Austerity, Welfare and Work
Exploring Politics, Geographies and Inequalities
Seiten
2020
Policy Press (Verlag)
978-1-4473-5008-8 (ISBN)
Policy Press (Verlag)
978-1-4473-5008-8 (ISBN)
The impacts of austerity and welfare reform on work and employment relations are explored in this perceptive assessment. This book highlights the role of trade unions and social movements in challenging the insecurities and inequalities imposed by work-focused welfare policies such as Universal Credit and proposes progressive new paths for welfare.
David Etherington provides bold and fresh perspectives on the link between welfare policy and employment relations as he assesses their fundamental impact on social inequalities.
Exploring how reforms, including Universal Credit, have reinforced employment and social insecurity, he assesses the role of NGOs, trade unions and policymakers in challenging this increasingly work-focused welfare agenda. Drawing on international and national case studies, the book reviews developments, including rising job insecurity, low pay and geographical inequalities, considered integral to neoliberal approaches to social spending.
Etherington sets out the possibilities and challenges of alternative approaches and progressive new paths for welfare, the labour market and social rights.
David Etherington provides bold and fresh perspectives on the link between welfare policy and employment relations as he assesses their fundamental impact on social inequalities.
Exploring how reforms, including Universal Credit, have reinforced employment and social insecurity, he assesses the role of NGOs, trade unions and policymakers in challenging this increasingly work-focused welfare agenda. Drawing on international and national case studies, the book reviews developments, including rising job insecurity, low pay and geographical inequalities, considered integral to neoliberal approaches to social spending.
Etherington sets out the possibilities and challenges of alternative approaches and progressive new paths for welfare, the labour market and social rights.
David Etherington is Professor of Local and Regional Economic Development at Staffordshire University. His research focuses on the political economy of welfare reform and employment relations in the UK and Nordic countries.
Introduction: the crisis and austerity neoliberalism
Conceptualising austerity, welfare and employment relations
Embedding neoliberal austerity: from New Labour to the Conservative government
Resisting welfare reforms and work-first policies
‘Devolving’ welfare policies in Greater Manchester’s precarious economy
Challenging welfare conditionality and insecure work
Towards a more inclusive labour market: lessons from Denmark
Conclusions: progressive alternatives to austerity
| Erscheinungsdatum | 16.09.2020 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 6 Tables, black and white |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4473-5008-1 / 1447350081 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4473-5008-8 / 9781447350088 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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