Author: Child Poverty Action Group
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Languages : en
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Child Poverty Action Group Campaigns for a Better Deal for the Poor
Author: Child Poverty Action Group
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Languages : en
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Pressure for the Poor
Author: Paul Whiteley
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429881584
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Originally published in 1987 Pressure for the Poor looks at the debate surrounding the role of pressure groups in policy making. It closely relates theories of pressure group behaviour with the findings of research into the poverty lobby in the UK. The analysis is based on interviews with leading activists in more than forty interest groups, which are all concerned with trying to influence social security policies of government in the field of income maintenance. The book examines the origins and maintenance of such a wide range of interest groups in in this field, the strategies they pursue, and their impact on policy outcomes.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429881584
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Originally published in 1987 Pressure for the Poor looks at the debate surrounding the role of pressure groups in policy making. It closely relates theories of pressure group behaviour with the findings of research into the poverty lobby in the UK. The analysis is based on interviews with leading activists in more than forty interest groups, which are all concerned with trying to influence social security policies of government in the field of income maintenance. The book examines the origins and maintenance of such a wide range of interest groups in in this field, the strategies they pursue, and their impact on policy outcomes.
Manifesto of the Child Poverty Action Group
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Languages : en
Pages : 10
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Pages : 10
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Our Children
Author: Child Poverty Action Group (N.Z.)
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780958226301
Category : Poor
Languages : en
Pages : 52
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ISBN: 9780958226301
Category : Poor
Languages : en
Pages : 52
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Poor and Powerless
Author: Jane Lorant
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780903963428
Category : Fuel
Languages : en
Pages : 45
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ISBN: 9780903963428
Category : Fuel
Languages : en
Pages : 45
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Family Poverty
Author: David Bull
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
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Category : Economic assistance, Domestic
Languages : en
Pages : 232
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Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
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Category : Economic assistance, Domestic
Languages : en
Pages : 232
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More Than One in Three Children in this Country are Living in Poverty
Author: Child Poverty Action Group
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Languages : en
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The Poor and the Poorest
Author: Brian Abel-Smith
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Category : Cost and Standard of Living
Languages : en
Pages : 88
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Category : Cost and Standard of Living
Languages : en
Pages : 88
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The best start in life?
Author: Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Work and Pensions Committee
Publisher: The Stationery Office
ISBN: 9780215514080
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
The Government has set itself the challenging target of halving the number of children living in poverty by 2010-11 and eradicating child poverty by 2020. With 2010 fast approaching, Ministers are still committed to the targets, and the Committee wanted to ascertain whether DWP has the right measures in place to meet its objectives. Significant progress has been made, but the target remains challenging: there are still 2.8 million children living in poverty and the most recent data shows a slight increase in this number. The Committee is convinced of the damaging effect of poverty on a child's self-esteem and expectations, and also its effects in contributing to social exclusion. Children growing up in poverty are also more likely to have poorer health and poorer educational outcomes. There are groups of children who have a much higher risk of growing up in poverty, for example if they or a parent are disabled, and there are higher poverty rates amongst Pakistani, Bangladeshi and black children. Getting parents into sustainable work should be the focus of the strategy to lift them and their children out of poverty, but there are concerns that the Jobseekers' Allowance regime is not sufficiently flexible to reflect the complexity of lone parents' lives. To eradicate child poverty by 2020, the Government needs a long-term strategy on benefit income for those who are unable to work. If benefits are uprated in line with inflation, the gap between the incomes of those in work and those on benefits will only get wider, as benefits will not keep pace with earnings. As poverty is measured as a percentage of median earnings, the implications for the 2020 target, in particular, are serious.
Publisher: The Stationery Office
ISBN: 9780215514080
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
The Government has set itself the challenging target of halving the number of children living in poverty by 2010-11 and eradicating child poverty by 2020. With 2010 fast approaching, Ministers are still committed to the targets, and the Committee wanted to ascertain whether DWP has the right measures in place to meet its objectives. Significant progress has been made, but the target remains challenging: there are still 2.8 million children living in poverty and the most recent data shows a slight increase in this number. The Committee is convinced of the damaging effect of poverty on a child's self-esteem and expectations, and also its effects in contributing to social exclusion. Children growing up in poverty are also more likely to have poorer health and poorer educational outcomes. There are groups of children who have a much higher risk of growing up in poverty, for example if they or a parent are disabled, and there are higher poverty rates amongst Pakistani, Bangladeshi and black children. Getting parents into sustainable work should be the focus of the strategy to lift them and their children out of poverty, but there are concerns that the Jobseekers' Allowance regime is not sufficiently flexible to reflect the complexity of lone parents' lives. To eradicate child poverty by 2020, the Government needs a long-term strategy on benefit income for those who are unable to work. If benefits are uprated in line with inflation, the gap between the incomes of those in work and those on benefits will only get wider, as benefits will not keep pace with earnings. As poverty is measured as a percentage of median earnings, the implications for the 2020 target, in particular, are serious.
Child poverty, evidence and policy
Author: Jones, Nicola A.
Publisher: Policy Press
ISBN: 1847424473
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. This book is about the opportunities and challenges involved in mainstreaming knowledge about children in international development policy and practice. It focuses on the ideas, networks and institutions that shape the development of evidence about child poverty and wellbeing, and the use of such evidence in development policy debates. It also pays particular attention to the importance of power relations in influencing the extent to which children's voices are heard and acted upon by international development actors. The book weaves together theory, mixed method approaches and case studies spanning a number of policy sectors and diverse developing country contexts in Africa, Asia and Latin America. It therefore provides a useful introduction for students and development professionals who are new to debates on children, knowledge and development, whilst at the same time offering scholars in the field new methodological and empirical insights.
Publisher: Policy Press
ISBN: 1847424473
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. This book is about the opportunities and challenges involved in mainstreaming knowledge about children in international development policy and practice. It focuses on the ideas, networks and institutions that shape the development of evidence about child poverty and wellbeing, and the use of such evidence in development policy debates. It also pays particular attention to the importance of power relations in influencing the extent to which children's voices are heard and acted upon by international development actors. The book weaves together theory, mixed method approaches and case studies spanning a number of policy sectors and diverse developing country contexts in Africa, Asia and Latin America. It therefore provides a useful introduction for students and development professionals who are new to debates on children, knowledge and development, whilst at the same time offering scholars in the field new methodological and empirical insights.