Foundations of the Workfare State - Reflections on the Political Transformation of the Welfare State in B ritain
Foundations of the Workfare State - Reflections on the Political Transformation of the Welfare State in B ritain
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工作福利国家的基础——英国福利国家政治转型的思考
DOI:
10.1111/spol.12096
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发表时间:
2014
影响因子:
3.2
通讯作者:
Deeming C
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作者:
Deeming C
The British ‘welfare state’ has been transformed. ‘Welfare’ has been replaced by a new ‘workfare’ regime (the ‘Work Programme’) defined by tougher state regulatory practices for those receiving out‐of‐work benefits. US‐style mandatory community work programmes are being revived and expanded. This article, therefore, considers shifting public attitudes to work and welfare in Britain and changing attitudes to working‐age welfare and out‐of‐work benefits in particular. It also considers the extent to which recent transformations of the state may be explained by declines in traditional labourist politics and class‐based solidarity. Thus, we attempt to develop a richer understanding of changing public attitudes towards welfare and the punitive regulatory ‘workfare’ practices engaged by the modern state in the liberal market economy; reflecting on the nature of the relations between ideology, party policies, popular attitudes and their political impact.