The making of a claiming class
The neglect of agency in analyses of the welfare state
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11432199 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kirk Mann (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1985 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 15 |
| Pages | 62-74 |
| Publication date | 1985-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Critical Social Policy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0261-0183 • E-ISSN: 1461-703X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/026101838500501504 |
| OpenAlex | W2024597055 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 17 |
This paper criticises the emerging marxist school within social administra tion for leaning too heavily upon structuralism and ignoring the activity of the working class in the development of the welfare state. It is argued that we need to focus upon the actual making of welfare in a socio-historical context and the considerabte impact that a divided working class has had on thisprocm. As an example the nineteenth century development of the Poor Law and friendly societies are examined in relation to the labour aristocracy and the undeserving poor. The paper argues that the neglect of agency and of intra-class divisions may blaker marxism to important contemporary developmentsin the social division for welfare
Agency (philosophy · Aristocracy (class · Class (philosophy · Context (archaeology · Epistemology · Marxist philosophy · Neglect · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Social class · Social science · Sociology · State (computer science · Welfare · Welfare state · Working class · Gender Studies · History · Law · Political Economy and Marxism · Psychology
Lamppost modernism
Watching the defectives
The Changing Face of Social Administration
Agency, Modernity and Social Policy
Idle Thieving Bastards? Scholarly Representations of the 'Underclass
Social geography
Illegitimate Subjects
A Better Partnership between State and Individual Provision
Unconditional benefits
Public opinion, ideology, and state welfare
Power
The Fiscal Crisis of the State
The Political Economy of the Welfare State
Making of the English Working Class
The class struggle and the industrial revolution
The Evolution of the British Welfare State
The Evolution of the British Welfare State
Power
The Marxist theory of the labour aristocracy
An artisan elite in Victorian society
The Empiricist Tradition in Social Administration
Some contradictions of the modern welfare state
The Challenge of Labour
Critical Social Policy
Residualization and Council Housing
Analyses in the Social Division of Welfare
| Unique citing works | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,24 |
| Citation span | 1988 - 2010 (23) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |