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A Watershed Moment for Social Policy and Human Rights?: Where Next for the UK Post-COVID

By Clair , Amy; Fledderjohann , Jasmine; Bran Knowles

Book information

Publisher
Policy Press
Year
2021
ISBN
9781447363859, 9781447363842
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
272 kB (278712 bytes)
Pages
134\0
Time added
2022-08-02 11:47:09

Description

With the ideological shift to neoliberalism and the introduction of austerity measures following the Global Recession, the UK has experienced divestment in the National Health Service, growing food bank use, increasing housing problems and growing inequities in access to digital services. These inequities have been both highlighted and compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic. Questioning the ideology that economic growth should be prioritised above all else, this book demonstrates that an alternative approach to social policy, based on human rights and social justice, is necessary to tackle the existing systemic inequalities brought to the foreground by COVID-19.

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