WELFARE, INEQUALITY AND SOCIAL CITIZENSHIP : deprivation and affluence in austerity britain.: deprivation and affluence in austerity britain. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Names: Edmiston, Daniel
• Contents: Intro; WELFARE, INEQUALITY AND SOCIAL CITIZENSHIP; Contents; List of tables and figures; Tables; Figures; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; Welfare austerity: perjury, punishment and destitution; Towards an explanatory account of 'unequal citizenship'; Book overview and research design; 2. Unequal citizenship? The new social divisions of public welfare; Introduction; Towards neoliberal citizenship: your risk, your reward; The new social divisions and distributional effects of public welfare; Citizenship status and identity: validation and contingency; Conclusion 3. Lived experiences of poverty and prosperity in austerity BritainIntroduction; Poverty and plenty; Work and worklessness; Area deprivation and affluence; The material and symbolic significance of inequality; Conclusion; 4. The sociological imagination of rich and poor citizens; Introduction; Welfare attitudes and inequality: knowledge and attitude formation; The 'deserving workless poor': Becky; The 'undeserving workless poor': Aimee; The 'deserving working poor': James; The 'undeserving working rich': Robert; Structure versus agency: explaining attitudinal divergence; Conclusion 5. Heterodox citizens? Conceptions of social rights and responsibilitiesIntroduction; Claiming versus earning the social rights of citizenship; Conceiving and enacting responsible citizenship; Resistance and resignation to the prevailing citizenship configuration; From welfare deficits to institutional disengagement?; Conclusion; 6. Identity, difference and citizenship: a fraying tapestry?; Introduction; Identity, difference and liberal citizenship; Citizenship and the gendered division of (care) labour; Citizenship, race and place; Universalism versus particularism The warp and weft of collective (dis-) identificationConclusion; 7. Deliberating the structural determinants of poverty and inequality; Introduction; Poor debate: entrenched attitudes towards poverty and inequality; Galvanising public opinion towards socially inclusive ends; Conclusion; 8. Conclusion; The rise of anti-social citizenship?; Implications for welfare policy and politics; Appendix: Details of the qualitative fieldwork; References; Index
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : POLICY PRESS
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (1 volume)
• Subjects: 330.9/41/08612; Welfare state -- Great Britain -- History; Poverty -- Great Britain; Wealth -- Great Britain; Equality -- Great Britain; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Reference; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Security; Equality; Poverty; Social conditions; Wealth; Welfare state; Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 21st century; Great Britain; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781447337478; 1447337476
• Related ISBNs: 1447337468; 9781447337461; 9781447337485; 9781447337492
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