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Poverty, wealth and place in Britain, 1968 to 2005 / Daniel Dorling ... [et al.].

Title
Poverty, wealth and place in Britain, 1968 to 2005 / Daniel Dorling ... [et al.].
Publication
Bristol, U.K. : Published for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation by the Policy Press, 2007.

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Additional Authors
  • Dorling, Daniel
  • Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Description
xiv, 111 p. : col. ill., col. maps; 30 cm.
Summary
"This is the first detailed study of the recent geographical distribution of poverty and wealth in Britain. It presents the most comprehensive estimates of the changing levels of poverty and wealth from the late 1960s." "A wide range of secondary data is used, beginning with the first national Poverty in the UK survey of Peter Townsend and colleagues, and ending with data released during the middle of the current decade. The authors extend concepts of social exclusion to establish five household groupings: the 'exclusive wealthy' - those able to exclude themselves from the norms of society; those who are rich but not exclusively so; those who are neither rich nor poor; the 'breadline poor'; and the 'core poor' - those who experience a combination of severe income poverty, material deprivation and subjective poverty." "Poverty and wealth statistics are mapped in detail to explore geographical patterns over the last four decades, and are analysed to determine whether poverty and wealth have become more or less polarised."--BOOK JACKET.
Subject
  • Poverty > Great Britain > Statistics
  • Poverty > Great Britain > Maps
  • Wealth > Great Britain > Statistics
  • Wealth > Great Britain > Maps
  • Great Britain > Economic conditions > Statistics
  • Great Britain > Economic conditions > Maps
Genre/Form
  • Maps
  • Statistics
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 89-91).
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
  • 1. Background. p. 1.
  • 2. Methods. p. 7.
  • 3. measures : breadline poor, core poor, asset wealthy and exclusive wealthy. p. 9.
  • 4. National totals and trends. p. 16.
  • 5. National maps and geographical changes over time. p. 18.
  • 6. Polarisation and spatial concentration. p. 28.
  • 7. Local issues. p. 48.
  • 8. What has happened since 2000?. p. 65.
  • 9. Discussion. p. 84.
  • 10. Conclusions. p. 87.
ISBN
  • 9781861349958 (pbk.)
  • 1861349955 (pbk.)
LCCN
^^2008360429
OCLC
  • 163597611
  • SCSB-11110954
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library