Rethinking Poverty
Knight, Barry
Rethinking Poverty - Bristol Policy Press 2017 - 1 electronic resource (184 p.)
Open Access
Epdf available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. There is a demand for a new narrative to enable us to escape from the crisis in our society. This book argues that we need to start with the society we want, rather than framing poverty as a problem to be solved. It calls for a bold forward-looking social policy that addresses continuing austerity, under-resourced organisations and a lack of social solidarity. Based on a research programme carried out by the Webb Memorial Trust involving leading organisations, academics, community activists, children, and surveys of more than 12,000 people living in poverty, a key theme is power which shows that the way forward is to increase people’s sense of agency in building the society that they want.
Creative Commons
English
9781447340638
10.1332/9781447340638 doi
Poverty & unemployment
social justice social policy new narrative poverty good society Civil society London
Rethinking Poverty - Bristol Policy Press 2017 - 1 electronic resource (184 p.)
Open Access
Epdf available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. There is a demand for a new narrative to enable us to escape from the crisis in our society. This book argues that we need to start with the society we want, rather than framing poverty as a problem to be solved. It calls for a bold forward-looking social policy that addresses continuing austerity, under-resourced organisations and a lack of social solidarity. Based on a research programme carried out by the Webb Memorial Trust involving leading organisations, academics, community activists, children, and surveys of more than 12,000 people living in poverty, a key theme is power which shows that the way forward is to increase people’s sense of agency in building the society that they want.
Creative Commons
English
9781447340638
10.1332/9781447340638 doi
Poverty & unemployment
social justice social policy new narrative poverty good society Civil society London