Research into intrahousehold finances challenges key assumptions about the family as a
unitary whole, investigates the extent of sharing within it, examines mechanisms of control …

The question 'what is citizenship?'is not an easy one to answer in any definitive way. This is
partly because it incorporates a number of different elements, reflecting two major political …

Poverty remains one of the most urgent issues of our time. In this fully updated edition of her
important and widely acclaimed intervention on the topic, Ruth Lister introduces readers to …

Childhood poverty has moved from the periphery to the centre of the policy agenda following
New Labour's pledge to end it within twenty years. However, whether the needs and …

Can we balance the needs of the host, the environment and the visitor? Most people live for
their leisure, recreation and travel opportunities. Managing Environments for Leisure and …

The first fully comparative study of fuel poverty across the EU, this work analyses the
relationship between domestic energy efficiency, fuel poverty and health. The book adopts a …

This book is about inequality, how the State affects distribution through its spending
programmes and through taxation, and what the public thinks of these three issues. It …

To varying extents in developed countries a minority of the population suffers from
deprivation. Britain's Labour government in particular has sought to deal with this through …

The association between low income and poor outcome in all dimensions of child health is
strong and consistent across countries and time. Disadvantage in childhood is often …

Drawing on British data from the 2002 International Social Survey Programme (ISSP)
module on 'Family and Changing Gender Roles', this paper is an exploratory attempt to …