A year like no other : life on a low income during COVID-19 / Ruth Patrick, Maddy Power, Kayleigh Garthwaite, Jim Kaufman, Geoff Page, Katie Pybus ; in partnership with Covid Realities participants.

  • Patrick, Ruth (Social policy researcher)
Date:
2022
  • Books

About this work

Description

"Telling the stories of low-income families, this book exposes the ways that pre-existing inequalities, insecurities and hardships were amplified during the pandemic in the UK and offers key policy recommendations for change."-- Publisher's description.

Publication/Creation

Bristol, UK : Policy Press, 2022.

Physical description

xix, 240 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Notes

Issued in association with Covid Realities (Project).
Research funded by the Nuffield Foundation.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction: A whisper in history: poverty, families and the pandemic -- Britain enters lockdown -- Summertime -- Back to school? -- Christmas in the pandemic -- Winter lockdown: hard times get harder still -- The budget: counting the money we do not have -- Conclusion: Our manifesto for change.

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Where to find it

  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    FTY.U
    Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 9781447364696
  • 1447364694