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041 0 _aeng
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100 1 _aBoland, Tom
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245 1 0 _aThe Reformation of Welfare
_bThe New Faith of the Labour Market
260 _aBristol
_bBristol University Press
_c2021
300 _a1 online resource (218 p.)
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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506 0 _aFree-to-read
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520 _a"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."
540 _aOpen licence
_0https://oapen.org/article/rights
546 _aeng
650 0 _aEconomics
_xReligious aspects
_xChristianity.
650 0 _aEmployment (Economic theory)
_xReligious aspects.
650 0 _aWelfare state
_xHistory.
650 0 _aWelfare state
_xReligious aspects.
650 6 _aÉconomie politique
_xAspect religieux
_xChristianisme.
650 6 _aEmploi
_xAspect religieux.
650 6 _aÉtat providence
_xAspect religieux.
650 6 _aÉtat providence
_xHistoire.
650 7 _aEconomics
_xReligious aspects
_xChristianity
_2fast
650 7 _aSocial and ethical issues
_2thema
650 7 _aSocial discrimination & inequality
_2thema
650 7 _aSocial discrimination and social justice
_2thema
650 7 _aSocial issues & processes
_2thema
650 7 _aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General.
_2bisacsh
650 7 _aSocial services and welfare, criminology
_2thema
650 7 _aSocial welfare and social services
_2thema
650 7 _aSociety & culture: general
_2thema
650 7 _aSociety and culture: general
_2thema
650 7 _aSociety and Social Sciences
_2thema
650 7 _aSociology and anthropology
_2thema
650 7 _aSociology: work and labour
_2thema
650 7 _aSociology
_2thema
650 7 _aWelfare and benefit systems
_2thema
650 7 _aWelfare state
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653 _aEconomic theology
653 _aGovernmentality
653 _aIrrational rationality
653 _aJobseeking
653 _aWelfare
700 1 _aBoland, Tom
_4aut
700 1 _aGriffin, Ray
_4aut
793 0 _aOAPEN Library.
856 4 0 _uhttps://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/48791
_zFree-to-read: OAPEN Library/DOAB: description of the publication
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