The Reformation of Welfare: The New Faith of the Labour Market by Boland, Tom

The Reformation of Welfare: The New Faith of the Labour Market (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781529211337)

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The Reformation of Welfare: The New Faith of the Labour Market by Boland, Tom

The Reformation of Welfare: The New Faith of the Labour Market

$36.95
The Reformation of Welfare: The New Faith of the Labour Market by Boland, Tom

The Reformation of Welfare: The New Faith of the Labour Market

$36.95
Format: Paperback
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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.

Author: Tom Boland, Ray Griffin
ISBN-10: 1529211336
ISBN-13: 9781529211337
Publisher: Bristol University Press
Language: English
Published: 12/13/2022
Pages: 218
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.50d
By Tom Boland
By Tom Boland
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Tom Boland is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at University College Cork. His recent publications include articles in Anthropology, Philosophy, Sociology and Theology, and his 2019 book The Spectacle of Critique was published by Routledge. Ray Griffin is Lecturer in Strategic Management at Waterford Institute of Technology. He is Principal Investigator of the HECAT 2020 Disruptive Technologies Supporting Labour Market Decision Making Project. The authors are long-time collaborators, writing several publications together, and are co-directors of the Welfare Un/Employment Research Collaborative (WUERC) and Economy & Society Summer School.

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