Edizione	[First edition.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Cham, Switzerland : , : Macmillan Palgrave, , [2023]
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (xxvii, 351 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Disciplina	362.50941
Collana	Sustainable Development Goals Series
Soggetto topico	Poverty - Government policy - Great Britain Poverty - Great Britain - Prevention
ISBN	3-031-37182-8
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Intro -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- About This Book -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Part I Action on Poverty in Context -- 1 Introduction: Starting the Action on Poverty Conversation -- Introduction -- A Civically Engaged University Context -- The Action on Poverty Conference -- Book Overview -- Section One -- Section Two -- Section Three -- Section Four -- Section Five -- Conclusion -- References -- Part II Global, National and Historical Perspectives on Poverty and Hardship -- 2 The UK's 200-Year High-Poverty, High-Inequality Cycle -- Introduction -- The Dark Shadow of the 'Poor Law' -- References -- 3 Contemporary UK Poverty Within a Global Framework Narrative -- Introduction -- Part 1-Poverty in the UK -- Part 2-The Influence of Neoliberalism in the UK -- Part 3-Globalisation and the UN Agenda 2030 Targets -- Part 4-Conclusion -- References -- 4 Communities of Rupture, Insecurity, and Risk: Inevitable and Necessary for Meaningful Political Change? -- Introduction -- Why Political Economy? -- Defining Neoliberalism -- Understanding Community in a Neoliberal and Global Context -- Ontologically Insecure Communities -- Globalisation and the Erasure of State National Sovereignty -- The Advent of Covid-19: Community Rupture and the Awakening of a Political Consciousness -- Concluding Thoughts -- References -- Part III Public Health, Community Development and Lived Experience of Poverty -- 5 Poverty as a Public Health Concern -- Introduction -- Defining Poverty -- The Social Determinants of Health -- Case Study Example: Health Action Zone's -- Conclusions -- References -- 6 Responding to Poverty in the UK: The Impact on Volunteers -- Introduction -- Volunteering in the Sector and the 'Lunch' Project -- Methodology: Participating with Volunteers -- Findings Regarding Volunteering Experiences. Developing Relationships -- Food Poverty and Food Habits -- Achievement and Disappointment -- Conclusions -- References -- 7 The Hull We Want -- Introduction -- The Approach -- Origins -- Planning What 'We' Can Do -- Research-How to Explore What 'We' Want -- Power Sharing and Shifting Cultures -- Hospitality, Cake and Conversation-Research in Action -- Hooks and Conduits to Engagement Across Generations and Communities -- Findings-What 'We' Want -- Working with Systems 'We' Want in Hull -- Out of Hull … the Conversation Couches Engage with National and Global Partners -- Reflections on What 'We' Want -- References -- 8 Insight Through Experience: Who Decides What Positive Practice Looks Like? -- Introduction -- Development of Consumerism -- Quasi-Markets in the Public Sector -- Raising Voices of Lived Experience -- Case-Based Example 1 -- Involving People with Lived Experience in the Design of Services (Meakin & -- Chwelko, 2013) -- Case-Based Example 2 -- Case-Based Example 3 -- Involving People in Research and the Evaluation of Services (Gratton et al., 2019) -- Case-Based Example 4 -- Involvement and Democracy -- References -- 9 Raising Voices: Sharing Stories Through Lived Experience -- Introduction -- What Was Raising Voices -- A History of Working in Participatory Ways -- The Raising Voices Steering Group -- Creativity -- Overview of Creative Sessions and Activities -- Wellness Session -- Video Interviews -- Postcard -- Photography -- Clay Storytelling -- Podcasting -- Poetry -- Assets and Choice -- The Raising Voices Exhibition -- Manifesto for Change -- Challenges -- Time -- Covid-19 -- Continuation in the Current Climate -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Part IV Action on Poverty and Hardship in Practice -- 10 Housing First for People Experiencing Multiple Disadvantage in England -- Introduction -- Homelessness -- What Is Housing First?. Who Is Housing First For? -- Evidence to Support Housing First -- Implementation of Housing First in England to Date -- Challenges to Sustainable Implementation of Housing First in England -- What Next for Housing First in England -- References -- 11 Preventing Food Poverty: Light at the End of the Tunnel? -- Introduction -- Position and Perspective -- Political Ethics of Care -- Food Poverty and Food Aid -- The Challenges of Food Aid -- Case Study: Healthy Me Healthy Communities, Manchester -- Before COVID-19 -- During COVID-19 -- Post COVID-19 -- Light at the End of a Dark Tunnel -- Food Systems Approach -- Income Maximisation and the Cash-First Approach to Tackling Poverty -- Trauma-Informed and ACE-Aware Approach -- Conclusion -- References -- 12 Addressing Children's Food Poverty in Shropshire: Five Years of Learning From a Rural Food Poverty Alliance -- Introduction -- Rural Food Poverty Is Hidden and Presents a Unique Set of Challenges -- Shropshire's Context -- Recommendations for Action -- Government-Funded Schemes Are Increasingly Not Reaching All Those Who Need Them -- Thresholds Frozen and Scheme Values Eroded by Inflation -- Barriers to the Uptake of Government Funded Schemes -- Recommendations for Action -- Support for Children Outside of Term Time Is Precarious and Can Be a Post-Code Lottery -- Scheme Designs Do Not Always Suit Rural Areas -- Short-Term Funding Makes Forward Planning Incredibly Challenging -- Recommendations for Action -- Schools Play a Key Role in Reducing Food Poverty and Building Food Skills But Face Significant Barriers and Need More Support -- Food Throughout the School Day -- Breakfast Clubs -- Help to Build Food Skills -- Referring Families to Appropriate Support Services -- Significant Barriers Faced by Schools -- Recommendations for Action. Community Support Plays a Key Role and Has Reached that Statutory Services Do Not, But We Should Be Wary of the Voluntary Sector Increasingly Plugging Gaps and Being Stretched Thin -- Toolkit for Community-Led Food Projects -- Collaborative and Empowering -- Sustainable and Resilient -- Local and Relevant -- Dignified and Respectful -- Have Clarity of Message and Vision -- Go Beyond Food Provision -- Recommendations for Action -- Stigma Is Powerful and Can Prevent Progress -- Recommendations for Action -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- 13 Addressing Digital Poverty Through Community Engagement -- Introduction -- Digital Poverty in Context -- Creating the Right Environment -- A Participatory Approach -- Investing in Our Community -- Challenges -- Conclusion -- References -- 14 Drug and Alcohol Addictions, Sexual Exploitation and Poverty -- Introduction -- Understanding Addiction -- Drug and Alcohol Legislation -- The Medical and Social Model of Addictions -- Addictions as a Mental Health Disorder -- Co-Occurring Conditions -- Stigma, Sexual Exploitation, Crime and Recovery -- Conclusion -- References -- 15 Experience of Employment Barriers on Release from Custody and the Impact of This on a Cycle of Poverty and Reoffending -- Introduction -- Rehabilitation Context -- Conclusions -- References -- 16 Life on the Breadline: The Role of Christians in Tackling Poverty in the UK -- Introduction -- Context -- Researching Church Responses to Poverty in the UK -- Church Responses to Poverty in the UK -- B30 Foodbank -- Hodge Hill Church -- Notting Hill Methodist Church -- National and Regional Church Leaders -- The Calling of the Church in an Age of Austerity -- Values That Guide Christian Anti-Poverty Action -- The Bible -- The Common Good -- God's Preferential Option for the Poor -- The Role of the Church in the Public Sphere. How Should the Church Use Its Social Capital? -- Conclusion -- References -- 17 Seeking Asylum and Refuge: Poverty, Destitution and Unemployment -- Introduction -- British Policy Context -- Asylum Seeker Poverty Case Study -- Case-Study Limitations -- Conclusions -- References -- Part V Reflections and Conclusion -- 18 A Different Kind of Growth to End Poverty -- Introduction -- The Scope of the Problem -- Addressing the Issues -- Conclusion -- References -- Glossary -- Index.
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Autore	McDaniel Iain <1975->
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2013
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (x,)
Disciplina	321.8/6
Soggetto topico	Enlightenment - Scotland Republicanism - Rome - History
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	0-674-07528-5 0-674-07526-9
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Montesquieu and the Unfree Republic -- 2 Military Government and Empire in the Scottish Enlightenment -- 3 Ferguson and the Moral Foundations of Civil Society -- 4 Trajectories of the Modern Commercial State -- 5 Britain's Future in a Roman Mirror -- 6 Civil- Military Union and the Modern State -- 7 Revolution and Modern Republicanism -- Conclusion -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Index
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910452633403321

Autore	Elsynge Henry <1598-1654.>
Pubbl/distr/stampa	London, : Printed for Samuel Speed ..., 1663
Descrizione fisica	[14], 237 p
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Record Nr.	UNISA-996395907503316

Edizione	[1st ed. 2020.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2020
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (xx, 311 pages) : illustrations
Disciplina	320.53 320.5662
Soggetto topico	Democracy Political science British Politics US Politics European Politics Middle Eastern Politics Governance and Government
ISBN	3-030-17997-4
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Chapter 1. Introduction (Crewe & Sanders) -- Part 1 -- Chapter 2. Authoritarian populism and Brexit in the UK in historical perspective (Crewe) -- Chapter 3. Exploring Authoritarian Populism in Britain (Greenwood & Twyman) -- Chapter 4. Authoritarian populist opinion in Europe (Bartle, Sanders & Twyman) -- Chapter 5. Populism and Brexit (Marsh) -- Chapter 6. Populism Plus – Voting for Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton in the 2016 US Presidential Election (Whiteley, Clarke & Stewart) -- Chapter 7. Facilitating Donald Trump: Populism, the Republican Party and Media Manipulation (McKay) -- Chapter 8. Exceptionalism, Contending Liberalisms and the Future of the Democratic Party (Wilson) -- Part 2 -- Chapter 9. How can liberal democracies respond effectively to Putin without prejudicing liberalism and democracy? (Hosking) -- Chapter 10. How can the liberal democratic cause be advanced in the Middle East? (Ezrow) -- Chapter 11. Parliamentary and presidential systems: the role of parties, and the danger of authoritarian populism (Blondel & Thiebault) -- Chapter 12. Does Populism discredit Direct Democracy? (Budge) -- Chapter 13. How should established parties respond to the rise of identity politics in their electoral base? (Kettle) -- Chapter 14. Populism and Social Citizenship: an Anglo-American comparison (Moran) -- Chapter 15. The Top Leader Fixation in British Politics (Brown) -- Chapter 16. Constitutional Reform and the Functioning of UK Democracy (Riddell) -- Part 3 -- Chapter 17. The Founding Fathers vs The People? (Weale) -- Chapter 18. Ideas, institutions, and the politicians of our governments: Anthony King as a student of liberal democracy (Allen) -- Chapter 19. Conclusion (Crewe & Sanders).
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910369919003321

Pubbl/distr/stampa	Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2001
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (xxxii, 253 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
Disciplina	342.42/02
Collana	Cambridge texts in the history of political thought
Soggetto topico	Constitutional law - Great Britain Constitutional history - Great Britain
ISBN	1-107-11243-5 1-280-41682-3 1-139-16383-3 0-511-17356-3 0-511-03954-9 0-511-15267-1 0-511-30326-2 0-511-05297-9
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Editor s introduction; Principal events in Bagehot s life; Note on the text and annotation; THE ENGLISH CONSTITUTION; Biographical notes on persons mentioned in the text; Bibliographical note; Index
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910449662403321