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Just published by The Policy Press
Bankrupt Britain: An atlas of social change
Danny Dorling and Bethan Thomas
As you may have read in The Guardian, Bankrupt Britain: An atlas of social
change by Danny Dorling and Bethan Thomas was published earlier this week.
This groundbreaking atlas reveals for the first time how the economic
downturn has hit Britain, showing the changes from the economic heights of
2007 to the Britain of today, all presented against a background of other
social and environmental factors. Maps on over 40 topics including crime,
unemployment, house prices, volunteering and the Big Society, with
corresponding 'best' and 'worst' tables, allow us to examine Britain both
at local authority and parliamentary constituency levels. With additional
resources online, this book makes an indispensable record of our time and
will serve as an essential reference work for years to come. Due to
government cuts on data collection, much of this information will not be
collected in future, making this truly one of a kind.
Some of the striking facts it reveals include:
- Anti-depressant use has risen most in North and least in London but
nowhere has it fallen since 2008
- Nowhere does any MP elected in 2010 have the support of even half their
constituents
- Nowhere did more than 37% of the adult population engage in regular
volunteering in 2008 with rates falling since then
- In 2009 in over 100 local authorities there were more households on the
housing waiting list than there was council housing stock. In some cases
people would have to wait up to 500 years to get to the top of the list!
Sample pages and maps are available from the companion website to the book,
which can be ordered at 20% discount (plus p&p) at:
http://www.policypress.co.uk/display.asp?K=9781847427472
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BANKRUPT BRITAIN
An atlas of social change
Daniel Dorling and Bethan Thomas
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Journal article of the month
''Supporting' the voluntary sector in an age of austerity: the UK
coalition government's consultation on improving support for frontline
civil society organisations in England' by Rob Macmillan, from Voluntary
Sector Review (Volume 2, Number 1) is free for the month of May:
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/tpp/vsr/2011/00000002/00000001/art00009
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