Re: From DownUnder

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> N. Rose in reading foucault for social work by L. EPSTEIN
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> A Question,
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> I am doing some research into social welfare.
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> It strikes me that I could be using Foucault a basis to study the social
> welfare payments system. .
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> What I am having trouble with is the short run aspects of the governments
> implimentation of some very harsh social welfare criteria to receive paym=
ents.
> I was going to use Foucault to look at this in the context of governments
> short run political power games. That is the government is making it diff=
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> for unemployed people to receive welfare payments unless they comply with=
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> harsh rules. This a political winner (I think anyway and some of the
> literature seems to support this as well) as the public want to be assure=
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> that the authorities are just not handing out payments at the drop of a h=
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> My question is could you please direct me to any articles (even a section=
to a
> book) that looks at the notion of power and politics in this context. I k=
now
> this is a bit of a short cut approach but I have taken 9 weeks annual to =
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> this study and I have spent the last three days searching for materials o=
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> this topic with no luck.
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> Thanks
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> Rob
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N. Rose in reading foucault for social work by L. EPSTEIN 
I think l’histoire de l’état providence by F. Ewald coul=
d also be helpful 
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A Question, 
 
I am doing some research into social welfare. 
 
It strikes me that I could be using Foucault a basis to stud=
y the social welfare payments system. . 
 
What I am having trouble with is the short run aspects of th=
e governments implimentation of some very harsh social welfare criteria to r=
eceive payments. I was going to use Foucault to look at this in the context =
of governments short run political power games. That is the government is ma=
king it difficult for unemployed people to receive welfare payments unless t=
hey comply with very harsh rules. This a political winner (I think anyway an=
d some of the literature seems to support this as well) as the public want t=
o be assured that the authorities are just not handing out payments at the d=
rop of a hat. 
 
My question is could you please direct me to any articles (e=
ven a section to a book) that looks at the notion of power and politics in t=
his context. I know this is a bit of a short cut approach but I have taken 9=
weeks annual to start this study and I have spent the last three days searc=
hing for materials on this topic with no luck. 
 
Look forward to a reply. 
 
Thanks 
 
  
Rob 
 
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