| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 185 pages) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Contents |
1. Risk, citizenship and welfare : introduction / Rosalind Edwards and Judith Glover -- 2. Social insecurity and social protection / Paul Spicker -- 3. Transparent and messy contracts : how do they serve social security? / Zsuzsa Ferge -- 4. Live and let love? : reflections on the unfinished sexual revolution of our times / Jeffrey Weeks -- 5. Widening the scope of social policy : families, financial services and the impact of technology / Jan Pahl -- 6. Complex equalities : redistribution, class and gender / Peter Taylor-Gooby -- 7. 'Work for those who can, security for those who cannot' : a third way in social security reform or fractured social citizenship? / Ruth Lister -- 8. Managing the risk of unemployment : is welfare restructuring undermining support for social security? / David Abbott and Deborah Quilgars -- 9. Managing the body : competing approaches to risk assessment in community care / Kathryn Ellis and Ann Davis -- 10. Social insecurity and the informal economy : survival strategies on a South London estate / David Smith and John MacNicol -- 11. Social capital and waves of innovation in the risk society / Barbara Jones and Bob Miller. |
| Summary |
Contemporary welfare provision poses serious challenges for social policy. Large and rapid changes are said to be taking place in the way we live, work and relate to each other, characterised by anxiety and insecurity.Risk and Citizenship explores how new and diffrent forms of citizenship are evolving in the context of this 'risk society' and the implications for the development of social policy at both the macro and micro level. This spirited and informed collection of papers by leading analysts addresses key questions related to welfare, citizenship and risk including: the natur. |
| Local Note |
EBSCOhost SocINDEX with Full Text |
| Subject |
Social service.
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Social policy.
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Risk management.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Human Services.
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Risk management. (OCoLC)fst01098164
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Social policy. (OCoLC)fst01122738
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Social service. (OCoLC)fst01123192
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| Added Author |
Edwards, Rosalind, editor.
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Glover, Judith, 1949- editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Risk and citizenship. London ; New York : Routledge, 2001 0415241588 (DLC) 00065335 (OCoLC)45418971 |
| ISBN |
0203470680 (electronic book) |
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9780203470688 (electronic book) |
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0415241596 (paperback) |
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9780415241595 (paperback) |
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0415241588 |
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9780415241588 |
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