{"product_id":"social-progress-in-britain-9780198805489","title":"Social Progress in Britain","description":"In his landmark 1942 report on social insurance Sir William Beveridge talked about the 'five giants on the road to reconstruction' - the giants of Want, Disease, Ignorance, Squalor, and Idleness. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eSocial Progress in Britain\u003c\/em\u003e investigates how much progress Britain has made in tackling the challenges of material deprivation, ill-health, educational standards, lack of housing, and unemployment in the decades since Beveridge wrote. It also asks how progress in Britain compares with that of peer countries -- Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Sweden and the USA. Has Britain been slipping behind? What has been the impact of the increased economic inequality which Britain experienced in the 1980s -- has rising economic inequality been mirrored by increasing inequalities in other areas of life too? Have there been increasing inequalities of opportunity between social classes, men and women, and different ethnic groups? And what have been the implications for Britain's sense of social cohesion?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anthony F. Heath\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/27\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.30w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780198805489\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnthony F. Heath\u003c\/strong\u003e is the Director of the Centre for Social Investigation, Nuffield College, University of Oxford. His publications include \u003cem\u003e The Political Integration of Ethnic Minorities in Britain\u003c\/em\u003e (with Stephen D. Fisher, Gemma Rosenblatt, David Sanders, and Maria Sobolewska, OUP, 2013), \u003cem\u003e Hard Times: Inequality, Recession, Aftermath \u003c\/em\u003e (with Tom Clark, Yale University Press, 2015), and \u003cem\u003e Unequal Attainments: Ethnic Educational Inequalities in Ten Western Countries\u003c\/em\u003e (co-edited with Yael Brimbaum, Proceedings of the British Academy, OUP, 2014).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40937535733875,"sku":"9.7802E+12","price":50.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_c2fc9540-5913-4b2b-a5e9-18197f4bd0f1.jpg?v=1693314793","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/social-progress-in-britain-9780198805489","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}