First published in 1992. In this volume the authors discuss that although the idea that the main object of social security is to regulate the lives of poor people rather than to relieve their poverty which fell into disfavour in the post-war heyday of the welfare state; that this idea has more recently returned, as mass unemployment increases the pressure on welfare budgets and the weakness of the British economy calls into question our ability to maintain social spending.
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The emphasis of this work is placed on a critique of victim-blaming terms such as "dependency culture" and "underclass", the relevance of recent social security reforms to current social trends and an alternative approach to welfare dependency.
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Introduction: The birth of a myth 2. Culture, Structure and Failure: The underclass 3. Values and Dependency 4. The Claiming Experience 5. Dependency or Captivity? 6. Dependency and Power

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780745012261
Publisert
1992-03-01
Utgiver
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Vekt
317 gr
Høyde
216 mm
Bredde
138 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
230

Biografisk notat

Hartley Dean, Peter Taylor-Gooby