Workfare and welfare-to-work: the devil in the detail

 

The Dutch sometimes find it annoying that most people use the terms ‘Holland’ and ‘the Netherlands’ as synonyms. Holland, they insist, is just one part of the Netherlands, alongside with Limburg, Utrecht, Gelderland and others. Brits who have grown tired of explaining the difference between ‘England’, ‘Great Britain’, ‘the United Kingdom’ and ‘the British Isles’ abroad will see their point. However, one of the quirks of linguistic usage is that when everybody makes the same mistake, it ceases to be a mistake. Continental newspapers can effortlessly write about issues like Scottish independence, where the difference between England and ‘England’ matters, without risking any misunderstandings.

Misunderstandings only arise when two parties use the same term differently, and this is precisely what has happened in the British workfare debate.

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Source: http://www.iea.org.uk/blog/workfare-and-welfare-to-work-the-devil-in-the-detail

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