Poverty
in Scotland 2011: Towards a more equal Scotland
Poverty in Scotland 2011 provides a comprehensive yet accessible account of the state of poverty in Scotland, highlighting the main trends and the impact poverty has on people and places. It examines how successful the combined efforts of the UK and Scottish Governments have been in tackling poverty in Scotland.
Paperback, 200 pages
ISBN 978 1 901698 59 7, March 2011, £11.00
Coping with Complexity: child and adult poverty
Despite having been on the political agenda for a decade, child and adult poverty is rising. But what is poverty? Do current definitions and measurements capture its impact on children and the adults who care for them? This radical new analysis considers the impact poverty has on children’s lives and shows that, while lack of income is an important aspect of poverty, it is about much more – including stress, poor housing, lack of facilities, inadequate infrastructure, fear of crime and problems associated with living in a deprived area. Coping with Complexity argues that current definitions, models and measurements do not reflect the dynamic, multi-dimensional nature of poverty. The authors present an exciting new model to help us understand poverty’s various dimensions, and call for the same techniques to be used to improve policies.
A5 paperback, 99 pages
ISBN 078 1 906076 36 8, February 2009, £11.00
Out
of Reach: Benefits for disabled children
Drawing on
interviews with families and a survey undertaken by Contact a
Family, Out of Reach argues that better administrative
processes and increased take up of disability living allowance
would improve the lives of disabled children, enhance their life
chances and reduce child poverty. It contains a number of detailed
recommendations about how national and local government can improve
access to financial support for disabled children. The report
concludes that ensuring disabled children receive the benefits
to which they are entitled is essential if the Government is to
reach its 2010 target of halving child poverty.
A5
paperback, 112 pages, December 2006, £11.00
ISBN: 978 1 901698 99 2
A
Route
out of Poverty? Disabled people, work and welfare reform
A Route
out of Poverty? is published in response to the Government’s
Welfare Reform Green Paper, which aims to increase the employment
rate of people who are sick or who have a disability and to reduce
the number of people claiming incapacity benefit by one million.
It argues that overcoming poverty is essential if the extent of
disability and ill health is to be reduced. Support mechanisms,
and the attitudes and behaviour of employers also need a major
overhaul if welfare reform is to offer 2.7 million disabled adults
and children a real route out of poverty.
A5 paperback, 142 pages June 2006 £11.00
ISBN10: 1 901698 93 9
ISBN13: 978 1 901698 93 0
At
Greatest Risk: the children most likely to be poor
At Greatest
Risk identifies groups of children who are most at risk of
poverty, and looks at how to tackle the particular issues most
affecting them. It calls for a shift in Government policy to address
the needs of the most vulnerable children.
A5 paperback, 208 pages ISBN 1 901698 78 5 June 2005 £10.00
Recipe for Change: a good practice guide to school meals
There is a
wealth of evidence illustrating bad practice in school meal provision.
Even where good practice exists, there are few opportunities to
share experience with other schools and local authorities. Recipe
for Change: a good practice guide to school meals is the first
book to bring together examples of individual initiatives from
around the UK that have significantly improved the quality and
take-up of school meals.
A5 paperback, 96 pages ISBN 1 901698 61 0 August 2004 £9.00
Tax
Credits: one year on
Introduced
in April 2003, the new tax credits – child tax credit and
working tax credit – represent a major change in government
policy on making work pay for low-income families and are critical
to the success of the Government's pledge to end child poverty
by 2020. Tax Credits: one year on reviews the first year
of the new system and makes policy recommendations for the future.
90 pages 1 901698 73 4 June 2004 £9.00
Ending
Child Poverty by 2020: the first five years
Five years
on from the Government’s historic pledge to abolish child poverty
within twenty years, CPAG has brought together leading academics
and campaigners to reflect on the progress that the Government
is making towards this goal. Ending Child Poverty by 2020
examines the impact of child poverty, including from children’s
own perspectives, and considers what further steps the Government
needs to take to realise its ambition.
80 pages 1 901698 72 6 February 2004 £9.00
Poverty:
the facts
The most comprehensive
and authoritative assessment of poverty in the UK. Incorporates
the latest research findings and statistics (including recent
Government reports).
296 pages 1 901698 62 9 March 2004 £10.95
The
Costs of Education: A local study
School uniforms
and trips, after school clubs, sport and music lessons… Despite
having a 'free' education system, the additional costs associated
with a child's schooling are growing every year. The Costs
of Education presents – often in their own words
– the concerns of a group of parents about meeting these
extra costs. The authors add practical recommendations to schools,
local education authorities and national government.
36 pages 1 901698 57 2 August 2003 £6.95
Parallel
Lives? poverty among ethnic minority groups in Britain
In Britain
today the chances of being poor vary enormously according to your
ethnic group. Parallel Lives? poverty among ethnic minority
groups in Britain explores the extent to which particular
minority groups lead a parallel existence to that of the population
as a whole, through greater rates of poverty and deprivation.
It provides an essential resource on the facts and figures on
ethnic minority poverty, and makes comparisons both with the majority,
‘white’ population and within the ethnic minority population as
a whole.
174 pages 1 901698 49 1 December 2002 £10.95
Poverty
in Scotland 2002
Provides
up-to-date facts and figures on poverty in Scotland, using new
Scottish sources of data and poverty measures. Includes essays
on aspects of poverty and social policy in Scotland, also comparative
data with the rest of the UK.
176 pages 1 901698 50 5 November 2002 £10.95
Poverty
Bites: food, health and poor families
There is increasing
evidence that people who live for long periods on low incomes
cannot afford sufficient food to maintain good health. This book
explores why this happens and considers the consequences for families
and children in terms of their nutritional, health and social
wellbeing.
146 pages 1 901698 45 9 December 2001 £9.95
Paying
the Price: carers, poverty and social exclusion
There are
almost two million people in the UK providing are and support
to someone, often a relative, who cannot manage alone because
of their age, health or disability. Paying the Price examines
the support available to carers and recommends urgently needed
improvements to welfare benefits, services and other support.
142 pages 1 901698 39 4 October 2001 £9.95
An
End in Sight? Tackling child poverty in the UK
An authoritative
analysis of the Blair government’s record in tackling child and
family poverty from 1997-2001. Distinguished contributors from
various fields assess Labour’s progess towards achieving abolition
of child poverty within 20 years.
119 pages 1 901698 34 3 February 2001 £9.95
When
Children Pay: US welfare reform and its implications for UK policy
Provides a critical understanding of US and UK approaches to
poverty and income maintenance, highlighting what may work and
what is unlikely to work when transplanted from the US to the
UK.
192 pages 1 901698 15 7 September 2000 £9.95
Poverty
First Hand: Poor people speak for themselves
Offers a forceful first-hand analysis of poverty in the UK, which
has profound implications both for the poverty debate and the
future of anti-poverty policy.
232 pages 0 946744 89 0 July 1999 £9.95
Filling
the Gap: Free school meals, nutrition and poverty
Explores why
so many of our poorest children do not get free school meals and
provides the facts, figures and arguments for all those campaigning
on school meals issues.
50 pages 1 901698 25 4 December 1999 £5.00
Children
and Work in the UK
The first
comprehensive review of the role and extent of children's work
in this country today – with policy recommendations.
200 pages 1 901698 13 0 July 1998 £9.95
Poverty,
Crime and Punishment
Examines the
links between poverty, crime and punishment, and argues that criminal
justice and social justice must go hand in hand.
176 pages 0 946744 97 1 1997 £8.95
Britain
Divided: The growth of social exclusion in the 1990s
Chronicles
the growth of social exclusion, looking at tax and social security
changes and the growth of poverty and inequality.
320 pages 0 946744 91 2 1997 £8.95
Not
To Be Ignored: Young people, poverty and health
The first study of the connection between poverty and the health
of young people.
192 pages 0 946744 90 4 1997 £8.95
Child
Support: Issues for the future
Shows the
impact of the child support scheme on children, lone parents,
fathers and second families, highlighting the main issues for
drawing up realistic alternative policies.
48 pages 0 946744 96 3 1997 £5.95
A
Secure Future? Social security and the family in a changing world
Assesses different models of social security for the next millennium,
judging them against criteria that include the ability to support
new and changing patterns of work and family life.
48 pages 0 946744 79 3 1996 £5.95
Off
The Map: The social geography of poverty
The first
book to explore systematically the patchwork geography of poverty
in the UK, providing a unique assessment of the uneven spread
of poverty and wealth.
208 pages 0 946744 77 7 1995 £8.95
Education
Divides: Poverty and schooling in the 1990s
The first
book to bring together the views of parents and relevant research
findings to show the impact of recent educational changes on poor
children.
160 pages 0 946744 76 9 1995 £7.95
Family
Fortunes: Pressures on parents and children in the 1990s
The first book to examine the economic and social pressures on
both parents and children in Britain today. It includes the first
poverty line for children to be drawn up and agreed by mothers.
176 pages 0 946744 68 8 1994 £7.95
The
Welfare State: Putting the record straight
Argues against
claims that social security spending will outpace economic growth
in future years, and puts the argument for tackling public debt
through an active employment strategy and progressive taxation
measures.
48 pages 0 946744 67 X 1994 £4.95
Putting
The Treasury First: The truth about child support
Assesses the
impact of the Child Support Act, one year after its implementation.
214 pages 0 946744 64 5 1994 £7.95
The
Cost of a Child: Living standards for the 1990s
The first
systematic reassessment of the basic benefit scales since the
Beveridge Report in 1948.
88 pages 0 946744 56 4 1993 £6.95
Europe:
for richer or poorer?
Examines the
consequences of EU developments for social policy and the poor.
144 pages 0 946744 55 6 1993 £6.95
Poverty in Black and White: Deprivation
and ethnic minorities
Explores the
link between poverty, racial discrimination and immigration policy,
explaining why, so often, to be a member of a minority ethnic
group is to be poor.
72 pages 0 946744 44 0 1992 £6.95
Hardship
Britain: Being poor in the 1990s
Provides the first major qualitative assessment of the effects
of the 1988 social security reforms on the lives of people receiving
benefits. Professionals and academics have all had their say about
the nature of poverty, but in this book claimants speak for themselves.
128 pages 0 946744 37 8 1992 £6.95
Consuming
Credit: Debt and poverty in the UK
Examines the links between increased poverty, the growth of the
credit industry and the problems of debt.
128 pages 0 946744 32 7 1991 £5.95
Windows
of Opportunity: Public policy and the poor
Lays the foundations
of a new public policy agenda for the future – based on a genuine commitment
to the principles of citizenship, participation and real opportunity
for all.
144 pages 0 946744 35 1 1991 £6.95
The
Exclusive Society: Citizenship and the poor
Argues that
poverty excludes millions from the full rights of citizenship,
and proposes a charter of social citizenship which can bridge
the gap between common and self interest.
96 pages 0 946744 26 2 1990 £4.95
Changing
Tax: How the tax system works and how to change it
An authoritative
guide to all the major elements of the British tax system and
how they interrelate, which also presents detailed options for
reform that would lead to a fairer distribution of wealth.
64 pages A4 illustrated 0 946744 14 9 1988 £8.95
Child Benefit: Investing in the future
Provides the
fullest examination of arguments for and against child benefit
– a benefit uniquely equipped
to provide parents and children with some degree of security despite
changing patterns of employment and family life.
88 pages 0 946744 11 4 1988 £3.95
The
Growing Divide: A social audit 1979-1987
The definitive
examination of the social consequences of Thatcherism.
168 pages 0 946744 04 1 1987 £5.95
Excluding the Poor
Explores the
exclusion of the poor from full participation in society, looking
at leisure pursuits, political life, financial institutions, and
new entertainment and communication technologies.
84 pages 0 903963 97 3 1986 £4.95
CPAG
also publishes: Welfare
rights and advice handbooks
See our welfare rights titles for CPAG's
Welfare Benefits and Tax Credits Handbook
and the full range of practical handbooks on benefits and other
issues relevant to anyone living on a low income.
Briefings,
submissions and reports
Short runs of briefings, submissions and reports
are produced by CPAG's Public Affairs Team and by CPAG's Citizens
Rights Office. They are normally short-life publications written
to inform specific Parliamentary debates or as submissions to
consultative bodies. They are not currently supplied as part of
any of CPAG's membership packages and do not have bookshop distribution.
As and when they are produced, details will appear on CPAG's What's
New and Briefings pages.
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