Welfare: Needs, Rights, and RisksMary Langan Psychology Press, 1998 - 282 pages Welfare: Needs, Rights and Risks addresses the question of how people get access to social welfare in the UK today. It explores the public, political and professional definitions, constructions and conflicts about who should receive social welfare and under what conditions. In a period during which the rationing, targeting and selective provision of welfare have become more significant, more visible and more disputed, this book examines how individuals and groups come to be defined as in need, at risk or deserving of welfare. |
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... professional category rather than one through which lay claims to welfare are made . It has been embodied in a range of welfare services where the evaluation of who is ' at risk ' of harm , injury or abuse , or who poses ' a risk ' to ...
... professional category rather than one through which lay claims to welfare are made . It has been embodied in a range of welfare services where the evaluation of who is ' at risk ' of harm , injury or abuse , or who poses ' a risk ' to ...
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... professionals or politicians keen to promote certain issues ? COMMENT You have probably identified a number of issues . Here are some of my examples . In the 1890s the state provided only the most meagre and stigmatized welfare benefits ...
... professionals or politicians keen to promote certain issues ? COMMENT You have probably identified a number of issues . Here are some of my examples . In the 1890s the state provided only the most meagre and stigmatized welfare benefits ...
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... professionals or authorities . Thus somebody might say to themselves , ' I need a new car ' , but they would be unlikely to present this demand to their local benefits agency . A more difficult situation arises where somebody presents ...
... professionals or authorities . Thus somebody might say to themselves , ' I need a new car ' , but they would be unlikely to present this demand to their local benefits agency . A more difficult situation arises where somebody presents ...
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... professional attendants , and piecemeal public provisions for the poor . For example , Victorian Britain offered relief from poverty only on the most stringent and punitive terms , effectively excluding ' paupers ' from citizenship ...
... professional attendants , and piecemeal public provisions for the poor . For example , Victorian Britain offered relief from poverty only on the most stringent and punitive terms , effectively excluding ' paupers ' from citizenship ...
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