Tom Boland, Ray Griffin

The Reformation of Welfare (eBook, ePUB)

The New Faith of the Labour Market

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Policy Press
• Seitenzahl: 218
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juni 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781529211351
• Artikelnr.: 70066235

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

The Reformation of Welfare: The New Faith of the Labour Market Paradoxes of
Welfare Archaic Anthropology: The Presence of the Past in the Present
Reform: Policies and the Polity Vocation: Doing God's Work Purgatory: The
Ideal of Purifying Suffering Pilgrimage: The interminable ritual of
Jobseeking Curriculum Vitae: Confessions of faith in the labour market
Conclusion: Parables of Welfare