Description
Book SynopsisThis edited collection considers how conditional welfare policies and services are implemented and experienced by a diverse range of welfare service users across a range of UK policy domains including social security, homelessness, migration and criminal justice.
Trade Review“This compelling and often affecting account of the attempts of various arms of the welfare state to enforce `good’ behaviour by service users will interest readers across the social sciences.” Mark Simpson, Ulster University
Table of ContentsEditor's introduction ~ Peter Dwyer Supporting people? Universal Credit, conditionality and the recalibration of vulnerability ~ Helen Stinson Punishment, powerlessness and bounded agency: exploring the role of welfare conditionality with `at risk’ women attempting to live `a good life’ ~ Larissa Povey Resisting welfare conditionality: constraint, choice and dissent among homeless migrants ~ Regina Serpa No strings attached? An exploration of employment support services offered by third sector homelessness organisations ~ Katy Jones Exploring the impact of welfare conditionality on Roma migrants in the UK ~ Liviu Dinu and Lisa Scullion Exploring the behavioural outcomes of family-based intensive interventions ~ Emily Ball Editor’s afterword ~ Peter Dwyer
