For Whose Benefit?

The Everyday Realities of Welfare Reform

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Ruth Patrick

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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 politicians' and the media's analyses of the 'problem' of welfare accurately reflect what life on benefits is really like? Ruth Patrick interviewed single parents, disabled people and young jobseekers on benefits over five years to find out how they experience the rights and responsibilities of citizenship, and whether the welfare state still offers meaningful protection and security in times of need. This important book offers a timely contribution to ongoing debates about the efficacy and ethics of welfare reform.

Author Biography:

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.

Release date Australia

April 12th, 2017

Author

Ruth Patrick

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Illustrations

6 Halftones, black and white; 4 Tables, black and white

Pages

272

ISBN-13

9781447333487

Product ID

26206644

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