In 1942, the Beveridge Report included ignorance as one of the five “giant evils” in society (along with want, disease, squalor and idleness). Seventy years on, how far have we come in vanquishing the evil of ignorance in Britain? Ignorance is in fact rather difficult to measure directly, so we’ll […]
Poverty is a much more common experience among Muslims than other religious groups in the UK. Figure 1 shows that 50% of Muslim households are in poverty compared to the national average of 18% (estimates based on data collected between 2009 and 2011). One of the perennial problems in social […]
Just what are the most pressing social issues of today? We recently launched CSI with an event at the British Academy. The centre aims to be a source of reliable information on contemporary social issues. But what are the issues that we should be talking about? It’s a surprisingly difficult question to answer. […]
CSI will have its official launch on March 17th 2015. Speakers: Professor Anthony Heath (CSI) ‘What progress has been made fighting Beveridge’s five giants? Are there new giants which need to be tackled?’ Professor Yaojun Li (CODE, Manchester) ‘Are we becoming more or less divided along ethnic lines?’ Lindsay Richards […]
