A critical examination of the concept of welfare dependency: its assumptions, underlying values and manifestation in social policy, internationally and in South Africa
| dc.contributor.advisor | Taylor, Viviene | |
| dc.contributor.author | Di Lollo, Adrian | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-06-20T12:38:33Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-06-20T12:38:33Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2006 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2024-06-20T11:55:36Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | [page 38, 54, 81 missing, page 97 duplicated] Concern over "welfare dependency" has featured prominently in the public discourse around social assistance programmes in numerous countries for many years. The notion that social assistance payments tend to sap the recipient's initiative, independence and propensity for securing paid employment is widespread and is often assumed to be an objective fact (rather than a concept) by public officials, social commentators and the media. Consequently, charges of "welfare dependency" have often been used as the basis for cutting social assistance expenditure, restricting eligibility or preventing new initiatives. In South Africa, for example, the concept has been used in opposition to developing a universal Basic Income Grant (BIG). With the aid of case studies focusing on recent social welfare developments in South Africa, Australia and Brazil, this study attempts to critically analyse the term "welfare dependency" to determine which social values and assumptions inform the concept. In addition, the study aims to determine how "welfare dependency" manifests in contemporary social welfare policy and, most importantly, determine if the utilisation of the concept is related to other socio-economic agendas. | |
| dc.identifier.apacitation | Di Lollo, A. (2006). <i>A critical examination of the concept of welfare dependency: its assumptions, underlying values and manifestation in social policy, internationally and in South Africa</i>. (). ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Social Development. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/39987 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Di Lollo, Adrian. <i>"A critical examination of the concept of welfare dependency: its assumptions, underlying values and manifestation in social policy, internationally and in South Africa."</i> ., ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Social Development, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/39987 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Di Lollo, A. 2006. A critical examination of the concept of welfare dependency: its assumptions, underlying values and manifestation in social policy, internationally and in South Africa. . ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Social Development. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/39987 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Di Lollo, Adrian AB - [page 38, 54, 81 missing, page 97 duplicated] Concern over "welfare dependency" has featured prominently in the public discourse around social assistance programmes in numerous countries for many years. The notion that social assistance payments tend to sap the recipient's initiative, independence and propensity for securing paid employment is widespread and is often assumed to be an objective fact (rather than a concept) by public officials, social commentators and the media. Consequently, charges of "welfare dependency" have often been used as the basis for cutting social assistance expenditure, restricting eligibility or preventing new initiatives. In South Africa, for example, the concept has been used in opposition to developing a universal Basic Income Grant (BIG). With the aid of case studies focusing on recent social welfare developments in South Africa, Australia and Brazil, this study attempts to critically analyse the term "welfare dependency" to determine which social values and assumptions inform the concept. In addition, the study aims to determine how "welfare dependency" manifests in contemporary social welfare policy and, most importantly, determine if the utilisation of the concept is related to other socio-economic agendas. DA - 2006 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - Social Development LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PY - 2006 T1 - A critical examination of the concept of welfare dependency: its assumptions, underlying values and manifestation in social policy, internationally and in South Africa TI - A critical examination of the concept of welfare dependency: its assumptions, underlying values and manifestation in social policy, internationally and in South Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/39987 ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/39987 | |
| dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Di Lollo A. A critical examination of the concept of welfare dependency: its assumptions, underlying values and manifestation in social policy, internationally and in South Africa. []. ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Social Development, 2006 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/39987 | en_ZA |
| dc.language.rfc3066 | eng | |
| dc.publisher.department | Department of Social Development | |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Faculty of Humanities | |
| dc.subject | Social Development | |
| dc.title | A critical examination of the concept of welfare dependency: its assumptions, underlying values and manifestation in social policy, internationally and in South Africa | |
| dc.type | Thesis / Dissertation | |
| dc.type.qualificationlevel | Masters | |
| dc.type.qualificationlevel | MPhil |