McNeill, Jenny (2017) Gamers or victims: how can you ‘play the game’ on benefits if you don’t know the rules? British Politics and Policy at LSE (17 Jan 2017). Website.
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Abstract
Portrayals of welfare users being lazy and work-shy, manipulating the system to receive support, are common. Drawing on research, Jenny McNeill explains the extent to which cynical manipulation is present in the conduct of welfare support recipients.
| Item Type: | Online resource (Website) |
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| Official URL: | http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy |
| Additional Information: | © 2017 The Author(s) CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 |
| Divisions: | LSE |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) > JN101 Great Britain |
| Date Deposited: | 23 Mar 2017 11:38 |
| Last Modified: | 10 Sep 2025 10:20 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/70402 |
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