Half a Citizen Life on Welfare in Australia
by Murphy, John; Murray, Suellen; Chalmers, Jenny; Martin, Sonia; Marston, GregFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2011-10-01
Publisher(s): Allen & Unwin
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Summary
What is it really like to be unemployed and on welfare? How do you make ends meet? Does the welfare system actually help people get back into jobs?
Author Biography
John Murphy (Author) : JOHN MURPHY is Associate Professor in the School of Historical and Philosophical Studies at the University of Melbourne. His most recent book is A Decent Provision: Australian welfare policy, 1870 to 1949 (Ashgate, 2011). SUELLEN MURRAY is Associate Professor in the Centre for Applied Social Research at RMIT University. Her most recent book, with John Murphy and others, is After the Orphanage: Beyond the children's home (UNSW Press, 2009). JENNY CHALMERS is Senior Research Fellow at the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales. SONIA MARTIN is Manager, Through School to Work in the Research and Policy Centre at the Brotherhood of St Laurence and Honorary Fellow, School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Melbourne. GREG MARSTON is Associate Professor in the School of Social Work and Human Services, The University of Queensland. Suellen Murray (Author) :
Table of Contents
| Acknowledgements | p. vii |
| List of abbreviations | p. ix |
| List of tables and figures | p. xi |
| The receiving end of welfare | p. 1 |
| The context: The Australian welfare system | p. 5 |
| Narratives and themes | p. 13 |
| Poverty, deprivation, resilience | p. 22 |
| Hovering above or below the poverty line | p. 23 |
| Missing out | p. 28 |
| Juggling and making ends meet | p. 36 |
| Fearing the future | p. 41 |
| Housing | p. 47 |
| Housing status | p. 50 |
| Housing stories | p. 52 |
| Forms of shelter | p. 56 |
| Social connections | p. 68 |
| Left out | p. 70 |
| Stigma and social isolation | p. 73 |
| Social networks | p. 76 |
| Civic engagement | p. 83 |
| Working lives | |
| Work histories | p. 91 |
| The importance of paid work | p. 94 |
| Aspirations for the future | p. 105 |
| Barriers to and support for working | p. 113 |
| The changing world of paid work | p. 115 |
| Health | p. 118 |
| Employment services for the unemployed | p. 123 |
| Transitions into paid work | p. 131 |
| Welfare as work: Dealing with Centrelink | p. 138 |
| Help | p. 141 |
| A day at the office | p. 145 |
| Working for welfare | p. 149 |
| The risks of work and welfare | p. 158 |
| Values and ethics about income support | p. 165 |
| Respect and recognition | p. 168 |
| Shame and stigma | p. 172 |
| Values and the welfare state | p. 177 |
| Afterword: In the no-standing zone | p. 189 |
| The research project | p. 194 |
| The characteristics of our participants | p. 201 |
| Notes | p. 206 |
| Bibliography | p. 221 |
| Index | p. 233 |
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