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Polly Toynbee

    Polly Toynbee es una periodista y escritora británica cuyo periodismo se caracteriza por una fuerte convicción socialdemócrata y la defensa de políticas más de izquierda. En sus textos, se centra en cuestiones sociales y promueve activamente el cambio social. Su estilo es penetrante y analítico, a menudo incitando a una reflexión más profunda sobre las desigualdades sociales y la política. Su escritura es valorada por su honestidad intelectual y su búsqueda de progreso.

    Adoptivkinder suchen ihre Mutter
    Dismembered
    The Lost Decade
    Hard Work
    An Uneasy Inheritance
    The Only Way Is Up
    • Two acclaimed journalists examine the state of the country in light of this year's election.

      The Only Way Is Up2024
      4,0
    • An Uneasy Inheritance

      • 448 páginas
      • 16 horas de lectura

      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 Inheritance2023
      4,2
    • The Lost Decade

      • 368 páginas
      • 13 horas de lectura

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

      The Lost Decade2020
      3,6
    • Dismembered

      • 336 páginas
      • 12 horas de lectura

      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.

      Dismembered2017
      3,6
    • Hard Work

      • 256 páginas
      • 9 horas de lectura

      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 Work2003
      4,0
    • 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 Mutter1989
      2,0