THE FAMILY
In 1960 research was published on social change and kinship patterns in Swansea which showed how extended family networks operate. Forty years on, a group of social scientists decided to replicate the 1960 survey and track the changes that have taken place in that time.
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Laurie Taylor is joined by ProfessorÌýNickie Charles, one of the co- authors of the new survey to talk about the surprising ways in which family networks persist despite the instability of twenty first century life.
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INEQUALITY
Does it matter that the rich are getting richer at a faster rate than anyone else? What effect does the growing disparity between rich and poor have on society at large?
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Laurie Taylor explores the reasons for growth in inequality and poverty in the United Kingdom with Professor John Hills, author of Inequality and the State and Professor Ruth Lister author of Poverty.
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Additional information:
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Professor of Sociology at the University of Swansea
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Social Change and the Family
Chris Harris, Nickie Charles and Charlotte Davies
Research (R000238454) funded by , part of the project:
Nicola (Nickie) CharlesÌý
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Professor of Social Policy at LSE and Director of theÌý
Inequality and the State
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN 0199276641
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A Hundred Years of Poverty and PolicyÌý
John Hills (Editor), Howard Glennerster (Editor), David Piachaud (Editor)
Publisher: York Publishing Services - Joseph Rowntree Foundation
ISBN 1859352219
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A More Equal Society?: New Labour, Poverty, Inequality and Exclusion
John Hills (Editor), Kitty Stewart (Editor)
Publisher: The Policy Press
ISBN 1861345771
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Professor of Social Policy at Loughborough University,Ìý
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Poverty
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing
ISBN 0745625649
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The Exclusive Society: Citizenship and the PoorÌý
Publisher: CPAG
ISBN 0946744262
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Working Together Against Poverty: Involving Poor People in Action Against PovertyÌý
Ruth Lister, Peter Beresford
Publisher: Open Services Project
ISBN 0951755404
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