Five Labour market opportunities and welfare-to-work
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David M. Smith
Abstract
This chapter addresses how residents of the St. Helier estate in south London have experienced the disruption, within their lifetimes, to the class- and gender-specific routes that provided the transition to adulthood. It notes that this requires an examination of the world as it was for the respondents and upon which their own future lives were premised, before structural changes in the economy and in working practices undermined for many the likelihood of achieving their early expectations. It notes that Charlesworth argues that the fragmentation of working class-cultures has been accompanied by a generational shift, as the earlier reference points in which lives are grounded and class solidarities sustained are replaced with insecurity, anomie, and individualism.
Abstract
This chapter addresses how residents of the St. Helier estate in south London have experienced the disruption, within their lifetimes, to the class- and gender-specific routes that provided the transition to adulthood. It notes that this requires an examination of the world as it was for the respondents and upon which their own future lives were premised, before structural changes in the economy and in working practices undermined for many the likelihood of achieving their early expectations. It notes that Charlesworth argues that the fragmentation of working class-cultures has been accompanied by a generational shift, as the earlier reference points in which lives are grounded and class solidarities sustained are replaced with insecurity, anomie, and individualism.
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents iii
- Acknowledgements v
- Foreword vi
- Introduction 1
- Globalisation and social exclusion 17
- Poverty and social exclusion: theory and policy 39
- Life and labour on the St. Helier estate, 1930-2000 63
- Labour market opportunities and welfare-to-work 87
- Lone-parent households 115
- Informal opportunities and social divisions 143
- Labour markets, exclusion and social capital 167
- On the margins of inclusion 193
- References 215
- Index 237
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents iii
- Acknowledgements v
- Foreword vi
- Introduction 1
- Globalisation and social exclusion 17
- Poverty and social exclusion: theory and policy 39
- Life and labour on the St. Helier estate, 1930-2000 63
- Labour market opportunities and welfare-to-work 87
- Lone-parent households 115
- Informal opportunities and social divisions 143
- Labour markets, exclusion and social capital 167
- On the margins of inclusion 193
- References 215
- Index 237
