The return of forced labour in the workfare state: enforced work for benefits in the UK in the 1930s and since 2010

IF 16.4 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2022-08-19 DOI:10.1332/175982721x16588487048928

M. Cooper

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Abstract

Support for the unemployed in the UK has become increasingly conditional. This included enforced unpaid work, Mandatory Work Activity (MWA). This was sold as an innovative feature of ‘twenty-first century welfare’ by the 2010–15 government; however, it actually represented the restoration of older techniques of government. This article, compares MWA with enforced work regimes from the last days of the Poor Law in the 1930s. It highlights similarities between both regimes but also significant differences: in the 1930s different claimant groups were subject to different coercions, whereas in the MWA regime, claimants were treated as a homogenous category in need of discipline.

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劳动力国家强迫劳动的回归：20世纪30年代和2010年以来英国为福利而强迫劳动

在英国，对失业者的支持变得越来越有条件。这包括强制无薪工作、强制工作活动（MWA）。这被2010-2015年政府作为“二十一世纪福利”的创新特征出售；然而，它实际上代表了对旧政府技术的恢复。本文将MWA与20世纪30年代《穷人法》最后几天的强制工作制度进行了比较。它强调了两种制度之间的相似之处，但也强调了显著的差异：在20世纪30年代，不同的索赔人群体受到不同的胁迫，而在MWA制度中，索赔人被视为需要纪律的同质类别。

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Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合

CiteScore

31.40

自引率

1.10%

发文量

312

审稿时长

2 months

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