For Whose Benefit?: The Everyday Realities of Welfare Reform

by Ruth Patrick

Book Overview

What does day-to-day life involve for those who receive out-of-work benefits? Is the political focus on moving people from 'welfare' and into work the right one? And do mainstream political and media accounts of the 'problem' of 'welfare' accurately reflect lived realities?

For whose benefit? The everyday realities of welfare reform explores these questions by talking to those directly affected by recent reforms. Ruth Patrick interviewed...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1447333489
• ISBN13: 9781447333487
• Release Date: May 2017
• Publisher: Policy Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"