Originally published in 1980, this book presents a detailed empirical analysis of the key dimensions of inequality and poverty in Wales, discussing such aspects as the distribution of income and wealth, the housing situation, the functioning of the NHS and urban deprivation.
Gareth Rees is an Emeritus Professor at WISERD and in the Cardiff School of Social Sciences. He was Director of WISERD from 2010 until 2013. Teresa Rees is a British Social Scientist and Professor at Cardiff University.
Part 1: Dimensions of Social Inequality in Wales 1. Poverty at the Periphery: The Outline of a Perspective on Wales Gareth Rees and Teresa L. Rees 2. Income and Wealth in Wales Paul Wilding 3. Poverty and Housing in Wales: An Account of Current Problems Malcolm Fisk 4. Educational Inequality in Wales: Some Problems and Paradoxes Gareth Rees and Teresa L. Rees 5. Health, the Distribution of Health Services and Poverty in Wales Gareth Rees 6. Urban Deprivation and Urban Policy David T. Herbert Part 2: Towards Explanation 7. Low Pay and No Pay in Wales Denis Gregory 8. Segmented Labour Markets, Female Employment and Poverty in Wales Robert McNabb 9. Industrialisation, Inequality and Deprivation in Rural Wales Glyn Williams 10. Uneven Development, State Intervention and the Generation of Inequality: The Case of Industrial South Wales Gareth Rees 11. Capital Relation and State Dependency: An Analysis of Urban Development Policy in Cardiff Philip Cooke 12. Wales, the Regional Problem and Development Graham Day.