Identity, Life History and Commitment to Welfare

Hoggett, Paul; Bedell, Phoebe; Jimenez, Luis; Mayo, Marjorie C. and Miller, Chris. 2006. Identity, Life History and Commitment to Welfare. Journal of Social Policy, 35(4), pp. 689-704. ISSN 00472794 [Article]

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Abstract or Description

Using detailed extracts from two life histories, this article examines the nature of the personal identifications that often underpin the commitment of welfare workers to their jobs. We explore the paradox that it is those identifications such as class and gender, mediated through individual biography, that fix the ‘self as object’ and that also provide us with the resources for self-transformation. In this respect, the article not only throws light upon the psychical and emotional roots of commitment to the other, but also upon some of the impasses ‘identity theory’ currently finds itself in.

Item Type:

Article

Identification Number (DOI):

https://doi.org/10.1017/S0047279406000146

Departments, Centres and Research Units:

Social, Therapeutic & Community Engagement (STaCS) > Social Work

Dates:

DateEvent
October 2006Published

Item ID:

1837

Date Deposited:

12 Mar 2009 15:42

Last Modified:

29 Apr 2020 15:27

Peer Reviewed:

Yes, this version has been peer-reviewed.

URI:

https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/1837

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