The Reformation of Welfare
The New Faith of the Labour Market
| dc.contributor.author | Boland, Tom | |
| dc.contributor.author | Griffin, Ray | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-05-26T09:39:45Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-05-26T09:39:45Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/48791 | |
| dc.description.abstract | "Western culture has ‘faith’ in the labour market as a test of the worth of each individual. For those who are out of work, welfare is now less of a support than a means of purification and redemption. Continuously reformed by the left and right in politics, the contemporary welfare state attempts to transform the unemployed into active jobseekers, punishing non-compliance. Drawing on ideas from economic theology, this provocative book uncovers deep-rooted religious concepts and shows how they continue to influence contemporary views of work and unemployment: Jobcentres resemble purgatory where the unemployed attempt to redeem themselves, jobseeking is a form of pilgrimage in hope of salvation, and the economy appears as providence, whereby trials and tribulations test each individual. This book will be essential reading for those interested in the sociology and anthropology of modern economic life. Chapters 1 and 3 are available Open Access via OAPEN under CC-BY-NC-ND licence." | en_US |
| dc.language | English | en_US |
| dc.subject.classification | bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JF Society & culture: general::JFF Social issues & processes::JFFJ Social discrimination & inequality | en_US |
| dc.subject.classification | bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JH Sociology & anthropology::JHB Sociology::JHBL Sociology: work & labour | en_US |
| dc.subject.classification | bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JK Social services & welfare, criminology::JKS Social welfare & social services::JKSB Welfare & benefit systems | en_US |
| dc.subject.classification | thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues::JBFA Social discrimination and social justice | en_US |
| dc.subject.classification | thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHB Sociology::JHBL Sociology: work and labour | en_US |
| dc.subject.classification | thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JK Social services and welfare, criminology::JKS Social welfare and social services::JKSB Welfare and benefit systems | en_US |
| dc.subject.other | Economic theology; Governmentality; Irrational rationality; Jobseeking; Welfare | en_US |
| dc.title | The Reformation of Welfare | en_US |
| dc.title.alternative | The New Faith of the Labour Market | en_US |
| dc.type | book | |
| oapen.relation.isPublishedBy | 1c3eed4f-33ba-4e18-91b5-cf9a96ff57ee | en_US |
| oapen.relation.hasChapter | 4ec19126-07d4-4e92-a1b7-9dd5e59971b8 | |
| oapen.relation.hasChapter | 01cbde5d-fb6a-451b-b2f9-ae96c906ce16 | |
| oapen.relation.isbn | 9781529211320 | en_US |
| oapen.relation.isbn | 9781529211351 | en_US |
| oapen.relation.isbn | 9781529211344 | en_US |
| oapen.pages | 218 | en_US |
| oapen.place.publication | Bristol | en_US |
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