Abstract
Despite an increasing commitment to tackle disadvantage and discrimination, welfare states in the West struggle to provide accessible and appropriate health and social care to people of minority ethnic populations. This article analyses the dilemmas of welfare provision in an ethnically diverse state by drawing on empirical findings from a qualitative study exploring the perceptions and experiences of family life and social support for people of Pakistani origin living in the UK, and its interface with the state as a site of potentially competing and conflicting sets of social values. We conclude by suggesting that a notion of 'reflexive practitioner' is fundamental to generating a critical insight that can deal with the tensions posed by diversity for a welfare state.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 377-393 |
| Number of pages | 17 |
| Journal | Policy and Politics |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue number | 3 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1 Jul 2007 |
Bibliographical note
This is a post-peer-review, pre-copy edited version of an article published in Policy and Politics. The definitive publisher-authenticated version is available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1332/030557307781571632 Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. Openly available from July 2008.Keywords
- Ethnicity
- citizenship and governance
- family relationships
- health and social care