Poverty and insecurity : life in low-pay, no-pay Britain / Tracy Shildrick ...[et. al.].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shildrick, Tracy.

Series:

Studies in poverty, inequality, and social exclusion.

Studies in poverty, inequality and social exclusion

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poverty--Great Britain.

Poverty.

Economic security--Great Britain.

Economic security.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (v, 256 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Bristol : Policy Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book is the first of its kind to examine the relationship between social exclusion, poverty and the labour market. It challenges long-standing and dominant myths about 'the workless' and 'the poor', by exploring close-up the lived realities of life in low-pay, no-pay Britain.

Contents:

Contents; List of figures and boxes; Figures; Box; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; Organisation of the book and its key findings; 2. Poor work, welfare and poverty; Introduction; Dynamic study of poverty and the low-pay, no-pay cycle; Mapping and defining 'low-paid work', 'the low-pay, no-pay cycle', 'precarious work' and 'poor work'; The rise of the precariat; 'Setting the poor on work': a brief historical sketch of poverty and welfare; Some important labour market myths; Conclusion; 3. Researching the low-pay, no-pay cycle and recurrent poverty; Introduction

Brief socioeconomic history of Teesside: the metamorphoses of a placeEmergence of a 'flexible', low-pay, no-pay economy on Teesside; Teesside Studies of Youth Transitions and Social Exclusion; Research design and participants; Conclusions; 4. The low-pay, no-pay cycle: the perspectives and practices of employers and 'welfare to work' agencies; Introduction; Activities of welfare to work agencies; 'Barriers to work' for the unemployed; Barriers to employment: comparing the perspectives of agencies, employers and 'clients'; Conclusions

5. The low-pay, no-pay cycle: its pattern and people's commitment to workIntroduction; The longer-term labour market careers of young adults: 'stepping-stones to something better' or 'roads to nowhere'?; Low-pay, no-pay work histories; Work motivations; Work motivation in the long term; Conclusions; 6. Searching for jobs: qualifications, support for the workless and the good and bad of informal social networks; Introduction; Education, skills and qualifications; Searching for jobs; Conclusions; 7. Poor work: insecurity and churning in deindustrialised labour markets; Introduction

Teesside's deindustrialised labour marketWorking in a deindustrialised local economy: low pay, low skill and insecurity; Doing 'poor work'; Losing and leaving jobs: 'it all tends to dry up'; The attractions of work: 'I absolutely loved it'; Better-quality employment; Conclusions; 8. 'The ties that bind': ill health and caring and their impact on the low-pay, no-pay cycle; Introduction; How ill health can stop people getting and keeping jobs; How jobs (and unemployment) can make people ill; Caring for others

Ill health, caring and the low-pay, no-pay cycle: the long-term and intergenerational impact of heroin dependencyConclusions; 9. Poverty and social insecurity; Talking about poverty: moral discourses of 'the poor'; Everyday hardship; 'In-work poverty'; Engaging with the benefits system; Living with debt; Conclusions; 10. Conclusions; Introduction; Key findings from the research; The myth of the high skills economy, underemployment and poor work: a new precariat?; Poverty, insecurity and poor work: what should be done?; Poverty, insecurity and poor work: what is being done?

Conclusions: the great myth and the great illogic

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 07 Sep 2022).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-4473-0790-9

1-283-87374-5

1-84742-912-2

OCLC:

823389661