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Who is working class today and how do political parties gain their support? This insightful book proposes what needs to be done to address the issues of the 'new working class'. It provides practical recommendations for political parties
to reconnect with the electorate and regain trust.
“As we continue to feel our political and cultural ground shifting beneath us Claire Ainsley’s reframing of the debate is both illuminating and a stark warning.” Michael Sheen, actor, writer and director
Visually and pedagogically rich, this wide-ranging introduction to key concepts and debates in welfare uses an innovative, question-based narrative to highlight the importance of theory to understanding welfare.
“Engaging, well-constructed and thoughtful, this is just the book to get students interested and to make them think.” Professor Jane Millar, University of Bath
Why we need a citizen’s basic income
This fully updated and revised edition of Money for everyone includes new material to move the debate around Basic Income on from one of desirability to that of feasibility and implementation.
“Introduces the Citizen’s/Basic Income concept with clarity and thoroughness and provides a measured and authoritative contribution to what is now a fast-moving global debate.” Hartley Dean, London School of Economics
Continuity and change in voluntary action
Drawing on extensive survey data and written accounts of citizen engagement, this pioneering book charts change and continuity in voluntary activity since 1981. Part of the Third Sector Research Series.
“An important and innovative contribution to understanding how and why people engage in voluntary activity; how important they feel it is in their lives; and the ways in which it contributes to the wider community.” Colin Rochester,
London School of Economics
Policy analysis in Canada brings together original contributions from many of the field’s leading scholars. Contributors chronicle the evolution of policy analysis in Canada over the past 50 years and reflect on its application in both
governmental and non-governmental settings.
"A collection of outstanding and original essays on the practice, profession, pedagogy, science and art of policy analysis in Canada." Leslie A. Pal, Carleton University, Canada
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ALSO IN SOCIAL POLICY AND WELFARE
Welfare, inequality and social citizenship
Exploring the lived experiences of both poverty and prosperity in the UK, this book examines the material and symbolic significance of welfare austerity and its implications for social citizenship and inequality. Uniquely, the book
offers insight into the everyday lives, attitudes and behaviours of the rich as well as the poor, demonstrating how those marginalised and validated by the existing welfare system make sense of the prevailing socio-political settlement and their own position
within it.
"A must read for anyone interested in inequality and social citizenship, this book provides a careful - but damning - assessment of current policies and politics."
Tracy Shildrick, University of Newcastle
Paving the way for a government to fulfil its responsibility to families, this authoritative and critical account of the Troubled Families Programme reveals the inconsistencies and contradictions within it, and issues of deceit and malpractice
in its operation.
“A much-needed rigorous interrogation of the troubled moral dimensions of recent social policy and state intervention in family life. A must-read at a time when so much of our public discourse about policy and practice has been reduced
to mere metrics and money.” Kathy Evans, Chief Executive, Children England
Between 1880 and 1920 many women researched the conditions of social and economic life in Western countries, driven by a vision of a society based on welfare and altruism. Ann Oakley uses the women’s stories to bring together the histories
of social reform, social science, welfare and pacifism.
“Few books can boast of the right author meeting the right subject. Here is a glorious exception, which is part of Oakley’s life work of refocusing the lens so that the role of women in establishing the welfare state is fully and justifiably
recorded.” Frank Field, MP
Contributors including Brian Eno, Demos Helsinki, California’s Y Combinator Research and prominent academics explore the impact Universal Basic Income could have on work, welfare and inequality in the 21st century.
"A vital contribution and guide to the growing global debate about an idea that could promote social equity, enhance dignity and boost wellbeing for all citizens."
Archbishop Desmond Tutu
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‘The new working class’ Media Coverage
'The
New Working Class: Nick Denys interviews Claire Ainsley' in House of Comments podcast
'The new working class' in
Ayes to the left podcast
'Claire
Ainsley: There is a new working class, with different political concerns and motivations from the old' in Conservative Home
'There is a new working class,
and no party is speaking for it' in iNews
'Gut feeling, not income, drives voters now' in
The Times
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Stewart Lansley on Thinking Allowed
In case you missed it, Stewart Lansley (co-editor of
It's basic income) was on Thinking Allowed on Wednesday 2nd May, talking about Universal Basic Income.
You can listen to the programme here.
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Danny Dorling on Discover Society
'Viewpoint: Britain is a Segregated Society – the isolation of the richest from the rest'
Britain is a highly segregated society. It boasts the widest Gini coefficient of all the OECD countries in Europe when income inequality is considered. It is home to the most socially segregated system of education
in Europe.
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