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Welfare beyond work: Active participation in a new welfare stateDonald Hirsch |
This report brings together information from JRF research and
discussions to consider the needs of people of working age who are not in
jobs. Most face hardship and financial difficulties, with incomes that
have declined relative to general living standards. The report identifies
groups that are likely to spend relatively long periods not working. As
well as financial hardship there is an issue of how people outside work
are able to contribute to society – potentially through activities outside
employment. The report concludes that a broader interpretation of what
form of ‘work’ society recognises and rewards will make it more rather
than less likely that people move into employment, since social
participation builds confidence and skills that are needed to get work.
This guide to the wider welfare debate suggests specific areas of
policy that might be affected by a new approach to welfare beyond work,
but its main purpose is to open up a discussion about how to create a
better welfare system without relying solely on work as a
solution.
| Publication date: | 30 June 1999 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1 902633 40 7 | |
| ISBN-13: | 9781902633404 | |
| Price: | £10.95 | |
| Available within: | No longer available | |
| Published by: | YPS in association with JRF |
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Joseph Rowntree Foundation |