MacDonald, Robert; Shildrick, Tracy; Furlong, Andy - In: Sociological Research Online 19 (2014) 3, pp. 1-1
This paper critically engages with a pervasive myth about welfare in the UK which is commonly spread by politicians, think tanks and the media. This is the myth that there are areas of the country which are so affected by entrenched cultures of 'welfare dependency' that the majority of residents...