s JRF speech on social exclusion on 5 September 2006. It argues that New Labour started out with a focus on social exclusion. Blair’s Beveridge Lecture on child poverty came out of the blue and the government was increasingly drawn into debates about antisocial behaviour. New initiatives on social exclusion mean that the continuities with transmitted deprivation are now much stronger than ever before.
Abstract
This chapter focuses on the way that New Labour has chosen to tackle social exclusion and child poverty from its election in May 1997, relating this to CASE research and to work on poverty dynamics, and looking in particular at the Sure Start initiative. It argues that these, along with the focus on transmission mechanisms and intergenerational continuities, point to marked continuities with the 1970s debate over transmitted deprivation. It also looks at other pressures, most notably those around antisocial behaviour and at Blair’s JRF speech on social exclusion on 5 September 2006. It argues that New Labour started out with a focus on social exclusion. Blair’s Beveridge Lecture on child poverty came out of the blue and the government was increasingly drawn into debates about antisocial behaviour. New initiatives on social exclusion mean that the continuities with transmitted deprivation are now much stronger than ever before.
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
