UID:
almafu_9960118649602883
Format:
1 online resource (xii, 213 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
1-4473-5012-X
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1-4473-5011-1
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1-4473-5014-6
Series Statement:
Policy Press scholarship online
Content:
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.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 19 Mar 2021).
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7. Towards a more inclusive labour market: lessons from Denmark -- 8. Conclusions: progressive alternatives to austerity -- Notes -- References -- Index -- Back cover
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Front cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of tables and box -- List of abbreviations -- Notes on the author -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- 1. Introduction: the crisis and austerity neoliberalism -- 2. Conceptualising austerity, welfare and employment relations -- 3. Embedding neoliberal austerity: from New Labour to the Conservative government -- 4. Resisting welfare reforms and work-first policies -- 5. 'Devolving' welfare policies in Greater Manchester's precarious economy -- 6. Challenging welfare conditionality and insecure work
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-4473-5008-1
Language:
English
DOI:
10.56687/9781447350149
URL:
https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/9781447350149/type/BOOK
