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What should be done next?
- Author:
- LISTER Ruth
- Journal article citation:
- Poverty, 136, Summer 2010, pp.14-17.
- Publisher:
- Child Poverty Action Group
Noting that the National Equality Panel report, An Anatomy of Economic Inequality in the UK, warns that a fundamental question about how the next government rebalances the public finances is 'whether the costs of recovery will be borne by those who gained least in the period before the crisis, or by those who gained most and are in the strongest position to bear them', the author of this article, a member of the National Equality Panel, looks at child poverty in the context of wider inequalities of income and wealth. The article discusses taxation, benefits and wages, and the author argues that the new government faces both an economic crisis and a crisis of poverty and inequality, and that there is a need to create a more equal society within which all children can flourish.
Household income distribution in a context of changing patters of work and welfare
- Authors:
- GOODE Jackie, CALLENDER Claire, LISTER Ruth
- Journal article citation:
- Practice: Social Work in Action, 11(1), 1999, pp.15-22.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Describes research that examined the distribution of income within families receiving social security benefits at a time when those receiving benefits are being encouraged to more than ever to move "from welfare to work". Power within the 'private' domain of marriage/partnerships was shown to be influenced by employment opportunities, methods of social security payment and public discourses around parental roles and responsibilities. Case study material illustrates how 'public' policy can influence financial aspects of the 'private'' sphere of family, as reforms are introduced which will further change patterns of work and welfare. Such changes may provide social workers with opportunities for interventions aimed at ameliorating female disadvantage.
Vocabularies of citizenship and gender: the UK
- Author:
- LISTER Ruth
- Journal article citation:
- Critical Social Policy, 18(3), August 1998, pp.309-331.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Citizenship has re-emerged as a key concept in late 20th century academic and political discourse in the UK. This article explores the changing nature of this discourse in mainstream political and in academic and activist debate. The latter both reflects the mainstream political debate and provides critical perspectives on it. In particular, it is here that we find a gender dimension and critical attention to difference. The article concludes by speculating about possible future directions in UK citizenship debates.
A politics of recognition and respect: involving people with experience of poverty in decision making that affects their lives
- Author:
- LISTER Ruth
- Journal article citation:
- Social Policy and Society, 1(1), January 2002, pp.37-46.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
In 1995, over 100 countries signed up to this statement in the Copenhagen Declaration and Programme of Action at the UN World Summit for Social Development. This article reflects on an initiative in the UK, which aims to make a reality of the Copenhagen commitment around the demand for the involvement of people in poverty in decision making that affects their lives. It also makes a normative theoretical case for such action.
From equality to social inclusion: new labour and the welfare state
- Author:
- LISTER Ruth
- Journal article citation:
- Critical Social Policy, 18(2), May 1998, pp.215-225.
- Publisher:
- Sage
This article discusses developments in New Labour's thinking on the welfare state. It argues that there has been something of a paradigm shift from a concern with equality to a focus on social inclusion and equality of opportunity, together with an emphasis on social obligations rather than social rights. Goes on to speculate briefly about the likely direction of social security reforms.
Poverty
- Author:
- LISTER Ruth
- Journal article citation:
- Research Matters, 2, October 1996, pp.5-10.
- Publisher:
- Community Care
A number of reports concerning poverty, published in recent months, have implications for social services agencies and for social workers. The reports serve as a reminder of the impact of poverty on the well-being and health of social service users and the continuing damaging effects of the Social Fund. Another report, raises important questions about the nature of relationships between social workers and other professionals in poverty. Discusses the implications of the reports.
Investing in the citizen-workers of the future: transformations in citizenship and the State under New Labour
- Author:
- LISTER Ruth
- Journal article citation:
- Social Policy and Administration, 37(5), October 2003, pp.427-443.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
There is growing interest in the idea of the “social investment state”. This paper analyses the emergence of such a state in the UK, in the context of a brief account of the more general transformations of citizenship and the state under New Labour. It argues that, despite the iconic status of the child in the social investment state, it is the child as “citizen-worker” of the future rather than “citizen-child” of the present who is invoked by the future-oriented discourse of social investment.