Losing Out
Losing Out
Summary
The separation of the very poorest in society - the underclass - from the rest of the community over the last decade is a feature of contemporary Britain, and signals a reversal of the notion of citizenship as an incorporating force. Here Field examines how a new underclass has come about.
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Losing Out by Frank Field
The separation of the very poorest in society - the underclass - from the rest of the community over the last decade is one of the most alarming features of contemporary Britain, and signals a reversal of the notion of citizenship as an incorporating force. Frank Field has published widely on poverty and related matters, and in this book examines how the creation of the new underclass has come about: - very high unemployment causes rapid downward social mobility for those denied access to the labour market - the reshaping of British culture around the enterprise ethos has effected a widening in class differences - through restrictions in the benefits system the poor are excluded from rapidly rising living standards - a significant change in public attitudes towards the poor has led to the psychological and political separation of the very poorest from the rest of the community. Frank Field used a wide range of data - much of it from official sources - to show how the poor will continue to lose out while current attitudes persist.
Field, Frank: -
Frank Field has been the Labour Member of the Parliament for Birkenhead since 1979. He has been a front-bench spokesman on education and social security, chairman of the Commons Social Services Select Committee and is currently the chairman of the Social Security Select Committee. His recent publications include Losing Out: The Emergence of Britain's Underclass and An Agenda for Britain.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780631171492 |
| ISBN 10 | 0631171495 |
| Title | Losing Out |
| Author | Frank Field |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | John Wiley and Sons Ltd |
| Year published | 1989-09-14 |
| Number of pages | 196 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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