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The war on welfare and the war on asylum
Jon Burnett 
Race & Class, Volume: 57, Issue: 2, Pages: 96 - 100
Swansea University Author:
Jon Burnett
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DOI (Published version): 10.1177/0306396815595919
Abstract
This articles examines the parallels between the UK government’s ‘war’ on welfare and ‘war’ on asylum, in terms of the creation of widespread destitution and the rhetoric which punishes those depicted as ‘bogus’. In both cases, large private corporations now control people’s fates, whilst a ‘disturb...
| Published in: | Race & Class |
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| ISSN: | 0306-3968 1741-3125 |
| Published: |
2015
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| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa33860 |
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This articles examines the parallels between the UK government’s ‘war’ on welfare and ‘war’ on asylum, in terms of the creation of widespread destitution and the rhetoric which punishes those depicted as ‘bogus’. In both cases, large private corporations now control people’s fates, whilst a ‘disturbed morality’ encourages the wider public to support such a coercive system and inform on our neighbours. |
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| Keywords: |
policy transfer, privatisation, secret penal system, war on asylum, war on welfare, welfare cuts |
| College: |
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Issue: |
2 |
| Start Page: |
96 |
| End Page: |
100 |