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Kinder und Jugendliche in Armut pp 328–351Cite as

Kinderarmut und Deprivation in Großbritannien

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Das Wohlergehen von Kindern ist nicht nur ein Indiz für den moralischen Wert einer Gesellschaft, vielmehr sind Kinder menschliches Kapital, die wichtigste Quelle für die nationale Zukunft einer Gesellschaft. Dies wurde von der Person, die die Führung der britischen Regierung in den 1980er Jahren innehatte, erkannt. „...Kinder müssen erste Priorität besitzen, denn Kinder sind unser heiligstes Gut. Sie besitzen außerdem in ganz praktischem Sinne den Schlüssel für unsere Zukunft. Ihre Ideen und ihr Einfallsreichtum werden uns bei der Lösung solcher Probleme wie Krankheit, Hungersnot und den Bedrohungen für unsere Umwelt helfen, und ihre Ideen und ihre Werte werden den zukünftigen Charakter und die Kultur unserer Nation formen. Wir müssen alles tun was wir können, um sicherzustellen, daß Kinder ihre Kindheit vor dem Hintergrund eines sicheren und liebevollen Familienlebens genießen. Auf diese Weise können sie ihr volles Potential entwickeln, zu verantwortungsbewußten Erwachsenen heranreifen und zu gegebener Zeit gute Eltern werden.“ (Margaret Thatcher, George Thomas Society, Antrittsrede, 17. Januar 1990).2 Ein unheilverkündendes Indiz dafür, daß Kinder im vereinten Königreich nicht erste Priorität besaßen, sind vielleicht die Schwierigkeiten, zu verfolgen, was mit armen Kindern innerhalb des letzten Jahrzehnts geschah. Obwohl das Vereinigte Königreich einen ausgezeichneten Datenbestand zur Familie und Haushaltslebensstandards, sozialen Bedingungen und sozialen Einstellungen besitzt, standen Kinder nicht im Zentrum des Interesses.

Dieser Beitrag basiert auf einem Bericht, der für UNICEF erstellt und vom National Children’s Bureau publiziert wurde (Bradshaw 1990). Die Daten zur Armut wurden in diesem Beitrag aktualisiert, die Diskussion der Resultate gibt aber den Stand am Ende der achtziger Jahre wieder.

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Bradshaw, J. (1998). Kinderarmut und Deprivation in Großbritannien. In: Klocke, A., Hurrelmann, K. (eds) Kinder und Jugendliche in Armut. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-663-10472-8_16

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