{"product_id":"making-a-life-on-mean-emma-mitchell-9781447353690","title":"Making a Life on Mean Welfare: Voices from Multicultural Sydney","description":"\u003cp\u003eWe are often told that mean welfare is what the public wants. Whether or not that's true, this book encourages us to at least be honest about what that entails. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt explores how diverse welfare users navigate the personal and practical hurdles of Australia's so-called social security system, where benefits are deliberately meagre and come with strings attached. Based on ethnographic fieldwork in a region of Sydney known for ethnic diversity and socio-economic disadvantage, Emma Mitchell brings her own experience of belonging to a poor family long reliant on welfare to her research. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book shows the different cultural resources that people bring to welfare encounters with a sensitivity and subtlety that are often missing in both sympathetic and cynical accounts of life on welfare.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Emma Mitchell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1447353692\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781447353690\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Policy Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/17\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 142\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.84lbs","brand":"Emma Mitchell","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44066253996287,"sku":"9781447353690","price":139.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2c169e4d-2675-4667-9109-b8b1b0247fd7.jpg?v=1685406191","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/making-a-life-on-mean-emma-mitchell-9781447353690","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}