workfare
Sign in to savethumb|right|Activists dressed as prisoners demonstrating against workfare in the United Kingdom (October 2011) Workfare is a governmental plan under which welfare recipients are required to accept public-service jobs or to participate in job training. Many countries around the world have adopted workfare (sometimes implemented as "work-first" policies) to reduce poverty among able-bodied adults; however, their approaches to execution vary. The United States and United Kingdom are two countries utilizing workfare, albeit with different backgrounds.
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12 sectionsContents
- Background
- Role of the welfare state
- Goals
- United States
- United Kingdom
- Critique
- Support
- Criticism
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|right|Activists dressed as prisoners demonstrating against workfare in the United Kingdom (October 2011) Workfare is a governmental plan under which welfare recipients are required to accept public-service jobs or to participate in job training. Many countries around the world have adopted workfare (sometimes implemented as "work-first" policies) to reduce poverty among able-bodied adults; however, their approaches to execution vary. The United States and United Kingdom are two countries utilizing workfare, albeit with different backgrounds.
== Background ==