02413namaa2200421uu 4500 doab70065 oapen m o d cr|mn|---annan ||||||||s2021 xx |||||o ||| engng d 9781529211320 9781529211344 9781529211351 oapen oapen eng dc JFFJ bicssc JHBL bicssc JKSB bicssc Boland, Tom aut The Reformation of Welfare The New Faith of the Labour Market Bristol Bristol University Press 2021 1 online resource (218 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Free-to-read Unrestricted online access star "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." All rights reserved http://oapen.org/content/about-rights English Social discrimination & inequality bicssc Sociology: work & labour bicssc Welfare & benefit systems bicssc Economic theology; Governmentality; Irrational rationality; Jobseeking; Welfare Griffin, Ray aut DOAB Library. https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/70065 0 Free-to-read: DOAB: description of the publication 92473 92473