Human Dignity and Welfare Systems

Pro-'workfare' governments justify their policies by claiming 'workfare' helps enhance self-esteem and promote the dignity of unemployed recipients. On the other hand, welfare activists argue that 'workfare' suppresses the dignity of unemployed persons. This book examines the concept of human dignity in this context and attempts to clarify its meaning. For the first time, it formulates a framework for evaluating the dignity of welfare recipients; uses this framework to explore the dignity of unemployed persons in four different welfare systems: UK, Sweden, China and Hong Kong and compares the conditions of human dignity in each case and identifies factors which enhance or suppress it. Human dignity and welfare systems is important reading for students and academics in the fields of social policy, social work, philosophy and politics. It is also a useful reference text for politicians, welfare administrators and activists.
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Human Dignity and Welfare Systems

Pro-'workfare' governments justify their policies by claiming 'workfare' helps enhance self-esteem and promote the dignity of unemployed recipients. On the other hand, welfare activists argue that 'workfare' suppresses the dignity of unemployed persons. This book examines the concept of human dignity in this context and attempts to clarify its meaning. For the first time, it formulates a framework for evaluating the dignity of welfare recipients; uses this framework to explore the dignity of unemployed persons in four different welfare systems: UK, Sweden, China and Hong Kong and compares the conditions of human dignity in each case and identifies factors which enhance or suppress it. Human dignity and welfare systems is important reading for students and academics in the fields of social policy, social work, philosophy and politics. It is also a useful reference text for politicians, welfare administrators and activists.
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Human Dignity and Welfare Systems

Human Dignity and Welfare Systems

Human Dignity and Welfare Systems

Human Dignity and Welfare Systems

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Pro-'workfare' governments justify their policies by claiming 'workfare' helps enhance self-esteem and promote the dignity of unemployed recipients. On the other hand, welfare activists argue that 'workfare' suppresses the dignity of unemployed persons. This book examines the concept of human dignity in this context and attempts to clarify its meaning. For the first time, it formulates a framework for evaluating the dignity of welfare recipients; uses this framework to explore the dignity of unemployed persons in four different welfare systems: UK, Sweden, China and Hong Kong and compares the conditions of human dignity in each case and identifies factors which enhance or suppress it. Human dignity and welfare systems is important reading for students and academics in the fields of social policy, social work, philosophy and politics. It is also a useful reference text for politicians, welfare administrators and activists.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781861344311
Publisher: Policy Press at the Univ of Bristol
Publication date: 10/19/2005
Pages: 248
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.30(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author


Chak Kwan Chan, Division of Criminology, Public Health and Policy Studies, Nottingham Trent University and Graham Bowpitt, Faculty of Economics and Social Science, Nottingham Trent University

Table of Contents


List of tables and figures
Preface
List of abbreviations

Part One: Background
1. Human dignity and social policy
2. Rationality, sociability and human dignity
3. Respect, social participation and four welfare states
Part Two: Case studies
4. Hong Kong and human dignity
5. China and human dignity
6. The United Kingdom and human dignity
7. Sweden and human dignity
Part Three: Comparisons
8. Comparing human dignity in four welfare systems
9. Human dignity and the classification of welfare states

References
Index

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