Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents iii
3. List of figures and boxes iv
4. Acknowledgements v
5. Introduction 1
6. Poor work, welfare and poverty 11
7. Researching the low-pay, no-pay cycle and recurrent poverty 39
8. The low-pay, no-pay cycle: the perspectives and practices of employers and ‘welfare to work’ agencies 61
9. The low-pay, no-pay cycle: its pattern and people’s commitment to work 79
10. Searching for jobs: qualifications, support for the workless and the good and bad of informal social networks 101
11. Poor work: insecurity and churning in deindustrialised labour markets 125
12. ‘The ties that bind’: ill health and caring and their impact on the low-pay, no-pay cycle 143
13. Poverty and social insecurity 167
14. Conclusions 193
15. References 225
16. Index 247