Author : Ruth Patrick
Release : 2017-04-12
Genre : Political Science
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 489/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis For Whose Benefit? by : Ruth Patrick
Download or read book For Whose Benefit? written by Ruth Patrick. This book was released on 2017-04-12. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welfare reform in the United Kingdom has been underway for years now, but there has been little reflection on how it has been experienced and thought about by the people who are directly affected by it. This book draws on extended, repeat interviews with single parents, disabled people, and young job seekers to consider how they experience the rights and responsibilities of citizenship, and whether the welfare state still offers meaningful protection and security for those who rely on it. This analysis enables the author to highlight the gap between the lived experience of welfare and the policy rhetoric surrounding it.