The Welfare Trait
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-137-55527-4 (ISBN)
Adam Perkins is Lecturer in the Neurobiology of Personality at the Institute of psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, UK. He brings to this book a wealth of scientific knowledge about personality, gained during more than 15 years researching the topic. Before he became established as a scientist, Adam spent years working as an unskilled labourer and has also claimed welfare when unemployed.
Preface.- Chapter 1. What is Personality and Why does the Welfare State Matter?.- Chapter 2. The Employment-Resistant Personality Profile.- Chapter 3. The Lifelong Impact of Personality.- Chapter 4. The Influence of Benefits on Claimant Reproduction.- Chapter 5. Childhood Disadvantage and Employment-Resistance.- Chapter 6. Genetic Influences on Personality.- Chapter 7. Personality as a Product of Nature and Nurture.- Chapter 8. A Model of How the Welfare State Leads to Personality Mis-Development.- Chapter 9. Further Evidence for Welfare-Induced Personality Mis-Development.- Chapter 10. What Next?.
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 11.11.2015 |
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Zusatzinfo | X, 201 p. |
Verlagsort | Basingstoke |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 140 x 216 mm |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Entwicklungspsychologie |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Sozialpsychologie | |
Naturwissenschaften | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre | |
ISBN-10 | 1-137-55527-0 / 1137555270 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-137-55527-4 / 9781137555274 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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