Welfare, Inequality and Social Citizenship - Welfare, Inequality and Social Citizenship

Exploring the lived experiences of both poverty and prosperity in the UK, this book examines the material and symbolic significance of welfare austerity and its implications for social citizenship and inequality. Uniquely, the book offers a rare and vivid insight into the everyday lives, attitudes and behaviours of the rich as well as the poor, demonstrating how those marginalised and validated by the existing welfare system make sense of the prevailing socio-political settlement and their own position within it.

About the author

Dr Daniel Edmiston is a lecturer in Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Leeds. He holds a PhD in Sociology and Social Policy and has previously worked for the Economic and Social Research Council; Prime Minister's Strategy Unit; and the University of Oxford. His research interests include poverty and inequality, comparative welfare reform, welfare state futures, and the political economy of social citizenship.

Summary

Offers a rare and vivid insight into the everyday lives, attitudes and behaviours of the rich as well as the poor across the UK, demonstrating how those marginalised and validated by the existing welfare system make sense of the prevailing socio-political settlement and their own position within it.

Product details

• Authors: Daniel Edmiston, Daniel (University of Leeds) Edmiston
• Publisher: Policy Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9781447355588
• ISBN: 978-1-4473-5558-8
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 12 mm
• Weight: 348 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Vereinigtes Königreich, Großbritannien, Sozialwesen und soziale Dienste, Armut und Prekariat, Soziale Schichten