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  • An Agenda for Britain

    by Frank Field ...
    Originally published in 1993, An Agenda for Britain offers a radical vision for the future of Britain and the Labour Party.Unemployment, Frank Field argues, must be the major issue on the political agenda; welfare should be taken ‘out of the ghetto’ and made part of the debate about Britain’s economic and industrial future; and employees should have much greater control over their own pension ... Read more

    $0.99 USD

  • Politics, Poverty and Belief

    A Political Memoir

    by The Rt Hon Frank Field ...
    'For the past half-century Frank Field has been an outstanding parliamentarian, social reformer and champion of the disadvantaged. He joined the Labour Party at the age of 16 and was expelled from it at the age of 78.' -Brian & Rachel Griffiths**'Frank Field is one of the most important, iconoclastic and remarkable politicians of his generation. This book is told with his Christian belief, regrets ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

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  • The Wealth Report

    Volume 2

    Edited by Frank Field ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    Originally published in 1983, the contributors to this book focus on a small group of private individuals who own a large part of Britain’s assets. In particular the book examines how new privileges were being created and old ones entrenched and magnified. It summarises what was then known about the distribution of income and wealth in British society and examines the sweeping changes made by the ... Read more

    $98.99 USD

  • The Conscript Army

    A Study of Britain's Unemployed

    Edited by Frank Field ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    Originally published in 1977, this book was written at a time when unemployment figures in Britain were at their highest since the Depression of the 1930s, with 1.5 million people out of work. Beginning with a careful examination of what the unemployment figures do and do not tell, the book argues that official figures underestimated the numbers of unemployed. Discussion then turns to the people ... Read more

    $98.99 USD

  • Low Pay

    Acton Society Trust Essays

    Edited by Frank Field ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    Originally published in 1973, the contributors to this book examine the whole spectrum of low pay and propose solutions to this social, economic and political problem which is as relevant now as when the book was first published. They examine who are the low paid, and whether low pay is reinforced by other inequalities. They discuss why some industries have a tradition of low pay and how it can be ... Read more

    $98.99 USD

  • The Wealth Report

    Volume 1

    Edited by Frank Field ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    Until this book was first published in 1979, poverty studies had been exclusively concerned with studying the poor. This controversial book changed the whole debate about poverty in Britain by shifting the emphasis to a detailed examination of the rich. It looks at the distribution of income and wealth in the second half of the twentieth century and critically examines the claim that Britain was ... Read more

    $98.99 USD

  • Saints and Heroes

    Inspiring politics

    by Frank Field ...
    Every politician needs inspiration and ideals in this cynical age. Frank Field's Anglican faith provides his inspiration, and a foundation for a set of ideals known as English Idealism, put forward by T. H. Green. These ideals built on Christianity to form a widely shared public ideology. As a leading politician and churchman, Field illustrates such ideals through the life and work of six people ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Not for Patching

    A Strategic Welfare Review

    by Frank Field, Andrew Forsey ...
    Series series Haus Curiosities
    In his famous report of 1942, the economist and social reformer William Beveridge wrote that World War II was a “revolutionary moment in the world’s history” and so a time “for revolutions, not for patching.” The Beveridge Report outlined the welfare state that Atlee’s government would go on to implement after 1946, instituting, for the first time, a national system of benefits to protect all from ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • First and Lasting Impressions

    by Frank Field ...
    These essays capture Frank Field's personal reflections on influential figures in public life across his remarkable 40-year political journey which was spent campaigning against poverty and injustice. Lord Field's candid observations provide a captivating record of his encounters with key public figures, and as such offers a unique and insightful perspective on those who have shaped our social and ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

  • Holy Ground

    Cathedrals in the twenty-first century

    by Peter Atkinson, Nicholas Henshall, David Hoyle, Christopher Irvine, Jane Kennedy, Simon Oliver, Jennie Page, Richard Shephard ...
    Cathedrals today face a paradox: on the one hand they represent one of the biggest success stories and mission opportunities of the present-day church; on the other they face seemingly insurmountable financial difficulties, and are largely left by the church and government to fend for themselves.Many—both within and outside the church—argue that cathedrals are an irrelevance. But cathedrals are ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Making Welfare Work

    Reconstructing Welfare for the Millennium

    by Frank Field, Valerie Jenness ...
    The welfare system in the United Kingdom is broken. The number of claims has escalated and so, in consequence, have welfare expenditures. The social system does not encourage welfare recipients to become independent. Half the population of the United Kingdom lives in households drawing one of the major means-tested benefits. Research documents that means-tests paralyze self-help, discourage self- ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • Education and the Urban Crisis

    by Frank Field ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Education
    Based on two conferences, this volume explores trends during the 1960s and 1970s in inner city areas in the United Kingdom. It describes how the inner city is losing jobs and skilled workers and, as the population falls, the number of disadvantaged people and those claiming benefits is increasing. To what extent, the book asks, does the educational system contribute to or alleviate Britain’s urban ... Read more

    $73.99 USD