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Orton, Michael and Sarkar, Sudipa (2023) Covid-19 and (mis)understanding public attitudes to social security : re-setting debate. Critical Social Policy, 43 (1). pp. 3-28. doi:10.1177/02610183221091553 ISSN 0261-0183.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1177/02610183221091553
Abstract
The Covid-19 pandemic has seen emerging debate about a possible shift in ‘anti-welfare commonsense’ i.e. the orthodoxy previously described in this journal as solidifying negative public attitudes towards ‘welfare’. While a shift in attitudes might be ascribed to the circumstances of the crisis it would still be remarkable for such a strongly established orthodoxy to have changed quite so rapidly. It is appropriate, therefore, to reflect on whether the ‘anti-welfare’ orthodoxy was in fact as unequivocal as claimed? To address this question, challenges to the established orthodoxy that were emerging pre-pandemic are examined along with the most recently available survey data. This leads to discussion of broader issues relating to understanding attitudes: methodology; ‘messiness’ and ambivalence of attitudes; attitudes and constructions of deservingness; and following or leading opinion. It is argued that the ‘anti-welfare’ orthodoxy has always been far more equivocal than claimed, with consequent implications for anti-poverty action and re-setting debate.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Institute for Employment Research | ||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- -- Social aspects -- Great Britain, Social security -- Great Britain -- Public opinion, Public welfare -- Great Britain -- Public opinion | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Critical Social Policy | ||||||||
Publisher: | Sage Publications Ltd. | ||||||||
ISSN: | 0261-0183 | ||||||||
Official Date: | February 2023 | ||||||||
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Volume: | 43 | ||||||||
Number: | 1 | ||||||||
Number of Pages: | 26 | ||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 3-28 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1177/02610183221091553 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | Posted ahead of print. Orton, Michael and Sarkar, Sudipa (2022) Covid-19 and (mis)understanding public attitudes to social security : re-setting debate. Critical Social Policy. Copyright © 2022 by Critical Social Policy Ltd. © 2022 SAGE Publications Reprinted by permission of SAGE Publications. https://journals.sagepub.com/home/csp Users who receive access to an article through a repository are reminded that the article is protected by copyright and reuse is restricted to non-commercial and no derivative uses. | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 1 March 2022 | ||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 2 March 2022 |
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