Download or read book A Watershed Moment for Social Policy and Human Rights? written by Amy Clair and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2021-06-25 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the ideological shift to neoliberalism and the introduction of austerity measures following the Global Recession, the UK has experienced divestment in the National Health Service, growing food bank use, increasing housing problems and growing inequities in access to digital services. These inequities have been both highlighted and compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic. Questioning the ideology that economic growth should be prioritised above all else, this book demonstrates that an alternative approach to social policy, based on human rights and social justice, is necessary to tackle the existing systemic inequalities brought to the foreground by COVID-19.