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In this chapter the scale of deindustrialization in the UK since 1970 is identified alongside important changes in the gender composition of the labour force. Over this period the relationship of the state to workers has been transformed through the introduction of means tested supplements to low wages and imposition of conditionality on the receipt of working age cash benefits, including those paid to workers. Changes in housing tenure and privatization of elements of the welfare state coupled with a considerable reduction in the security of employment of public sector workers are also significant. The recent impact of austerity is enormous. All of these are examined in relation to their implications for how class is lived.
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Byrne, D. (2019). After Industry and After the Welfare State. In: Class After Industry. Palgrave Pivot, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-02644-8_3
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