Books by Karen Rowlingson

Using many data sources, this timely book provides a comprehensive discussion of issues of wealth, looking at potential policy responses, including 'asset-based' welfare and taxation.

Despite growing concern about intergenerational tension and even possible conflict, the book finds evidence of a significant degree of intergenerational solidarity both within families at the micro level and between generations more generally within society at the macro level in Britain.

This text provides supplemental reading for courses in social policy and social studies that examine the role of parenting in society. The subject of lone mothers is a controversial and highly topical social and political issue. This text examines the key issues in the debate.

Social Security in Britain provides a comprehensive and up-to-date analysis of the social security system in Britain. Current issues, such as the policy debate around welfare reform and the effects of the social security system on individuals and families, are also discussed.