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.
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.
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Type/Technique
Languages
Where to find it
Location Status History of MedicineFTY.UOpen shelves
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Identifiers
ISBN
- 9781447364696
- 1447364694