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Systems, Fiddling and Strangers: Young People on the ‘Welfare State’

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 May 2003

Ian McIntosh
Ian McIntosh
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Social Science, University of Stirling E-mail: ian.mcintosh@stir.ac.uk
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Abstract

This paper is concerned with young people's understanding of the welfare state; who and what is it for, and what is their relation to it? It is argued that such qualitative research into these questions is not common. Exploring these issues increases our knowledge of the presence that ideas and discourses about welfare states have in young people's understanding of the social world. Qualitative approaches such as the one adopted in this paper can tap into meanings and perceptions that young people have in relation to the welfare state that can be glossed over with more quantitative concerns with ‘attitudes’.

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Social Policy and Society , Volume 2 , Issue 2 , April 2003 , pp. 91 - 99
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© Cambridge University Press 2003

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Footnotes

Thanks to Samantha Punch for her helpful comments in relation to this article.