...On the basis that most social policy is concerned with addressing the unequal effects of the market distribution of goods and services in the interest of the welfare of citizens, this chapter presents the empirical evidence of transport inequality in the UK and US. It draws out the similarities...

...This chapter begins by summarising the ways in which each of the three countries researched, Italy, England and Sweden, supports their young people in university. The chapter emphasises once more that student support is the key to tackling inequality among students at university, rather than...

...The first chapter of the book sets out the overall argument – that planning needs to take account of the persistence of inequality and lack of economic growth as well as strive for leveraging growth into localities. These are not considered as alternatives. Rather, the argument is about the current...

...While growth-dependent planning is the current dominant mode, there are substantial criticisms to be made. This chapter reviews such criticisms focusing on three areas in particular: the implications for equity between social groups and the persistence of inequalities despite long term reliance...

... also offer both process freedom and capabilities freedom. Rising levels of inequality, and the resultant social rifts, are discussed, as are the causal connections between different kinds of inequality and whether or not we should aim at income redistribution. Using John Rawls’ definition of justice...

... outcomes of the system are presented, looking at school inequalities related to geography, gender and social class. school system labour market Czech Republic Denmark European countries France Germany Poland Sweden United Kingdom compulsory education higher education political parties...

... and reduce inequality - stimulating growth in the long-run. austerity economic policy France Greece UK US The Century Foundation Democratic Party Demos Economic Policy Institute low to middle income households prosperity Republican Party tax cuts tax revenues Institute for Fiscal Studies...

...In this chapter, the author enumerates multiple causes that combine to produce cumulative negative outcomes in old age. Prior life course is the primary determinant of the unequal structure of income and wealth between different groups of older people. Inequality is also attributed to ‘natural...

..., and intergenerational transmission. It explains that the diversity of the points from which the MCS children have started out in life include inequality in their family origins, while variation and inequality are beginning to emerge in the development paths of the children themselves. It further explains...

... commissioning groups CCGs Health and Social Care Act 2012 health and wellbeing boards Monitor NHS Commissioning Board Public Health England Equality Act 2010 Gypsy Traveller health inequality policy reform The lack of reliable research evidence on the health of Gypsies and Travellers in the United...

... to address erosion of union representation rights, insecure employment and wage inequality. Fair Work Act 2009 Howard Government industrial relations policy Industrial Relations Reform Act 1993 Keating Government Rudd Government Work Choices Workplace Relations Act 1996 Harvester decision inequality...

... and sociability and offers a new perspective on solidarity. It aims to determine the correlation between disrespect and social inequality and attempts to illustrate how disrespect stems from the latter. It also provides a critic on the government approaches to respect, particularly the Respect Action Plan...

...Young people, under the age of 30, living in informal settlements in Kenya face complex and challenging socio-cultural and economic environments. These increasingly include forced displacement, migration, unstable families, violence and mental health problems. Inequities, including those linked...

... more likely to have to shield or isolate, but they and ethnic minorities were less likely to have a spare bedroom to do so properly, which must have contributed to inequalities in infection and death. Shielding and isolating were only partially successful. In 2020/21, there were 28 million or 18% fewer...

... Tenancy Hardship Grants Wales Tenancy Hardship Loans Wales COVID-19 Employment Furlough Universal credit COVID-19 support policies Poverty Savings Rent and mortgage arrears Evictions Inequality As an economic crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic acted mainly through the labour market. In 2020, more...

...The final chapter of the book provides a holistic account of the multiple ways social and educational inequalities traverse educational choices and transitions. By articulating the macro, meso and micro levels of analysis that inform the book, and by combining the empirical results of the previous...

...Why does the City of London reproduce inequality and prevent social mobility despite an apparent commitment to recruitment and progression based on objective merit? Louise Ashley, a leading expert on diversity and elite professions, explores what occupants of the City’s ‘top jobs’ say about unfair...

... P elite education and labour market outcomes equalising effect of HE Markovits Daniel Mitnik P A social mobility Bloome D EMI Effectively Maintained Inequality hypothesis Fiel J E Friedman S Laurison D Zhou X Bol T Cappelli P Earnings Wage inequality Graduate occupations Graduates...

... for the significant and growing challenge of housing inequality and need for urgent responses to overlapping crises of access to affordable housing and the effects of climate change. Accordia Cambridge housing ageing Alison Brooks Architects architects Architectural Review Europe Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios...

...The introduction discusses how freedom comes through social and material equality, and how this status can be achieved via ‘equally promoting approaches’. It also accounts for the role of contingency in forming social inequalities in the first place, as well as for the need to account for luck...