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This book is the first of its kind to examine the relationship between social exclusion, poverty and the labour market. It challenges long-standing and dominant myths about ⿿the workless' and ⿿the poor', by exploring close-up the lived realities of life in low-pay, no-pay Britain.
Sommario
Surveying the field: what do we know about 'recurrent poverty', worklessness and the low-pay, no-pay cycle?; Researching recurrent poverty and the low-pay, no-pay cycle: 'shoe leather'; Employers and agencies' explanations of the problem; 'I'll work 'til they put me in a box': work commitment, resilience and cultures of working; Getting jobs: closed doors, revolving doors and the perverse effects of informal social networks; Losing jobs: insecurity, poor work and churning in de-industrialised labour markets; 'The ties that bind': the role of families, caring and health in shaping the low-pay, no-pay cycle; Social insecurity: encounters with the welfare system; Living with and talking about poverty; Conclusions: how can we help the 'missing workless' and what can we do about 'poor work'?.
Info autore
Tracy Shildrick is a Professor of Sociology at Teesside University. She has researched and written widely around issues to do with young people, poverty and worklessness. Robert MacDonald is Professor of Sociology at Teesside University. He has long-standing research interests in the areas of youth transitions, social exclusion and unemployment. Colin Webster is Professor of Criminology at Leeds Metropolitan University. He has long-standing research interests in ethnicity and crime and poverty and social exclusion. Kayleigh Garthwaite is a researcher in the Geography Department at Durham University. Her research interests focus on health, welfare-to-work and identity
Riassunto
This book is the first of its kind to examine the relationship between social exclusion, poverty and the labour market. It challenges long-standing and dominant myths about ‘the workless’ and ‘the poor’, by exploring close-up the lived realities of life in low-pay, no-pay Britain.
