Outputs (129)

Illuminating twenty-five years of poverty research through paradata and secondary analysis (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Bell, K., Gordon, D., Edwards, R., Elliot, H., Fahmy, E., & Phoenix, A. (2014, July). Illuminating twenty-five years of poverty research through paradata and secondary analysis. Paper presented at UK National Social Policy Association Conference, University of Sheffield, England

This paper looked at poverty research over the 20th and 21st centuries, focussing on paradata and secondary analysis. In particular it discussed the work of Peter Townsend.

Can the capitalist state deliver environmental justice? (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Bell, K. (2014, July). Can the capitalist state deliver environmental justice?. Paper presented at Social Policy Association National Conference, University of Sheffield, England

This paper disussed the contradictions between capitalism and achieving environmental justice.

Possibilities of paradata: Technologies and social practices - poverty surveys 60 years on (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Bell, K. (2014, July). Possibilities of paradata: Technologies and social practices - poverty surveys 60 years on. Paper presented at 6th ESRC Research Methods Festival, National Centre for Research Methods, UK

This paper discussed the difference between survey methods over the years.

Poverty in the UK: Advancing paradata analysis and open access (2014)
Report
Edwards, R., Phoenix, A., Elliot, H., Gordon, D., Fahmy, E., & Bell, K. (2014). Poverty in the UK: Advancing paradata analysis and open access

This project aimed to provide open access to data from Peter Townsend’s 1967-68 Poverty in the UK (PinUK) landmark UK survey, and to enhance the capacity to use it, through innovative analysis of micro paradata and comparative analysis of macro parad... Read More about Poverty in the UK: Advancing paradata analysis and open access.

Life on a low income in austere times: Precarious budgets (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Pemberton, S., Sutton, E., Fahmy, E., & Bell, K. (2014, June). Life on a low income in austere times: Precarious budgets. Paper presented at 3rd Peter Townsend Memorial Conference, London, England

An analysis of the everyday ways of coping with poverty by those experiencing the impact of service cuts and economic decline.

Energy and social justice (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Bell, K. (2014, June). Energy and social justice. Presented at Big Green Week - Energy, Bristol City Council, Bristol. England

A presentation as part of 'Big Green Week' in Bristol discussing energy issues in relation to social justice. The key issue, I propose, is the nationalisation of energy since private energy companies are making vast profits while many poor die in the... Read More about Energy and social justice.

Degrowth for sustainability, equality and poverty reduction: Some lessons from Cuba (2014)
Book Chapter
Bell, K. (2014). Degrowth for sustainability, equality and poverty reduction: Some lessons from Cuba. In T. Fitzpatrick (Ed.), The International Handbook on Social Policy and the Environment (249-273). Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar

Increased economic growth has been widely and consistently advocated as a solution to poverty and inequality. Yet many environmentalists are opposed to limitless growth on the grounds that it is ecologically unsustainable. In particular, the ‘degro... Read More about Degrowth for sustainability, equality and poverty reduction: Some lessons from Cuba.

Achieving Environmental Justice: A Cross National Analysis (2014)
Book
Bell, K. (2014). Achieving Environmental Justice: A Cross National Analysis. Bristol, UK: Policy Press

This book addresses the topic of environmental justice, conceptualised as the aspiration for a healthy environment for all social groups, as well as fair and inclusive processes of environmental decision making. The work connects the global and the... Read More about Achieving Environmental Justice: A Cross National Analysis.

Life on a low income in austere times (2014)
Report
Pemberton, S., Sutton, E., Fahmy, E., & Bell, K. (2014). Life on a low income in austere times

Following the ‘credit crunch’ 2007-2008, the UK entered the deepest recessionary conditions in living memory. As the liquidity from the financial services sector came to an abrupt halt, the investment ‘life blood’ of the economy in short supply, nume... Read More about Life on a low income in austere times.

Environmental justice in Cuba (2014)
Journal Article
Bell, K. (2014). Environmental justice in Cuba

An overview of Cuba's achievements and constraints in relation to environmental justice.