Welfare, Inequality and Social Citizenship: Deprivation and Affluence in Austerity Britain
- ISBN-10
- 144735558X
- ISBN-13
- 9781447355588
- Category
- Political Science
- Pages
- 224
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2020-02-12
- Publisher
- Policy Press
- Authors
- Daniel, Edmiston
Description
Exploring the lived realities of both poverty and prosperity in the UK, this book examines the material and symbolic significance of welfare austerity and its implications for social citizenship and inequality. The book offers a rare and vivid insight into the everyday lives, attitudes and behaviours of the rich as well as the poor, demonstrating how those marginalised and validated by the existing welfare system make sense of the prevailing socio-political settlement and their own position within it. Through the testimonies of both affluent and deprived citizens, the book problematises dominant policy thinking surrounding the functions and limits of welfare, examining the civic attitudes and engagements of the rich and the poor, to demonstrate how welfare austerity and rising structural inequalities secure and maintain institutional legitimacy. The book offers a timely contribution to academic and policy debates pertaining to citizenship, welfare reform and inequality.
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