A Year Like No Other

Life on a Low Income During Covid-19
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-1-4473-6469-6
Verlag: Bristol University Press

Buch, Englisch, 192 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 308 g

Money was already tight for UK families living on a low income before the COVID-19 pandemic, but national lockdowns made life much harder.

Telling the stories of these families, this book exposes the ways that pre-existing inequalities, insecurities and hardships were amplified during the pandemic for families who were already in poverty before COVID-19, as well as those pushed into poverty by the economic fallout it created.

Drawing on the Covid Realities research programme, and developed in partnership with parents and carers, it explores experiences of home-schooling, social security receipt and government, community and charitable support. This book sets out all that is wrong with the status quo, while also offering a powerful agenda for change.

Also see ‘COVID-19 Collaborations: Researching Poverty and Low-Income Family Life during the Pandemic’ (Open Access) to find out more about the challenges of carrying out research during COVID-19.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Patrick, Ruth

Power, Maddy

Garthwaite, Kayleigh

Kaufman, Jim

Page, Geoff

Pybus, Katie

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Familiensoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Gesundheitssoziologie, Medizinsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Soziale Dienste, Soziale Organisationen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziale Ungleichheit, Armut, Rassismus

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword: Voices for Change

Introduction: A Whisper in History: Poverty, Families and the Pandemic

1. Britain Enters Lockdown

2. Summertime

3. Back to School?

4. Christmas in the Pandemic

5. Winter Lockdown: Hard Times Get Harder Still

6. The Budget: Counting the Money We Do Not Have

Conclusion: Our Manifesto for Change

Afterword: This Is No Way for Anyone to Have to Live

Über Autor(innen)

Patrick, Ruth
Ruth Patrick is Professor of Social Policy at the University of York.

Page, Geoff
Geoff Page is Research Associate in the Department of Social Policy and Social Work at the University of York.

Power, Maddy
Maddy Power is Wellcome Trust Research Fellow in the Department of Health Sciences at the University of York.

Garthwaite, Kayleigh
Kayleigh Garthwaite is Associate Professor in the Department of Social Policy, Sociology and Criminology at the University of Birmingham.

Kaufman, Jim
Jim Kaufman Research Associate in the Department of Social Policy and Social Work at the University of York.

Pybus, Katie
Katie Pybus is a Lecturer in Mental Health at the University of York and a registered mental health nurse.

Ruth Patrick is Lecturer in Social Policy at the University of York.

Maddy Power is Wellcome Trust Research Fellow in the Department of Health Sciences at the University of York.

Kayleigh Garthwaite is Associate Professor in the Department of Social Policy, Sociology and Criminology at the University of Birmingham.

Jim Kaufman is Research Associate in the Department of Social Policy and Social Work at the University of York.

Geoff Page is Research Associate in the Department of Social Policy and Social Work at the University of York.

Katie Pybus is a registered mental health nurse and Research Fellow in the Department of Health Sciences at the University of York.