The welfare trait : how state benefits affect personality /: how state benefits affect personality. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Adam Perkins.
• Authors: Perkins, Adam, 1972-
• Contents: Preface -- What is personality and why does the welfare state matter? -- The employment-resistant personality profile -- The lifelong impact of personality -- The influence of benefits on claimant reproduction -- Childhood disadvantage and employment-resistance -- Genetic influences on personality -- Personality as a product of nature and nurture -- A model of how the welfare state leads to personality mis-development -- Further evidence for welfare-induced personality mis-development -- What next?
• Publisher Details: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2016
• Copyright Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (x, 201 pages)
• Subjects: 155.9/2; Psychology; Personality and occupation; Public welfare -- Psychological aspects; Welfare recipients -- Psychology; Welfare recipients -- Attitudes; Personality change; FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Life Stages -- General; PSYCHOLOGY -- Developmental -- General; PSYCHOLOGY -- Developmental -- Lifespan Development; PSYCHOLOGY -- General; Personality and occupation; Personality change; Public welfare -- Psychological aspects; Welfare recipients -- Attitudes; Welfare recipients -- Psychology; Socialtjänst -- psykologiska aspekter; Socialbidragstagare -- psykologiska aspekter; Socialbidragstagare -- attityder till; Personlighetsförändring; Anställbarhet -- psykologiska aspekter; Political Science -- Public Policy -- Social Policy; Psychology -- Personality; Social Science -- Children's Studies; Central government policies; The self, ego, identity, personality; Social welfare & social services; Child welfare; Developmental psychology; Welfare state; Social policy; Consciousness; Social service ; Child & developmental psychology; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137555298; 1137555297
• Related ISBNs: 9781137555281; 9781137555274; 1137555270; 1137555289
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.