Tackling inequalities: Where are we now and what can be done?

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Featuring a chapter by Professor Peter Townsend and bringing together leading experts in their fields, this book provides a systematic critique of the early 21st-century government's policies to tackle inequalities. It shows an account of the level of inequalities inherited by the Labour government, and looks at the policy options with which it is faced. The text examines area-based policies to tackle inequalities in crime, health, education, housing and social exclusion, and is aimed at academics, policy makers, and students with an interest in inequality, poverty and social exclusion.

David Gordon is Professor of Social Justice and the Director of the Townsend Centre for International Poverty Research at the University of Bristol. He is co-editor of Breadline Europe and World Poverty (with Peter Townsend) Christina Pantazis is a Research Fellow in the School for Policy Studies at the University of Bristol. She is co-editor of Breadline Britain (with David Gordon).

"...a very clearly written and accessible book, which at the same time manages to present a range of key issues and pack in lots of factual information." Politics Included An excellent contribution to the ongoing policy debate surrounding social exclusion and how best to tackle it. BSA Network Magazine