Prabhakar, Rajiv
(2009).
The assets agenda and social policy.
Social Policy and Administration, 43(1),
pp. 54–69.
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Abstract
The assets agenda or asset-based welfare has provoked much interest in recent times. This approach insists that the stock of assets that a person owns is an important element of well-being. The assets agenda is not a unified body of thought. However, there is a common failure to distinguish between these different parts and this clouds rather than clarifies debates. This paper seeks to add analytical clarity to current debates about asset-based welfare. I distinguish between social policy and citizenship, and consider their implications for social policy. This discussion is important because analytical clarity is a precondition for a balanced assessment of asset-based welfare.
| Item Type: |
Journal Article
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| Copyright Holders: |
2009 The Author |
| ISSN: |
0144-5596 |
| Keywords: |
asset-based welfare; social policy; citizenship; assets agenda; Child Trust Fund |
| Academic Unit/Department: |
Social Sciences > Economics |
| Item ID: |
26225 |
| Depositing User: |
Rajiv Prabhakar
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| Date Deposited: |
12 Jan 2011 12:38 |
| Last Modified: |
23 Oct 2012 14:36 |
| URI: |
http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/26225 |
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