Contents

pp iii-iii

Dedication

pp iv-iv

Acknowledgements

pp v-vi

Abbreviations

pp vii-vii

Timeline: from transmitted deprivation to social exclusion

pp viii-xiv

Introduction

pp 1-22

Part One - The cycle hypothesis

pp 23-24

one - Sir Keith Joseph and the cycle speech

pp 25-50

two - From problem families to the cycle of deprivation

pp 51-76

Part Two - The Transmitted Deprivation Research Programme

pp 77-78

three - Conceptual difficulties: setting up the Research Programme

pp 79-106

four - From a cycle of deprivation to cycles of disadvantage

pp 107-138

five - The final years of the Research Programme

pp 139-174

six - Poverty, structure, and behaviour: three social scientists

pp 175-204

Part Three - New Labour and the cycle of deprivation

pp 205-206

seven - The broader context: social exclusion, poverty dynamics, and the revival of agency

pp 207-232

eight - From transmitted deprivation to social exclusion

pp 233-260

Conclusion

pp 261-270

References

pp 271-294

Index

pp 295-304