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Childhood Poverty and Social Exclusion: From a Child's Perspective

Childhood Poverty and Social Exclusion: From a Child's Perspective

Ridge, Tess

Paperback

Series: Studies in Poverty, Inequality and Social Exclusion

General Political SciencePoverty & Social WorkSocial Movements

ISBN10: 1861343620
ISBN13: 9781861343628
Publisher: Policy Pr
Published: Oct 2 2002
Pages: 192
Weight: 0.65
Height: 0.40 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.10
Language: English

Childhood poverty has moved from the periphery to the centre of the policy agenda following New Labour's pledge to end it within twenty years. However, whether the needs and concerns of poor children themselves are being addressed is open to question.

The findings raise critical issues for both policy and practice - in particular the finding that children are at great risk of experiencing exclusion within school. School has been a major target in the drive towards reducing child poverty. However, the policy focus has been mainly about literacy standards and exclusion from school. This book shows that poor children are suffering from insufficient access to the economic and material resources necessary for adequate social participation and academic parity.

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