| The Work Connection: The Role of Social Security in British Economic Regulation 2002 Edition Contributor(s): Stewart, J. (Author), Grover, Chris (Author), Loparo, Kenneth A. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0333754433 ISBN-13: 9780333754436 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $104.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2001 Annotation: The authors use regulation to explain the antecedents to current welfare developments in Britain. They show how first a Conservative and more recently "New Labour" governments have used in-work benefits so that today they have become the preferred instrument of intervention in the labor market for setting wages. The authors discuss the ways in which these measures address issues of child poverty and the adequacy of incomes, and how far they are disciplining devices to encourage a new moral order. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Insurance - General - Political Science | Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare - Political Science | Labor & Industrial Relations |
| Dewey: 368.400 |
| LCCN: 2001045180 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.62" W x 8.84" (1.08 lbs) 233 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The authors use regulation to explain the antecedents to current welfare developments in Britain. From discussion of the 'Speenhamland System', the struggle for Family Allowance and a National Minimum Wage, they show how first a Conservative government in the 1970s, and more recently 'New Labour', have used in-work benefits so that today they have become the preferred instrument of intervention in the labour market for setting wages. The authors discuss the ways in which these measures - the new deals for lone parents and young people and the working family tax credit - address issues of child poverty and the adequacy of incomes, and how far they are disciplining devices to encourage a new moral order, supportive of family life. |