Drivers of Social Exclusion Page 1 The drivers of social exclusion Review of the literature
for the Social Exclusion Unit in the Breaking the Cycle series Page 2 September 2004 …

This article reviews the most up to date evidence on the prevalence of child poverty in
Britain. It traces how child poverty has changed over the last 20 years, and how child poverty …

Social indicators are an important tool for evaluating a country's level of social development
and for assessing the impact of policy. Such indicators are already in use in investigating …

Global phthalate ester production has increased from very low levels at the end of World
War II to approximately 3.5 million metric tons/year. The aim of the present study was to …

By the mid-1990s neo-liberalism had begun to reach its economic, social and political limits.
International as well national and even sub-national social policymakers in and concerned …

The bulk of current research on the transformation of modern welfare states has focused on
the issue of retrenchment and, in particular, on how cash-strapped governments have …

The social investment perspective is replacing standard neoliberalism in Latin America as
well as Europe. With it come ideas about social citizenship that reconfigure the citizenship …

This article provides an overview of the magnitude of and trends in racial/ethnic disparities in
health for women in the United States. It emphasizes the importance of attending to diversity …

Phthalates are industrial chemicals widely used in many commercial applications. The
general population is exposed to phthalates through consumer products as well as through …

Globalization and Social Change takes a refreshing new perspective on globalization and
widening social and spatial inequalities. Diane Perrons draws on ideas about the new …