Poverty In Education Flashcards
1
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Peter Townsend
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Huge but hidden problem in the UK
- despite Welfare state
- made poverty visible again
2
Q
Theoretical analysis
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Sending sophisticated ways of measuring ‘relative deprivation model’
3
Q
Poverty can only…
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Be understood in terms of what people normally expect even if above level of destitution
4
Q
Giddens
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Sociological research shows discrimination toward marginalised groups
5
Q
Poverty research resulted in the
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Disability discrimination act 1976
6
Q
Race act
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Race equality legalisation 1976+2000
7
Q
Gender act
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Sex discrimination and equal pay
8
Q
Giddens- sociology
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Has a vital role to play in making assessments in social policy
