A generation of change, a lifetime of difference?
Social policy in Britain since 1979

Distributed for Policy Press at the University of Bristol
352 pages
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© 2009
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Table of Contents

Contents
Introduction: Part one: A generation of change: Changing lives, changing economy
The broad policy history
Part two: From the cradle to the grave: Childhood
Supporting the adult life
The risks to adult livelihoods
Planning for retirement and pension funding
Retirement and old age
Part three: A lifetime of difference?: Changing lifetimes and model lifetimes
The Moores and the Meades: lifetimes at and above median earnings
The Lowes: the lifetime of low earners
Conclusions: a generation of change, a lifetime of difference
The broad policy history
Part two: From the cradle to the grave: Childhood
Supporting the adult life
The risks to adult livelihoods
Planning for retirement and pension funding
Retirement and old age
Part three: A lifetime of difference?: Changing lifetimes and model lifetimes
The Moores and the Meades: lifetimes at and above median earnings
The Lowes: the lifetime of low earners
Conclusions: a generation of change, a lifetime of difference
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