Search Results - "Critical social policy"

A hand up or a slap down? Criminalising benefit claimants in Britain via strategies of surveillance, sanctions and deterrence by Fletcher, Del Roy, Wright, Sharon

“…British policy-makers have increasingly sought to intensify and extend welfare conditionality. A distinctly more punitive turn was taken in 2012 to…”
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‘Benefits broods’: The cultural and political crafting of anti-welfare commonsense by Jensen, Tracey, Tyler, Imogen

“…In the aftermath of the global banking crises, a political economy of permanent state austerity has emerged, driven by and legitimated through a hardening…”
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The UK’s hostile environment: Deputising immigration control by Griffiths, Melanie, Yeo, Colin

“…In 2012, Home Secretary Theresa May told a newspaper that she wanted to create a ‘really hostile environment’ for irregular migrants in the UK. Although the…”
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The alchemy of austerity by Clarke, John, Newman, Janet

“…The return of austerity has provoked social conflict, political controversy and academic disputes. In this article we explore some of these through the…”
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A critical analysis of the new politics of fuel poverty in England by Middlemiss, Lucie

“…A household is fuel poor when it is unable to afford the level of energy services required to allow its members to live a decent life. From 2010 to 2015, the…”
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Violent bureaucracy: A critical analysis of the British public employment service by Redman, Jamie, Fletcher, Del Roy

“…Between 2010–2015, the Coalition’s pursuit of a radical austerity programme saw Britain’s Jobcentre Plus experience some of the most punitive reforms and…”
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The growth of food banks in Britain and what they mean for social policy by Lambie-Mumford, Hannah

“…Recent UK social policy has been dominated by welfare reform and austerity. This article draws on empirical research to argue that the rise and prominence of…”
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Power dynamics and collaborative mechanisms in co-production and co-design processes by Farr, Michelle

“…Co-production and co-design practices are increasingly being promoted to develop user-centred public services. Analysing these practices with literature on…”
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The Danish ‘ghetto initiatives’ and the changing nature of social citizenship, 2004–2018 by Seemann, Anika

“…This article critically examines the Danish ‘ghetto initiatives’ of 2004, 2010, 2013 and 2018, with a particular focus on their implications for ‘social…”
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Countering terrorism and radicalisation: Securitising social policy? by Ragazzi, Francesco

“…While social and security policies have always overlapped in complex ways, recent developments in counter-terrorism policy suggest that Western European…”
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Violent proletarianisation: Social murder, the reserve army of labour and social security ‘austerity’ in Britain by Grover, Chris

“…This article examines social security policy for working age people in Britain in the ‘age of austerity’. Drawing upon critical approaches to understanding…”
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Where are we now? Twenty-five years of research, policy and practice on young carers by Aldridge, Jo

“…It is more than 25 years since the critical dialogue on young carers was played out in the pages of this journal (see Morris and Keith, 1995; Aldridge and…”
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‘Punishing those who do the wrong thing’: Enforcing destitution and debt through the UK’s family migration rules by Dickson, Eve, Rosen, Rachel

“…In 2012, the ‘no recourse to public funds’ (NRPF) condition was extended to long-standing migrant families in the UK who had previously achieved rights to…”
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The banality of state violence: Institutional neglect in austere local authorities by Kiely, Ed, Warnock, Rosalie

“…Theorisations of state violence under austerity have been criticised for their imprecision. In response, this article introduces the concept of institutional…”
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A cure-all for energy poverty? Thinking critically about energy advice by Simcock, Neil, Bouzarovski, Stefan

“…Dramatic increases in global energy prices in 2022 have sharpened focus on the suffering experienced by people living in energy poverty – a situation where…”
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Is digitalisation of public health and social welfare services reinforcing social exclusion? The case of Russian-speaking older migrants in Finland by Buchert, Ulla, Kemppainen, Laura, Olakivi, Antero, Wrede, Sirpa, Kouvonen, Anne

“…Governments are rapidly digitalising public services to increase cost-effectiveness of the public sector. This study examines older migrants’ use of digital…”
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Inheriting discriminatory socio-political landscapes as ‘undeserving’ disabled people: The legacy of common health problems and the future for long COVID by Hunt, Joanne

“…The UK government's recent announcement that the highly controversial Work Capability Assessment (WCA) will likely be abolished leaves questions of what…”
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Bordering practices in the UK welfare system by Guentner, Simon, Lukes, Sue, Stanton, Richard, Vollmer, Bastian A., Wilding, Jo

“…This article considers how chauvinistic welfare policies operate as a bordering practice. Taking the UK as an example, it examines a process in which welfare…”
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Ageing in urban environments: Developing ‘age-friendly’ cities by Buffel, Tine, Phillipson, Chris, scharf, Thomas

“…Developing environments responsive to the aspirations and needs of older people has become a major concern for social and public policy. This article aims to…”
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Weaponising time in the war on welfare: Slow violence and deaths of disabled people within the UK's social security system by Mills, China, Pring, John

“…In 2014, a long continuing battle began to find out more about Government record-keeping on the deaths of disabled people claiming benefits. Drawing on a…”
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