2001
DOI: 10.1002/j.1839-4655.2001.tb01100.x
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The Intellectual Origins of ‘Welfare Dependency’

Abstract: ‘Welfare dependency’ has become a key term in policy debate in the United States and, more recently, Australia. In this article I explore the intellectual origins of the term, looking specifically at the writings of George Gilder and Charles Murray, two commentators whose (often polemically presented) ideas were influential within the Reagan Administration and have been at the forefront of a conservative renewal in welfare debate generally. Although others have subsequently refined some of their arguments and … Show more

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“…As a consequence, they lack consideration for the needs of others. They also stress the importance of individual responsibility (Bellah, Madsen, Sullivan, Swidler, & Tipton, ; Derks, ) and believe that welfare support will make people dependent (O'Connor, ). Therefore, for them, deservingness is more dependent on reciprocity and control and less on the others’ need .…”
Section: Cultural Profiles and Support For Social Rights And Obligationsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…As a consequence, they lack consideration for the needs of others. They also stress the importance of individual responsibility (Bellah, Madsen, Sullivan, Swidler, & Tipton, ; Derks, ) and believe that welfare support will make people dependent (O'Connor, ). Therefore, for them, deservingness is more dependent on reciprocity and control and less on the others’ need .…”
Section: Cultural Profiles and Support For Social Rights And Obligationsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Numerous writers have pointed to the lack of fairness or even-handedness in Australia's version of neoliberal social policy (Dean, 2007;Goodin, 2001;Kinnear, 2002;Marston & Watts, 2004;O'Connor, 2001;Sennett, 2003;Standing, 2014).…”
Section: The Current System Is Arbitrary and Unfairmentioning
confidence: 97%
“…The Cass review (1986Cass review ( -1989 accepted the mythic idea that people who got welfare were both "demoralized" and rendered "dependent": "traditional" welfare policies encouraged "passivity" (O'Connor, 2001). 3 (This linked "work" and "welfare" in a new/old way the origins of which went back to the English New Poor Law model).…”
Section: Origins Of Australia's "Welfare State"mentioning
confidence: 98%
“…welfare dependency), keičiančios skurdo problemos suvokimą (Schram et al 2009). Analizuodamas sąvokos konotaciją B. O'Connoras pažymi jos ideologinį atspalvį, kuriuo išreiškiamas kaltinimas skurdą ir nedarbą patiriantiems asmenims (O'Connor 2001). Autoriaus teigimu, ši samprata nėra nauja, kadangi "žvelgiant į ilgą JAV socialinės paramos tradiciją fiksuojama tendencija, kad, sykį sulaukęs tokios paramos, asmuo liaujasi taip pat intensyviai, kaip iki jos gavimo, ieškoti darbo ar stengtis įveikti kilusius sunkumus" (O'Connor 2001, 221).…”
Section: įVadasunclassified
“…"sergančio" asmens, kurį reikia "atpratinti" nuo tokios priklausomybės, konotaciją. Ja išreiškiamas ir moralizuojantis požiūris, implikuojant, kad gerovės parama silpnina moralinį jos gavėjų tvirtumą ir atsakomybę (O'Connor 2001). Didėjantis priklausomų nuo gerovės paramos asmenų skaičius ir ilgėjantis šios priklausomybės laikotarpis skatina diskutuoti apie dalies nuo gerovės sistemos paramos priklausančių asmenų patekimą į vadinamąją "institucinę grandinę" (angl.…”
Section: įVadasunclassified