Women and Welfare Conditionality: Lived Experiences of Benefit Sanctions, Work and Welfare (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781447347743)

Recent welfare reforms, based on austerity narratives and a gender-neutral rationale, have failed to recognise the ways in which women and men experience the different demands and rewards of paid employment and unpaid care. This book draws on a wealth of qualitative longitudinal evidence to cast light on women's lived experiences of welfare and work. Giving voice to social security recipients, this book uncovers the hidden gendered bias of conditional welfare reforms to challenge dominant political discourses, policy design and practice norms. It combines and develops three interdisciplinary perspectives - feminist analysis, lived experience and street-level bureaucracy - to offer a new understanding of British welfare reform policies and practice.

Author: Sharon Wright
ISBN-10: 1447347749
ISBN-13: 9781447347743
Publisher: Policy Press
Language: English
Published: 11/28/2023
Pages: 190
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.61lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.41d