A 'new politics' of austerity, workfare and gender? The UK coalition government's welfare reform proposals
A 'new politics' of austerity, workfare and gender? The UK coalition government's welfare reform proposals
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紧缩、工作福利和性别的“新政治”？
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2011
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J. MacLeavy
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J. MacLeavy
本文探讨了英国联合政府的紧缩政策，该政策试图通过呼吁节俭、自给自足和财政审慎来赢得公众对减少或取消福利权利的支持。该文件特别考虑了在公共支出压力日益增大的情况下重新制定前工党政府的工作激励措施和福利抑制措施。国家对工作援助的重新定位，加上拟议的工作年龄福利和税收抵免的简化，被认为对妇女的财务安全和自主权提出了特殊的挑战，标志着战后紧缩时期围绕单一收入家庭模式建立的福利制度现代化进程的结束。版权所有 2011，牛津大学出版社。
This paper considers the UK coalition government's austerity drive, which attempts to garner public support for the reduction or withdrawal of welfare entitlements through appeals to frugality, self-sufficiency and fiscal prudence. In particular, the paper considers the recasting of the former Labour government's work incentives and welfare disincentives amidst mounting pressures on public expenditure. The reorientation of state assistance towards work, coupled with the proposed simplification of working-age benefits and tax credits, is argued to present a particular challenge to the financial security and autonomy of women, signalling the end of the process of modernizing the welfare system that was forged around the single earner family model in the period of post-war austerity. Copyright 2011, Oxford University Press.