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What Would a Society Look Like Where Children’s Life Chances Were Really Fair?

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Local Economy: The Journal of the Local Economy Policy Unit, Volume: 33, Issue: 6, Pages: 655 - 666

Swansea University Author: Gideon Calder Orcid Logo

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A critical analysis of the prominence and significance of the term 'fair life chances' in recent UK policy, focusing on problems of definition and measurement, and proposing a plural measure. The article highlights three policy areas an appropriate commitment to tackling which is necessary...

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Published in: Local Economy: The Journal of the Local Economy Policy Unit
ISSN: 0269-0942 1470-9325
Published: Sage 2018
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