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Gypsies and Travellers
. Ed(S): Richardson, Joanna; Ryder, Andrew
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Description for Gypsies and Travellers
hardcover. This topical book examines and debates a range of themes facing Gypsies and Travellers in British Society, including health, social policy, employment and education. Editor(s): Richardson, Joanna; Ryder, Andrew. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFFJ; JKS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. .
The eviction at Dale Farm in the UK in 2011 brought the conflicting issues relating to Gypsy and Traveller accommodation to the attention of the world's media. However, as the furore surrounding the eviction has died down, the very pressing issues of accommodation need, inequality of access to education, healthcare and employment, and exclusion from British (and European) society is still very much evident. This topical book examines and debates a range of themes facing Gypsies and Travellers in British society, including health, social policy, employment and education. It also looks at the dilemmas faced in representing disadvantaged minority groups in ... Read more
The eviction at Dale Farm in the UK in 2011 brought the conflicting issues relating to Gypsy and Traveller accommodation to the attention of the world's media. However, as the furore surrounding the eviction has died down, the very pressing issues of accommodation need, inequality of access to education, healthcare and employment, and exclusion from British (and European) society is still very much evident. This topical book examines and debates a range of themes facing Gypsies and Travellers in British society, including health, social policy, employment and education. It also looks at the dilemmas faced in representing disadvantaged minority groups in ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Bristol, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847428950
SKU
V9781847428950
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Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
About . Ed(S): Richardson, Joanna; Ryder, Andrew
Joanna Richardson is Principal Lecturer in housing at De Montfort University, Leicester. Her previous books include The Gypsy debate (2006), Providing Gypsy and Traveller sites: Contentious spaces (JRF, 2007), From recession to enewal (The Policy Press, 2010) and Housing and the customer (2010). Andrew Ryder is a Fellow at Bristol University, Associate Fellow at the Third Sector Research Centre and ... Read more
Reviews for Gypsies and Travellers
"The book is timely...recommended". L De Danaan, emerita, Evergreen State College "This is a timely collection on a topic of important political and policy concern in Britain, which has in practice received little coverage in academic analysis." Pete Alcock, Professor of Social Policy and Administration, University of Birmingham "This collection makes a valuable contribution to our understanding of the situation ... Read more