The Making of a Welfare Class? : Benefit Receipt in Britain
Robert. Walker
Bok Engelsk 2000 · Electronic books.
Utgitt | Bristol : : The Policy Press, , 2000.
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Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - THE MAKING OF A WELFARE CLASS?; Contents; List of tables and figures; Acknowledgements; List of acronyms; 1. The conundrum; 2. Taking an overview; 3. Trends in claimant unemployment; 4. The economy and unemployment; 5. Demography and unemployment; 6. Unemployment institutions; 7. Beliefs, behaviour and unemployment; 8. Understanding trends in unemployment-related benefits; 9. Trends in benefits for disabled people; 10. Beliefs about disability; 11. Institutional factors and disability benefits; 12. Demography and benefits for disabled people; 13. The economy and disability. - 14. Understanding the growth in disability benefits15. Trends in receipt of benefits by children and families; 16. Aspects of the demography of family life; 17. The economy and the family; 18. Beliefs about thefamily and poverty; 19. Social security provisions for families and children; 20. Reflecting on benefit receipt by families and children; 21. Trends in pension provision; 22. The demography of pensions' growth; 23. Institutional aspects of pension provision; 24. Beliefs, opportunities and retirement behaviour; 25. The economy andpension provision; 26. Pathways to pensions. - 27. Understanding the pattern of caseload growthReferences and further reading; Index. - Over the last three decades Britain has witnessed an unprecedented rise in the number of people receiving welfare benefits that has provoked fears of a growing underclass and mass welfare dependency. This ground-breaking book provides the first comprehensive analysis of the reasons for this growth and subjects notions of welfare dependency and the underclass to empirical test.
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Emner | Public welfare - Great Britain
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ISBN | 1861342357
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