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1 online resource (xii, 404 pages) : illustrations |
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online resource |
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Intro; PEAK INEQUALITY; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgements; Section 1. Inequality; Chapter 1.1. Crisis, austerity and the future; The fallout from the crash; What's included in the book -- an explanation; Section 2. Politics; Chapter 2.1. 1Introduction; Chapter 2.2. Fairness and the changing fortunes of people in Britain; Chapter 2.3. Mapping the August 2011 riots; Chapter 2.4. The machine brings class and change; Chapter 2.5. Thinking about class; Chapter 2.6. Should Parliament move out of London? |
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Faced with a £3 billion repair bill, is the Palace of Westminster still the best place for MPs to meet?Chapter 2.7. The Tories will reduce UK public spending to Estonian levels; Chapter 2.8. A better politics -- a more enlightened economics; Health and life; Security and relationships; Work; Education; Conclusion; Chapter 2.9. Brexit: the decision of a divided country; Chapter 2.10. France shows what has gone wrong in the UK and US; Chapter 2.11. UK election cartography; Chapter 2.12. The election result in three graphs; Section 3. Housing; Chapter 3.1. Introduction |
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Chapter 3.2. Housing has become the defining economic issue of our timesChapter 3.3 .Modern realities increasing the discomfort of the comfortably off; Chapter 3.4. Growing wealth inequality in the UK is a ticking time bomb; Chapter 3.5. Only one lucky generation ever struck housing gold; Chapter 3.6. The London bubble; Chapter 3.7. Policy, politics, health, and housing in the UK; Housing policies; Conclusions; Endnote; Chapter 3.8. London and the English desert; Chapter 3.9. Living in extraordinary times; Chapter 3.10. This government can't be trusted on housing |
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Chapter 3.11. Turning the tide on inequalityInequality and poverty; Inequalities in education and health; Changing the climate; Chapter 3.12. Homelessness and risk of homelessness greatly harm public health; Section 4 . Demography; Chapter 4.1. Introduction; Chapter 4.2. Some good news -- World Population Day; Chapter 4.3. The turning points of history; Inequality, class and turning points; Voting divisions and social divisions; Principles and identifying future turning points; Chapter 4.4. The dimensions that shape London -- mapped |
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Chapter 4.5. The hollowing out of London: poverty patterns are changingRegional change in poverty and wealth, England, 1980 to 2010; The changing patterns of rich and poor within London; Chapter 4.6. Income inequality in the UK: European comparisons; Those at the top of the 1%: bankers; Chapter 4.7. Visualizing urban and regional worlds; Chapter 4.8. A human cartographic perspective; Section 5. Education; Chapter 5.1. Introduction; Chapter 5.2. English education policy is based on a nasty little theory; Chapter 5.3. Are today's second-year students the unluckiest cohort ever? |
| ISBN |
1447349083 (electronic bk.) |
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9781447349082 (electronic bk.) |
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1447349075 |
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9781447349075 |
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9781447349099 |
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1447349091 |
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9781447349105 |
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1447349105 |
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