One Year On
Tracking the Experiences of Current and Former Welfare Recipients in Toronto
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12455239 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ernie Lightman (New Economy Project, corresponding author), Andrew Mitchell (0000-0003-0978-5046, SANE Mental Health Charity), Dean Herd (SANE Mental Health Charity) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 5-25 |
| Publication date | 2005-12-15 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Poverty (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1087-5549 • E-ISSN: 1540-7608 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1300/j134v09n04_02 |
| OpenAlex | W1970903681 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 12 |
Despite large welfare caseload declines in Ontario in recent years, little is known about the longer-term circumstances of people who leave welfare or remain on a much-changed system. This paper reports on a second round of qualitative interviews with current and former workfare participants in Toronto. The findings demonstrate how the lives of most remain marked by poverty, hunger and uncertainty, and reveal contradictions between the realities of their daily lives and the government's “work-first” strategy. Rather than “one size fits all,” the respondent experiences suggest the need for different pathways to sustainable employment, as well as recognition that for some the labour market is an unlikely destination
Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Government (linguistics · Labour economics · Market economy · Political science · Poverty · Qualitative research · Respondent · Social science · Sociology · Tracking (education · Welfare · Welfare reform · Work (physics · Workfare · Employment and Welfare Studies · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Social Policy and Reform Studies
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| Unique citing works | 11 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,61 |
| Citation span | 2008 - 2024 (17) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 11 |