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The Reformation of Welfare

The New Faith of the Labour Market

dc.contributor.authorBoland, Tom
dc.contributor.authorGriffin, Ray
dc.date.issued2021
dc.date.submitted2021-05-26T09:39:45Z
dc.identifierOCN: 1257020501
dc.identifierhttps://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/48791
dc.identifier.urihttps://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/70065
dc.description.abstract"Western culture has ‘faith’ in the labour market as a test of the worth of each individual. For those who are out of work, welfare is now less of a support than a means of purification and redemption. Continuously reformed by the left and right in politics, the contemporary welfare state attempts to transform the unemployed into active jobseekers, punishing non-compliance. Drawing on ideas from economic theology, this provocative book uncovers deep-rooted religious concepts and shows how they continue to influence contemporary views of work and unemployment: Jobcentres resemble purgatory where the unemployed attempt to redeem themselves, jobseeking is a form of pilgrimage in hope of salvation, and the economy appears as providence, whereby trials and tribulations test each individual. This book will be essential reading for those interested in the sociology and anthropology of modern economic life. Chapters 1 and 3 are available Open Access via OAPEN under CC-BY-NC-ND licence."
dc.languageEnglish
dc.rightsopen access
dc.subject.classificationbic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JF Society & culture: general::JFF Social issues & processes::JFFJ Social discrimination & inequality
dc.subject.classificationbic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JH Sociology & anthropology::JHB Sociology::JHBL Sociology: work & labour
dc.subject.classificationbic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JK Social services & welfare, criminology::JKS Social welfare & social services::JKSB Welfare & benefit systems
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues::JBFA Social discrimination and social justiceen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHB Sociology::JHBL Sociology: work and labouren_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JK Social services and welfare, criminology::JKS Social welfare and social services::JKSB Welfare and benefit systemsen_US
dc.subject.otherEconomic theology; Governmentality; Irrational rationality; Jobseeking; Welfare
dc.subject.otherthema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues::JBFA Social discrimination and social justice
dc.subject.otherthema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHB Sociology::JHBL Sociology: work and labour
dc.subject.otherthema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JK Social services and welfare, criminology::JKS Social welfare and social services::JKSB Welfare and benefit systems
dc.titleThe Reformation of Welfare
dc.title.alternativeThe New Faith of the Labour Market
dc.typebook
oapen.relation.isPublishedBy0de417a4-ddfa-4c89-a7f7-47aed6c89514
oapen.relation.hasChapterChapter 1 Introduction
oapen.relation.hasChapterChapter 3 Reform
oapen.relation.isbn9781529211320
oapen.relation.isbn9781529211351
oapen.relation.isbn9781529211344
oapen.pages218
oapen.place.publicationBristol


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Chapters in this book

  • Chapter 1 Introduction
    van Melik, Rianne; Sezer, Ceren (2023)
    This chapter sets the ground for the argument and aim of this edited volume on marketplaces. The book investigates marketplaces as important urban spaces not as pre-given, fixed locations with clear demarcations in space ...
  • Chapter 3 Reform
    Boland, Tom; Griffin, Ray (2021)
    "Chapter 3 available Open Access via OAPEN under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Western culture has ‘faith’ in the labour market as a test of the worth of each individual. For those who are out of work, welfare is now less of a ...