Women and welfare conditionality : lived experiences of benefit sanctions, work and welfare / Sharon Wright.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wright, Sharon (Sharon Elizabeth), author.

Series:

Welfare Conditionality Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poor women--Great Britain.

Poor women.

Public welfare.

Welfare recipients.

Women--Great Britain--Social conditions.

Women.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (191 pages)

Place of Publication:

Bristol, England : Policy Press, [2023]

Summary:

Drawing on a wealth of qualitative longitudinal evidence, this book casts light on women's lived experiences of welfare and work. It uncovers the hidden gendered bias of conditional welfare reforms to challenge dominant political discourses, policy design and practice norms.

Contents:

Front Matter

Content warning

Contents

List of figure, tables and charts

List of abbreviations

Acknowledgements

What does work-based welfare reform mean for women?

Re-theorising conditional welfare as gendered lived experience and street-level practice

Policy context: the hidden gendered impacts of conditional welfare reforms

Rewriting retirement as work experience: older womens gendered encounters with the work ethic

Crushing conditionality: women living through heavily enforced work-related conditionality

In the shadow of sanctions: disciplining women and children for violating male-defined work norms

Conclusions

The Welfare Conditionality study

Sanctions overviews

Notes

References

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781447347774

1447347773

9781447347750

1447347757

9781447347767

1447347765

OCLC:

1402818348