I’m Not Worthless, I Do Help Society
Exploring the Lived Experience of Community Placement in Activation Schemes
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 6452206 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Carla Petautschnig (0000-0002-0142-824X, Trinity College Dublin, autor de correspondencia), Virpi Timonen (0000-0001-7061-3943, University of Helsinki) |
| Año | 2024 |
| Volumen | 24 |
| Número | 4 |
| Páginas | 601-615 |
| Fecha de publicación | 2024-01-24 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sí |
| Open Access | Sí |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | Social Policy and Society (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 1474-7464 • E-ISSN: 1475-3073 |
| Editorial | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1474746423000490 |
| OpenAlex | W4391172094 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citas recibidas | 1 |
| Referencias citadas | 75 |
Activation schemes are widely criticised, with the negative experiences of ‘the activated’ featuring prominently in the literature. This article presents the findings of a constructivist grounded theory study concerning the lived experience of long-term unemployment, welfare recipiency and community placement in activation schemes in Ireland, with a focus on the positive effects that participating in such schemes had on participants’ subjective well-being. For the participants in this research, community placement signified change, respite, and recovery that improved their subjective well-being by creating an experience that counteracted the draining experience of long-term unemployment and welfare recipiency. This study brings new elements to the discussion on the role of activation in promoting/diminishing the subjective well-being of the long-term unemployed
Lived experience · Political science · Psychoanalysis · Sociology · Employment and Welfare Studies · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Psychology · Social Policy and Reform Studies
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