Patrick For Whose Benefit?

The Everyday Realities of Welfare Reform
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-4473-3349-4
Verlag: Policy Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 272 Seiten

What does day-to-day life involve for those who receive out-of-work benefits? Is the political focus on moving people from ‘welfare’ and into work the right one? And do mainstream political and media accounts of the ‘problem’ of ‘welfare’ accurately reflect lived realities?

For whose benefit? The everyday realities of welfare reform explores these questions by talking to those directly affected by recent reforms. Ruth Patrick interviewed single parents, disabled people and young jobseekers on benefits repeatedly over five years to find out how they experienced the rights and responsibilities of citizenship, and whether the welfare state still offers meaningful protection and security in times of need. She reflects on the mismatch between the portrayal of ‘welfare’ and everyday experiences, and the consequences of this for the UK’s ongoing welfare reform programme.

Exploring issues including the meaning of dependency, the impact of benefit sanctions and the reach of benefits stigma, this important book makes a timely contribution to ongoing debates about the efficacy and ethics of welfare reform.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Patrick, Ruth

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Soziale Dienste, Soziale Organisationen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziale Ungleichheit, Armut, Rassismus

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword ~ Baroness Ruth Lister

Introduction: Beyond Benefits Street - exploring experiences and narratives of welfare reform;

Social citizenship from above;

The emergence of a framing consensus on ‘welfare’;

The everyday realities of out-of-work benefit receipt;

Is welfare-to-work working? Relationships with work over time;

Ending welfare dependency? Experiencing welfare reform;

Scroungerphobia: living with the stigma of benefits;

Diverse trajectories between 2011 and 2016

Conclusion: social insecurity and ‘welfare’

Über Autor(innen)

Patrick, Ruth
Ruth Patrick is Professor of Social Policy at the University of York.

Dr Ruth Patrick is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the School of Law and Social Justice at the University of Liverpool. She has written widely on welfare reform and social citizenship for both academic and mainstream media publications. She facilitated the Dole Animators project (see www.doleanimators.org @doleanimators). She tweets at @ruthpatrick0.