Dependency Culture - The Explosion of a Myth

First published in 1992. In this volume the authors discuss that although the idea that the main object of social security is to regulate the lives of poor people rather than to relieve their poverty which fell into disfavour in the post-war heyday of the welfare state; that this idea has more recently returned, as mass unemployment increases the pressure on welfare budgets and the weakness of the British economy calls into question our ability to maintain social spending.

List of contents

Introduction: The birth of a myth 2. Culture, Structure and Failure: The underclass 3. Values and Dependency 4. The Claiming Experience 5. Dependency or Captivity? 6. Dependency and Power

About the author

Hartley Dean, Peter Taylor-Gooby

Product details

• Authors: Hartley Dean, Hartley Taylor-Gooby Dean, Peter Taylor-Gooby, Taylor-Gooby Peter
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.04.2015
• EAN: 9781138837287
• ISBN: 978-1-138-83728-7
• No. of pages: 232
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Social welfare & social services, Social discrimination & inequality, Social welfare and social services, Social discrimination and social justice, Social groups, communities and identities