Covid19, Charitable Giving and Collectivism

A Data-Harvesting Approach

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2116293
AutoresPeter Taylor-Gooby (0000-0002-4825-1250, University of Kent), Tomas Petricek (0000-0002-3136-5673, University of Kent), Jack Cunliffe (0000-0001-9825-134X, University of Kent)
Año2023
Volumen52
Número3
Páginas473-494
Fecha de publicación2023-07-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Social Policy (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0047-2794 • E-ISSN: 1469-7823
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0047279421000714
OpenAlexW4200428344
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas17

This paper charts responses to urgent appeals by welfare charities through crowd funding websites in order to examine the impact of the Covid19 pandemic on public generosity and social cohesion in the UK. It uses a relatively new method in social policy research, data-harvesting. Online public giving to local charities for vulnerable people sky-rocketed during the crisis, despite the long-established stigmatic treatment of the able-bodied poor of working age, a decade of benefit cuts, the increased stringency of Universal Credit and the long-term downward trend in charity incomes. Welfare policy and the rhetoric that surrounds it is increasingly divisive, although most welfare spending addresses needs or risks that confront all of us. The Covid19 lockdown can be seen as a natural experiment in social inclusion. This paper shows how policy discourse that stresses common humanity in the face of a collective challenge, rather than social divisions, can help build social cohesion

Cohesion (chemistry) · Collectivism · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) · Economics · Generosity · Political science · Public economics · Rhetoric · Social distance · Social policy · Sociology · Welfare · Employment and Welfare Studies · Homelessness and Social Issues · Law · Social Policy and Reform Studies