The ethics of welfare: Human rights, dependency and responsibility
Published:
2004
Online ISBN:
9781447303763
Print ISBN:
9781861345622
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Introduction Introduction
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Choice of documents Choice of documents
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Political context — significance of the Jobseeker’s Allowance and New Deal Political context — significance of the Jobseeker’s Allowance and New Deal
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Theoretical background Theoretical background
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Ethics of the self Ethics of the self
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The ‘implied reader’ and the ‘target reader’ The ‘implied reader’ and the ‘target reader’
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The texts The texts
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Job hunting Job hunting
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The job kit The job kit
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Definitions of a ‘good jobseeker’ Definitions of a ‘good jobseeker’
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The ‘good jobseeker’ is professional and highly organised The ‘good jobseeker’ is professional and highly organised
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The ‘good jobseeker’ is highly motivated and flexible The ‘good jobseeker’ is highly motivated and flexible
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The ‘good jobseeker’ is reserved The ‘good jobseeker’ is reserved
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Conclusion Conclusion
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References References
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Chapter
Eight Ethical techniques of the self and the ‘good jobseeker’
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Pages
155–171
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Published:March 2004
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Rogers, Ruth, 'Ethical techniques of the self and the ‘good jobseeker’', in Hartley Dean (ed.), The ethics of welfare: Human rights, dependency and responsibility (Bristol , 2004; online edn, Policy Press Scholarship Online, 22 Mar. 2012), https://doi.org/10.1332/policypress/9781861345622.003.0009, accessed 19 Mar. 2024.
Abstract
This chapter examines how governmental discourse both addresses and manages two different types of unemployed person or jobseeker through the textual analysis of two British government documents. It is argued that although governmental discourse about unemployment requires jobseekers to abide by the strict market ethic of employability, flexibility and continuous learning, they are afforded only limited rights. This chapter outlines the current political context surrounding unemployment policy in Britain and the theoretical background to the analysis, and then offers a commentary upon two documents.
Keywords:
governmental discourse, jobseeker, unemployment, employability, flexibility, unemployment policy
Subject
Social Research and Statistics
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