Making a Living: Social Security, Social Exclusion and New Travellers

by Lyn Webster and Jane Millar

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To combat social exclusion the government has introduced a number of welfare reforms with the central aim of integrating people who can, and "should", work into the labour market. This study explores the ways in which the marginalized and controversial New Traveller community participates in the labour market. By focusing on the experiences of New Travellers, the report explores their patterns of paid work, benefit receipt and other sources of support, including that of community. In so doing, it provides insights into how New Travellers make a living and challenges the commonly held assumption that New Travellers are entirely...Read more
  • ISBN10 1861343310
  • ISBN13 9781861343314
  • Publish Date 9 May 2001
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 6 June 2006
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Policy Press
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 48
  • Language English