Action on Poverty in the UK
Juliette Frangos isSenior Lecturer at Staffordshire University, UK, and Course Leader for the Certificate of Credit in Money Advice Practice; she also teaches on the MA Leadership in Action on Poverty and the Social Welfare Law, Policy and Advice Practice degree. Katy Goldstraw is Senior Lecturer in...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Palgrave Macmillan
2023, 2023
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2023 |
| Series: | Sustainable Development Goals Series
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | Juliette Frangos isSenior Lecturer at Staffordshire University, UK, and Course Leader for the Certificate of Credit in Money Advice Practice; she also teaches on the MA Leadership in Action on Poverty and the Social Welfare Law, Policy and Advice Practice degree. Katy Goldstraw is Senior Lecturer in Health and Social Care at Staffordshire University, UK. This book speaks to academics and professionals working on the anti-poverty agenda and to students in Sociology, Criminology, Law, Politics, Social Welfare Law, Social Work, Community Development, Community Nursing and Public Health. Sarah Page is Senior Lecturer in Criminology and teaches on the MA Leadership in Action on Poverty, at Staffordshire University, UK. Martin Coates is Lecturer on the MA Leadership in Action on Poverty, and Social Welfare Law, Policy and Advice Practice degree at Staffordshire University, UK. Martin has over 20 years of experience of working social welfare field of law, policy and advice. Julie Tipping is Senior Lecturer and the Course Leader for the MA Leadership in Action on Poverty at Staffordshire University, UK; she also teaches on the Social Welfare Law, Policy and Advice Practice degree. “The book will appeal to academics across the social sciences, as well as policymakers and practitioners grappling notions and experiences of poverty and hardship. I applaud the editors in bringing together such a rich mix of contributing authors with different backgrounds and life-trajectories, which has resulted in a brilliant toolbox-offering of lived experiences from some places, with lessons for other places.” -Professor Martin Jones, VC of Staffordshire University, UK Action on Poverty in the UK is an original and significant statement on the lived experiences of contemporary capitalism. Edited by academics at Staffordshire University with a shared and important project of co-production and participatory practice, this book is the start of the action on poverty conversation—a conversation that covers novel conceptual, methodological, political and policy strands. It is grounded in the real-world struggles and strategies of social and economic development. |
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| Physical Description: | XXVII, 351 p. 15 illus., 12 illus. in color online resource |
| ISBN: | 9783031371820 |