Dunn, Andrew (2015) Voluntary unemployment and left-dominated social policy academia. Discover Society (17). ISSN Unspecified
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Item Type: | Article |
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Item Status: | Live Archive |
Abstract
This article summarises the main arguments and research findings from my book - 'Rethinking Unemployment and the Work Ethic'. I argue that left-dominated social policy academia has failed to answer some important questions. I criticise social policy writing about unemployed benefit claimants and present evidence from my four empirical research projects, which all delivered findings consistent with the view that many unemployed people prefer living on benefits to undertaking jobs that would increase their income, but which they consider unattractive.
Keywords: | social security, welfare, benefits, unemployment, work ethic, social policy, bmjconvert, JCOpen |
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Subjects: | L Social studies > L410 UK Social Policy L Social studies > L300 Sociology L Social studies > L432 Welfare Policy |
Divisions: | College of Social Science > School of Social & Political Sciences |
ID Code: | 16645 |
Deposited On: | 04 Feb 2015 22:39 |
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