The Welfare Trait How State Benefits Affect Personality /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Perkins, Adam (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
• Θέματα: Social sciences.; Social policy.; Well-being.; Children.; Welfare state.; Social service.; Developmental psychology.; Personality.; Social psychology.; Social Sciences.; Politics of the Welfare State.; Social Policy.; Developmental Psychology.; Personality and Social Psychology.; Social Care.; Child Well-being.

The welfare state has a problem: each generation living under its protection has lower work motivation than the previous one. In order to fix this problem we need to understand its causes, lest the welfare state ends up undermining its own economic and social foundations. In The Welfare Trait, award...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Preface
• Chapter 1. What is Personality and Why does the Welfare State Matter?
• Chapter 2. The Employment-Resistant Personality Profile
• Chapter 3. The Lifelong Impact of Personality
• Chapter 4. The Influence of Benefits on Claimant Reproduction
• Chapter 5. Childhood Disadvantage and Employment-Resistance
• Chapter 6. Genetic Influences on Personality
• Chapter 7. Personality as a Product of Nature and Nurture
• Chapter 8. A Model of How the Welfare State Leads to Personality Mis-Development
• Chapter 9. Further Evidence for Welfare-Induced Personality Mis-Development
• Chapter 10. What Next?.