The Work Connection - The Role of Social Security in British Economic Regulation (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2002)

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.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	2002
First published:	2002
Authors:	J. Stewart • Chris Grover
Editors:	Jo Campling
Dimensions:	216 x 140mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	233
Edition:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2002
ISBN-13:	978-1-349-41330-0
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Political economy Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Work & labour Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social welfare & social services > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Central government > Central government policies
LSN:	1-349-41330-5
Barcode:	9781349413300

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