Edwards, Rosalind; Glover, Judith
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 nature of insecurity and social protection; the balance between inequality and egalitarianism; the relationship between governments and citizens; the parameters of citizenship; and the impact of risk assessment and risk management.
Risk and Citizenship offers a thought-provoking reading for student, practitioner or policy-maker. It provides:
* a review of current debates about risk, citizenship and welfare
* in-depth analysis of specific policy initiatives in social security and community care
* a new typology of welfare citizenship.
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The Issues raised by the book are very topical and have major implications for the relationship between individuals and the state at the start of the twenty-first century
It takes a balanced view of risk and uncertainty, pointing out their positive as well as negative aspects for governments and individuals
Risk and citizenship are currently key concepts in social policy
Demonstrates how risk and citizenship can be applied across a range of welfare/social policy issues - housing, employment, social security, health and community care
Contributors and editors are leaders in this field
1. Risk, Citizenship and Welfare: Introduction 2. Social Insecurity and Social Protection 3. Transparent and Messy Contracts - How Do They Serve Social Security? 4. Live and Let Love? Reflections on the Unfinished Sexual Revolution of our Times 5. Widening the Scope of Social Policy: Families, Financial Services and the Impact of Technology 6. Complex Inequalities - Redistribution, Class and Gender 7. 'Work for Those Who Can, Security for Those Who Cannot': A Third Way in Social Security Reform or Fractured Social Citizenship 8. Managing the Risk of Unemployment: Is Welfare Restructuring Undermining Support for Social Security? 9. Managing the Body: Competing Approaches to Risk Assessment in Community Care 10. Social Insecurity and the Informal Economy: Survival Strategies on a South London Estate 11. Social Capital and Waves of Innovation in the Risk Society
This spirited and informed collection of papers by leading analysts addresses key questions related to welfare, citizenship and risk.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
1. Risk, Citizenship and Welfare: Introduction 2. Social Insecurity and Social Protection 3. Transparent and Messy Contracts - How Do They Serve Social Security? 4. Live and Let Love? Reflections on the Unfinished Sexual Revolution of our Times 5. Widening the Scope of Social Policy: Families, Financial Services and the Impact of Technology 6. Complex Inequalities - Redistribution, Class and Gender 7. 'Work for Those Who Can, Security for Those Who Cannot': A Third Way in Social Security Reform or Fractured Social Citizenship 8. Managing the Risk of Unemployment: Is Welfare Restructuring Undermining Support for Social Security? 9. Managing the Body: Competing Approaches to Risk Assessment in Community Care 10. Social Insecurity and the Informal Economy: Survival Strategies on a South London Estate 11. Social Capital and Waves of Innovation in the Risk Society
Klappentext
This spirited and informed collection of papers by leading analysts addresses key questions related to welfare, citizenship and risk including: the nature of insecurity and social protection; the balance between inequality and egalitarianism; the relationship between governments and citizens; the parameters of citizenship; and the impact of risk assessment and risk management.
