Edmiston, D (2014) Social Security Privatisation in the UK: a means to whose end? People, Place and Policy, 8 (2). 113 - 128.
Abstract
This paper investigates how privatisation trends have affected the right to social security in the UK since 1979. Privatisation has regularly been posited as a solution to more efficiently and effectively target public services. However, the procedural effects of social security privatisation have been the opposite, with increased social spending accompanied by poorly targeted provision. Those able to wield democratic influence and consumer interests over legislative entitlement have disproportionately benefited from increased social security efforts. This paper illustrates that a confluence of factors affect the right to social security within and beyond substantive privatisation processes. Whilst the, albeit gradual, diversification of social security has proven critical, the principles underpinning such developments have proven far more significant in informing and threatening the right to social security for those who most need it.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | (c) 2014, The Author. Journal Compilation (c) 2014 PPP. Reproduced in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Social policy; Social security; Privatisation |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Education, Social Sciences and Law (Leeds) > School of Sociology and Social Policy (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 25 Nov 2014 10:37 |
Last Modified: | 25 Nov 2014 10:37 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.3351/ppp.0008.0002.0003 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Sheffield Hallam University |
Identification Number: | 10.3351/ppp.0008.0002.0003 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:81344 |