Nature Of The Anti-Welfare Rhetorical Analysis
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I Introduction
The neoliberal blueprint is one of deregulation, privatisation and competitiveness. This model of existence has become the dominant discourse worldwide, affecting legal, political, social and economic structures. Unsurprisingly, social welfare law has not escaped the neoliberal influence, with developments in this area of law creating human suffering and constraining human agency.
Bourdieu’s categorisation of social welfare law and neoliberalism as forms of structural violence, will be explored in this essay in a manner that supports the sociologist’s argument. This will be done by discussing the nature of the anti-welfare rhetoric of neoliberalism, the subsequent restructuring of social welfare law to serve …show more content…
C The Nature of the Anti-Welfare Rhetoric
It is often stated that the anti-welfare rhetoric of neoliberal states, is limited to social welfare by the government and not that freedom and welfare which can be derived from the market. However, such an assertion does not recognise the true nature of neoliberal rationalities.
Earlier welfare state theorists argue that neoliberalism in its early stages did not recognise the vital role which welfare provision played in the economy. Nonetheless, in the modern context this can no longer be said to be true. The role of the welfare system in maintaining the capitalist economy is firmly entrenched within the system itself, whereby it could be argued that welfare and neoliberal rationalities are almost completely intertwined.
D Restructuring Social Welfare Law to Serve the Purposes of Neoliberal …show more content…
The development of social welfare law in this manner has occurred largely as a result of neoliberal anti-welfare rhetoric. Nonetheless, despite this rhetoric, neoliberal rationalities have not sought to dismantle welfare regimes, rather merely to restructure social welfare laws in a manner that would maintain social control. This is because the role of the welfare system in maintaining the capitalist economy is undeniable, with welfare and neoliberal rationalities now almost completely intertwined. It is for this reason that Bourdieu describes social welfare law and neoliberalism, as forms of structural violence, ultimately maintaining the interests of the most privileged members of
I Introduction
The neoliberal blueprint is one of deregulation, privatisation and competitiveness. This model of existence has become the dominant discourse worldwide, affecting legal, political, social and economic structures. Unsurprisingly, social welfare law has not escaped the neoliberal influence, with developments in this area of law creating human suffering and constraining human agency.
Bourdieu’s categorisation of social welfare law and neoliberalism as forms of structural violence, will be explored in this essay in a manner that supports the sociologist’s argument. This will be done by discussing the nature of the anti-welfare rhetoric of neoliberalism, the subsequent restructuring of social welfare law to serve …show more content…
C The Nature of the Anti-Welfare Rhetoric
It is often stated that the anti-welfare rhetoric of neoliberal states, is limited to social welfare by the government and not that freedom and welfare which can be derived from the market. However, such an assertion does not recognise the true nature of neoliberal rationalities.
Earlier welfare state theorists argue that neoliberalism in its early stages did not recognise the vital role which welfare provision played in the economy. Nonetheless, in the modern context this can no longer be said to be true. The role of the welfare system in maintaining the capitalist economy is firmly entrenched within the system itself, whereby it could be argued that welfare and neoliberal rationalities are almost completely intertwined.
D Restructuring Social Welfare Law to Serve the Purposes of Neoliberal …show more content…
The development of social welfare law in this manner has occurred largely as a result of neoliberal anti-welfare rhetoric. Nonetheless, despite this rhetoric, neoliberal rationalities have not sought to dismantle welfare regimes, rather merely to restructure social welfare laws in a manner that would maintain social control. This is because the role of the welfare system in maintaining the capitalist economy is undeniable, with welfare and neoliberal rationalities now almost completely intertwined. It is for this reason that Bourdieu describes social welfare law and neoliberalism, as forms of structural violence, ultimately maintaining the interests of the most privileged members of