Policy change, public attitudes and social citizenship

1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-84742-965-0
Verlag: Policy Press

Buch, Englisch, 272 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 617 g

Neoliberal reforms have seen a radical shift in government thinking about social citizenship rights around the world. But have they had a similarly significant impact on public support for these rights? This unique book traces public views on social citizenship across three decades through attitudinal data from New Zealand, the United Kingdom and Australia.

It argues that support for some aspects of social citizenship diminished more significantly under some political regimes than others, and that limited public resistance following the financial crisis of 2008-2009 further suggests the public ‘rolled over’ and accepted these neoliberal values. Yet attitudinal variances across different policy areas challenge the idea of an omnipotent neoliberalism, providing food for thought for academics, students and advocates wishing to galvanise support for social citizenship in the 21st century.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Humpage, Louise

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Soziale Dienste, Soziale Organisationen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: from social citizenship to active citizenship;

Social citizenship, neoliberalism and attitudinal change;

Implementing neoliberalism;

Employment and decent wages in a neoliberal economy;

Normalising neoliberal social security reforms;

The endurance of healthcare, education and superannuation;

Equality with little tax or redistribution;

The future of social citizenship.

Über Autor(innen)

Humpage, Louise
Louise Humpage is Honorary Associate Professor in the School of Social Sciences at the University of Auckland, New Zealand.

L. Humpage is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. She has published widely in the areas of public attitudes towards social citizenship, indigenous affairs policy, welfare reform and refugee policy and settlement.