Poverty, Welfare and the Disciplinary State by Jones, Chris -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Contents Series editor’s preface Preface 1. Redefining the poor

Class and continuity Reshaping social policy Capitalism and poverty Poverty as a social relation The truth about ‘the underclass’ Common sense

2. Impoverishing the poor

The unemployment divide The earnings divide The employment divide A servile workforce Changing social security Young people The unemployed A rock and a hard place

3. The abuse of the poor

Policing Counting for nothing More civilised methods Abusive social security Demonising dependency Cheats and liars The new vitriol

4. The vile maxim of the masters

Constructing social policy Remoralising the poor Social reform Social democracy The welfare state The neo-liberal project

5. Re-tooling the state

Getting the state out of politics A necessary compromise Taking on the mandarins Public misery, private gain Unaccountable bodies Taming the ‘new class’ A permanent revolution The abandonment of reason Towards a penal state

6. Abandoning the poor

The third way Embracing capitalism The appeal of Middle England Born in the USA From welfare to work Tough choices and no alternatives

References and bibliography Index

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