Poverty and inequality: has New Labour delivered?

This article intends to assess New Labour’s achievements on their poverty and inequality agenda after 13 years in office. It notably suggests that while reducing significantly the number of children living in low-income households, New Labour has failed notably to build a fairer society or to make w...

Ful tanımlama

Kaydedildi:
Detaylı Bibliyografya
Yayımlandı:URI:https://journals.openedition.org/osb,
Yazar: Fons, Jean-Philippe
Materyal Türü: Article ou chapitre numérique
Dil:Anglais
Baskı/Yayın Bilgisi: Observatoire de la société britannique 2012
Konular:
Online Erişim:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
Diğer Bilgiler
Özet:This article intends to assess New Labour’s achievements on their poverty and inequality agenda after 13 years in office. It notably suggests that while reducing significantly the number of children living in low-income households, New Labour has failed notably to build a fairer society or to make work pay (and thereby to alleviate poverty).