The war on welfare and the war on asylum

Burnett, Jon

Abstract

This articles examines the parallels between the UK government’s ‘war’ on welfare and ‘war’ on asylum, in terms of the creation of widespread destitution and the rhetoric which punishes those depicted as ‘bogus’. In both cases, large private corporations now control people’s fates, whilst a ‘disturbed morality’ encourages the wider public to support such a coercive system and inform on our neighbours.

Citation

Burnett, J. (2015). The war on welfare and the war on asylum. Race & class, 57(2), 96-100. https://doi.org/10.1177/0306396815595919

• Journal Article Type: Commentary
• Acceptance Date: Jan 21, 2015
• Online Publication Date: Oct 2, 2015
• Publication Date: Oct 1, 2015
• Deposit Date: Apr 5, 2023
• Journal: Race & Class
• Print ISSN: 0306-3968
• Publisher: SAGE Publications
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 57
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 96-100
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0306396815595919
• Public URL: https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4076417