Platt, Lucinda 
ORCID: 0000-0002-8251-6400
(2007)
Child poverty and ethnicity in the UK: the role and limitations of policy.
European Societies, 9 (2).
pp. 175-199.
ISSN 1461-6696
Abstract
In 1999, the British Government stated its resolve to end child poverty within a generation. In doing so it recognised both the extent of child poverty in the UK and the moral imperative to do something about it. At around the same time, a government study of ethnic minority employment was undertaken, which was to lead to the establishment of the cross-departmental ethnic minority employment task force (EMETF) and a Public Services Agreement target for the Department for Work and Pensions on closing the ethnic minority employment gap. Despite apparent overlaps between these two agendas, given that many minority ethnic group families have children, and worklessness is one of the main causes of child poverty (though by no means the sole one), they were not really integrated. Nor has integration between them been seen – or encouraged – in European reporting processes covering topics linked to social inclusion and exclusion. In 2006, however, a link was made when the EMETF asked for a paper on child poverty to form the background to its work. This article builds on that initial link, discussing the intersection between child poverty and ethnic minority unemployment policy by illustrating the extent of child poverty as ethnically differentiated and exploring the ways in which it is related to aspects of employment. It goes on to consider the policy implications for both employment policy and income maintenance policy more generally, before examining the obstacles to an integrated approach both in terms of knowledge/understanding and the ways in which the two policy areas are conceived.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/reus20#.UufJs_Kny9I |
| Additional Information: | © 2007 Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group |
| Divisions: | Social Policy |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) > JN101 Great Britain |
| JEL classification: | H - Public Economics > H1 - Structure and Scope of Government > H11 - Structure, Scope, and Performance of Government I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I3 - Welfare and Poverty > I38 - Government Policy; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs Z - Other Special Topics > Z1 - Cultural Economics; Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology |
| Date Deposited: | 28 Jan 2014 15:21 |
| Last Modified: | 21 Apr 2024 21:42 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/55461 |
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