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Re-conceptualising Welfare-To-Work for People with Multiple Problems and Needs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2003

HARTLEY DEAN
HARTLEY DEAN
Affiliation:
Department of Social Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE. email: h.dean@lse.ac.uk
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Abstract

One of the acknowledged limitations of British welfare-to-work policies has been that they do not necessarily succeed in assisting people with multiple problems and needs. This article will first examine conflicting aspects of welfare-to-work policies and the conflict between welfare-to-work and the concept of work–life balance, particularly as this may apply to people whose lives are especially difficult. Secondly, the article reports on the general findings of a small-scale qualitative study of the labour market experiences of people with multiple problems and needs and, more particularly, an analysis of the discursive strategies used by participants in the study. The article concludes with some observations about how welfare-to-work might be re-conceptualised to accommodate ontological as well as practical life needs.

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Journal of Social Policy , Volume 32 , Issue 3 , July 2003 , pp. 441 - 459
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© 2003 Cambridge University Press

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