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Fourteen Conclusion: building on the legacy of Peter Townsend
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Abstract
This chapter pulls together the main threads linking each of the previous chapters, summarises their contributions to a policy manifesto inspired by Peter and emphasises the main issues for research, teaching and campaigning intended to promote social justice. It then considers the challenges that this presents to the major constituency that Peter addressed throughout his life, policy makers. It finally turns inwards, to colleagues and students of social policy, to encourage them to be inspired by Peter’s legacy, to take up the torch of social justice and, in doing so, to become more public in their campaign.
Abstract
This chapter pulls together the main threads linking each of the previous chapters, summarises their contributions to a policy manifesto inspired by Peter and emphasises the main issues for research, teaching and campaigning intended to promote social justice. It then considers the challenges that this presents to the major constituency that Peter addressed throughout his life, policy makers. It finally turns inwards, to colleagues and students of social policy, to encourage them to be inspired by Peter’s legacy, to take up the torch of social justice and, in doing so, to become more public in their campaign.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Front Matter i
- Contents v
- List of figures and tables vii
- Preface viii
- Notes on contributors ix
- The legacy of Peter Townsend 1
- The making of a pioneer researcher: reflections from Peter Townsend’s life story 29
- Peter Townsend, a man ahead of his time: re-reading The family life of old people and The last refuge 59
- The case for universal child benefit 79
- Poverty 91
- Social justice for children: investigating and eradicating child poverty 111
- For universalism and against the means test 133
- Underclass, overclass, ruling class, supernova class 153
- Addressing health inequalities: building on Peter Townsend’s legacy 175
- Towards a new sociology of ageing: from structured dependency to critical gerontology 193
- Disability: prospects for social inclusion 223
- Putting the lawyers in their place: the role of human rights in the struggle against poverty 241
- Radicalising social policy in the 21st century: a global approach 257
- Conclusion: building on the legacy of Peter Townsend 275
- Index 303
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Front Matter i
- Contents v
- List of figures and tables vii
- Preface viii
- Notes on contributors ix
- The legacy of Peter Townsend 1
- The making of a pioneer researcher: reflections from Peter Townsend’s life story 29
- Peter Townsend, a man ahead of his time: re-reading The family life of old people and The last refuge 59
- The case for universal child benefit 79
- Poverty 91
- Social justice for children: investigating and eradicating child poverty 111
- For universalism and against the means test 133
- Underclass, overclass, ruling class, supernova class 153
- Addressing health inequalities: building on Peter Townsend’s legacy 175
- Towards a new sociology of ageing: from structured dependency to critical gerontology 193
- Disability: prospects for social inclusion 223
- Putting the lawyers in their place: the role of human rights in the struggle against poverty 241
- Radicalising social policy in the 21st century: a global approach 257
- Conclusion: building on the legacy of Peter Townsend 275
- Index 303
