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Polly Toynbee

    Polly Toynbee è una giornalista e scrittrice britannica il cui giornalismo è caratterizzato da una forte convinzione socialdemocratica e dalla difesa di politiche più di sinistra. Nei suoi testi, si concentra su questioni sociali e promuove attivamente il cambiamento sociale. Il suo stile è penetrante e analitico, spesso spingendo a una riflessione più profonda sulle disuguaglianze sociali e sulla politica. La sua scrittura è apprezzata per la sua onestà intellettuale e la sua ricerca del progresso.

    Adoptivkinder suchen ihre Mutter
    An Uneasy Inheritance
    The Only Way Is Up
    Dismembered
    The Lost Decade
    Hard Work
    • 2024

      Two acclaimed journalists examine the state of the country in light of this year's election.

      The Only Way Is Up
    • 2023

      One of the most respected, prolific and razor-sharp voices in social commentary uses the prism of her extraordinary family to examine the true state of class in Britain.

      An Uneasy Inheritance
    • 2020

      The Lost Decade

      • 368pagine
      • 13 ore di lettura

      An authoritative survey of 2010-20: what went wrong, what went right, and what's next for Britain.

      The Lost Decade
    • 2017

      Dismembered

      • 336pagine
      • 12 ore di lettura

      What is the state? And what's it ever done for you? In this book, the author travels around Great Britain gathering the voices of the people who make up the state: nurses and patients, teachers and parents, policemen and civilians. It lays bare the deliberate dismantling of the public sector and its consequences.

      Dismembered
    • 2003

      Hard Work

      • 256pagine
      • 9 ore di lettura

      Britain has the lowest social spending and the highest poverty in Europe. As the income gap between top and bottom has widened, so social mobility has shuddered to a halt. The low-paid are caught in an economic double bind that victimises them and shames the rest of us.

      Hard Work
    • 1989

      Lange Zeit war es selbstverständlich, daß eine Adoption ein Durchschneiden aller Bindungen an die leiblichen Eltern bedeutete. Aber muss das wirklich sein? Wem nützt das?Die in diesem Buch Berichtenden kommen alle zu dem Ergebnis, daß es besser ist, die Wahrheit über ihre Herkunft zu erfahren, auch wenn sie manchmal recht bestürzend ist, als im ungewissen zu bleiben.

      Adoptivkinder suchen ihre Mutter