POVERTY AND SOCIAL EXCLUSION IN THE UK: VOLUME 1 - THE NATURE AND EXTENT OF THE PROBLEM - STUDIES IN POVERTY, INEQUALITY AND SOCIAL EXCLUSION. Dieser Artikel ist nicht verfügbar.POVERTY AND SOCIAL EXCLUSION IN THE UK: VOLUME 1 - THE NATURE AND EXTENT OF THE PROBLEM - STUDIES IN POVERTY, INEQUALITY AND SOCIAL EXCLUSION

This text provides insights into the nature and extent of poverty and social exclusion in the UK today for different social groups: older and younger people; parents and children; ethnic groups; men and women; disabled people; and across regions through the recent period of austerity.

Esther Dermott is Professor of Sociology and Head of the School for Policy Studies at the University of Bristol. A sociologist of family life, her research centres on developing a sociological account of 'good' parenting that is both conceptually robust and practically relevant. This has involved exploring the relationship between families, gender, and intra-household poverty as a member of the Poverty and Social Exclusion 2012 team. She is co-editor of The Sociology of Children and Families Policy Press book series; co-editor of Open Space in the journal Families, Relationships and Societies; and board member of the European Sociological Association Research Network on Families and Relationships (RN13).

Gill Main is a University Academic Fellow at the University of Leeds. Her research focuses on child and youth poverty and well-being, and especially on incorporating children's accounts and perspectives into understandings and measures of child poverty. She was involved in exploring child poverty as a member of the Poverty and Social Exclusion 2012 team. She is co-editor of the Policy Press Journal of Poverty and Social Justice.