Inequality and the State
ISBN13: 9780199276639ISBN10: 0199276633
Hardback,
322 pages
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Feb 2005,
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$60.26 (06)Description
Since the late 1970s, Britain has become a more unequal society. This book analyzes the dramatic widening of the income distribution, the growth of poverty, and the factors that have driven them. It examines how government spending and the taxes that pay for it affect people's incomes, why they take the forms they do, what we think of them, how things have changed since New Labour came to power in 1997, and the future pressures that any government will face as the population ages.Features
- Based on the latest authoritative research from the LSE group, the book presents hard evidence on a high profile and controversial area of government policy.
- Covers key issues in the debate about domestic policy and politics in the UK, focusing on some of the most important contemporary social issues
- Accessible to a wide range of readers.
- Extensive graphs and tables provide a comprehensive source of information on inequality, poverty, government spending, and taxation, and on public attitudes towards the issues covered.
- Each chapter concludes with a summary and a guide to further reading and information sources.
About the Author(s)
John Hills is Director of CASE and Professor of Social Policy at the London School of Economics. He was Co-Director of the LSE's Welfare State Programme, and has worked as an economist and advisor in governmental and non-governmental institutions in the UK and internationally.
