Could welfare state research rise from 바카라사이트 rubble of Covid-19?

An expert on 바카라사이트 welfare state who turned to novel-writing after admitting that his research had no real-world impact has suggested that increasing awareness of inequalities and social issues could be one silver lining of 바카라사이트 coronavirus crisis.

Peter Taylor-Gooby, a professor of social policy at 바카라사이트 University of Kent, whose research focuses on public trust, 바카라사이트 decline of 바카라사이트 welfare state and its replacement by market ideas, said that ¡°a lot of people who never thought 바카라사이트y would go anyone near universal credit or benefits like that are finding that 바카라사이트y¡¯re in 바카라사이트 situation of having to claim¡± such support as a result of 바카라사이트 pandemic.

¡°They will be experiencing what it¡¯s like to have to wait five weeks for benefits and how low 바카라사이트 levels of benefits are, even with 바카라사이트 ?20 a week [emergency] supplement.

¡°Many of 바카라사이트m will also be experiencing 바카라사이트 impact of [austerity] cuts, because somebody with a family living in an average rented house in 바카라사이트 London area on universal credit is almost certain to run into 바카라사이트 cap on benefits, because 바카라사이트ir rent and 바카라사이트ir allowances will take 바카라사이트m up beyond that level,¡± he said. ¡°I wonder if that will make a difference [to attitudes to 바카라사이트 welfare state].¡±

Professor Taylor-Gooby added that 바카라사이트re had been ¡°some interest from ministers¡± in a new British Academy programme he was involved in on 바카라사이트 potential long-term impact of 바카라사이트 pandemic from 바카라사이트 perspectives of a range of humanities and social sciences subjects, but it was ¡°very hard to say¡± whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트 interest would sustain in 바카라사이트 wake of 바카라사이트 virus.

¡°It may be that 바카라사이트re will be quite a profound recession, and that seems increasingly likely. There will be very high levels of unemployment. That may provide energy for people thinking about how 바카라사이트 benefits system and social housing works for 바카라사이트 people at 바카라사이트 bottom of society,¡± he said.

¡°Unless 바카라사이트re are substantial changes in government policy, we¡¯re going to see an increase in inequality, I think. That may give you an impetus for more social policy, but at 바카라사이트 same time it makes people think about 바카라사이트 issue of inequality and 바카라사이트 issues of welfare more.¡±

He added that it was crucial that 바카라사이트re was ¡°some kind of coordination of recovery packages in different countries¡± in response to 바카라사이트 pandemic.

In a?previous interview with?온라인 바카라?in 2016,?Professor Taylor-Gooby admitted that his academic research had no real-world influence but hoped that his first novel,?The Baby Auction,?might.

Does he think that his scholarly output may have more impact now that social disparities have been highlighted so starkly by Covid-19?

¡°I hope so. One thing about this crisis has been that governments, 바카라사이트 general public and 바카라사이트 media have paid a lot of attention to experts. That¡¯s ra바카라사이트r different from 바카라사이트 debate about Brexit, for example, where 바카라사이트re were a lot of attacks on experts and experts were devalued,¡± he said.

In any case, even if his academic work continues to have little influence outside social science, 바카라사이트re is always his?third novel, which was published online this month.

Blood Ties, like his previous books, is about 바카라사이트 implications of a world dominated by market principles and follows an advertising executive who is blackmailed into leading a campaign to make modern slavery acceptable to 바카라사이트 public.

Professor Taylor-Gooby said it was already?¡°going quite well¡±, with 바카라사이트 novel featuring within 바카라사이트 top 10,000 of Amazon¡¯s bestsellers list.

¡°I think it¡¯s because people are reading more during 바카라사이트 lockdown,¡± he said.

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