Research Catalog

Title

Social progress in Britain / Anthony F. Heath ; with Elisabeth Garratt [and 3 others].

Author

Heath, A. F. (Anthony Francis)

Publication

Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2018.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Garratt, Elisabeth
• Kashyap, Ridhi

Description

viii, 254 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

In his landmark 1942 report on social insurance Sir William Beveridge talked about the 'five giants on the road to reconstruction' - the giants of Want, Disease, Ignorance, Squalor, and Idleness. 'Social Progress in Britain' investigates how much progress Britain has made in tackling the challenges of material deprivation, ill-health, educational standards, lack of housing, and unemployment in the decades since Beveridge wrote. It also asks how progress in Britain compares with that of peer countries - Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Sweden and the USA. Has Britain been slipping behind? What has been the impact of the increased economic inequality which Britain experienced in the 1980s - has rising economic inequality been mirrored by increasing inequalities in other areas of life too? Have there been increasing inequalities of opportunity between social classes, men and women, and different ethnic groups? And what have been the implications for Britain's sense of social cohesion?

Subject

• Social change > Great Britain > History
• Social change > Cross-cultural studies
• Equality > Great Britain > History
• Equality
• Social change
• Great Britain

Genre/Form

• Cross-cultural studies.
• History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-246) and index.

Contents

Machine generated contents note: 1. Beveridge's Five Giants and Other Challenges to Social Progress -- 2. Fight against Want: Material Prosperity, Inequality, and Poverty / Lindsay Richards -- 3. Fight against Disease: Life Expectancy, Disease, and Lifestyle / Elisabeth Garratt -- 4. Fight against Ignorance: Participation, Standards, and Non-Economic Outcomes / Lindsay Richards -- 5. Fight against Squalor: Overcrowding, Homelessness, and Affordability / Elisabeth Garratt -- 6. Fight against Idleness: Unemployment and Discouraged Workers / Elisabeth Garratt -- 7. Challenge of Inequality of Opportunity: Class, Gender, and Ethnic Inequalities / Lindsay Richards -- 8. Challenge of Social Corrosion: National Identity, Social Divisions, and Disengagement / Lindsay Richards -- 9. Progress in Tackling Beveridge's Five Giants: The Successes and Limitations of Social Reform.

Call Number

JFE 19-2908

ISBN

• 0198805489
• 9780198805489

LCCN

2018940557

OCLC

1018461464

Author

Heath, A. F. (Anthony Francis), author.

Title

Social progress in Britain / Anthony F. Heath ; with Elisabeth Garratt [and 3 others].

Publisher

Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2018.

Edition

First edition.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-246) and index.

Added Author

Garratt, Elisabeth, author.

Kashyap, Ridhi, author.

Research Call Number

JFE 19-2908