Chapter 11 Welfare Xiao Huiyun November. 2005
Chapter 11 Welfare Xiao Huiyun November, 2005
Al Development of"Welfare State 1. Definition of Poverty 1.1 Absolute Poverty families without minimum food. clothing and shelter needed for maintenance of merely physical health(concept at beginning of last century) 1.2 Relative Poverty Despite adequate income for survival, people who do not have what is regarded as minimum necessary for decency and who cannot escape judgement that they are indecent can be labeled as poor
A1 Development of “Welfare State” 1. Definition of Poverty 1.1 Absolute Poverty – families without minimum food, clothing and shelter needed for maintenance of merely physical health (concept at beginning of last century) 1.2 Relative Poverty – Despite adequate income for survival, people who do not have what is regarded as minimum necessary for decency and who cannot escape judgement that they are indecent can be labeled as poor
A 1 Development of"Welfare State 2. How Much Poverty is there in UK? 2.1 Distribution of real household disposable income. chart(a)p 181 Gap between the rich and the poor is bigger a The rich get richer, the poor poorer Increase in average incomes of the employed is much greater than that for the unemployed
A 1 Development of “Welfare State” 2. How Much Poverty is there in UK? 2.1 Distribution of real household disposable income. chart (a) p 181 Gap between the rich and the poor is bigger. The rich get richer, the poor poorer Increase in average incomes of the employed is much greater than that for the unemployed
What image does this convey? United Kingdom(pound per week) doth percentile 75th percentile 300 Median 200 25th percentile 100 10th percentile 1986 1991 1998
What image does this convey? United Kingdom (pound per week)
Poverty in Britain (b)Proportion of adults lacking selected basic necessities 1 through inability to afford them, 1999 (p181 d) People in pover rty in the UK, by personal, economic and family status 1996-97 (p182)
Poverty in Britain (b) Proportion of adults lacking selected basic necessities1 through inability to afford them, 1999 (p181) (d) People in poverty in the UK, by personal, economic and family status, 1996-97 (p182)