From transmitted deprivation to social exclusion: Policy, Poverty and Parenting

In a speech from June 1972, Sir Keith Joseph Britain's Secretary of State for Social Services asked why, despite the creation of the welfare state and rising living standards, patterns of deprivation and maladjustment continued to persist. He suggested the answer might lie in a 'cycle of transmitted deprivation, ' in which some parents passed on poverty and deprivation to their children. This book fills a major gap in social policy by examining the history of debates over 'transmitted deprivation' and their relationship with current initiatives on social exclusion. The book explores the content and background to Sir Keith Joseph's famous speech, examining his own personality and family background, his concern with 'problem families, ' and the wider policy context of the early 1970s. With this background, From Transmitted Deprivation to Social Exclusion shifts to the present and explores the UK's New Labour approach to child poverty, as well as initiatives, such as Sure Start, the inf