{"product_id":"making-a-life-on-mean-welfare-by-emma-mitchell-9781447353690","title":"Making a Life on Mean Welfare","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe are often told that mean welfare is what the public wants. Whether or not that's true, \u003cem\u003eMaking a Life on Mean Welfare\u003c\/em\u003e encourages us to at least be honest about what that entails.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt explores how diverse welfare users navigate the personal and practical hurdles of Australia's so-called social security system, where benefits are deliberately meagre and come with strings attached. Based on ethnographic fieldwork in a region of Sydney known for ethnic diversity and socio-economic disadvantage, Emma Mitchell brings her own experience of belonging to a poor family long reliant on welfare to her research.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis book shows the different cultural resources that people bring to welfare encounters with a sensitivity and subtlety that are often missing in both sympathetic and cynical accounts of life on welfare.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47431523893484,"sku":"9781447353690","price":202.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781447353690.jpg?v=1774557623","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/making-a-life-on-mean-welfare-by-emma-mitchell-9781447353690","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}