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Welfare Conditionality
Beth Watts
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Description for Welfare Conditionality
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Welfare conditionality has become an idea of global significance in recent years. A `hot topic' in North America, Australia, and across Europe, it has been linked to austerity politics, and the rise of foodbanks and destitution. In the Global South, where publicly funded welfare protection systems are often absent, conditional approaches have become a key tool employed by organisations pursuing human development goals. The essence of welfare conditionality lies in requirements for people to behave in prescribed ways in order to access cash benefits or other welfare support. These conditions are typically enforced through benefit ... Read more
Welfare conditionality has become an idea of global significance in recent years. A `hot topic' in North America, Australia, and across Europe, it has been linked to austerity politics, and the rise of foodbanks and destitution. In the Global South, where publicly funded welfare protection systems are often absent, conditional approaches have become a key tool employed by organisations pursuing human development goals. The essence of welfare conditionality lies in requirements for people to behave in prescribed ways in order to access cash benefits or other welfare support. These conditions are typically enforced through benefit ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Series
Key Ideas
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781138119918
SKU
V9781138119918
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Ref
99-1
About Beth Watts
Beth Watts is Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Social Policy, Housing and Equalities Research (I-SPHERE), Heriot-Watt University. She has a background in political and moral philosophy, and is interested in the application of philosophical tools in social and housing policy analysis. Beth completed her PhD comparing homelessness policy in Scotland and Ireland in 2013 at the University of ... Read more
Reviews for Welfare Conditionality
An excellent guide to the complex and often contentious debates about the efficacy and legitimacy of welfare conditionality. - Alan Deacon, Emeritus Professor of Social Policy, University of Leeds What the book does unambiguously show is - as the introduction suggests - that conditionality is intensifying in welfare systems across the world. It ... Read more