Women and Welfare Conditionality: Lived Experiences of Benefit Sanctions, Work and Welfare

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Sharon Wright (University of Glasgow)

Women and Welfare Conditionality

Lived Experiences of Benefit Sanctions, Work and Welfare

Sharon Wright (University of Glasgow)

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Policy Press
30 October 2023

Poverty & unemployment; Gender studies: women; Welfare & benefit systems

Series: Welfare Conditionality

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.

By: Sharon Wright (University of Glasgow)
Imprint: Policy Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: Abridged edition
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781447347736
ISBN 10: 1447347730
Series: Welfare Conditionality
Pages: 190
Publication Date: 30 October 2023
Audience: Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Undergraduate , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified

1. What Does Work-based Welfare Reform Mean for Women? 2. Re-Theorising Conditional Welfare As Gendered Lived Experience and Street-Level Practice 3. Policy Context: The Hidden Gendered Impacts of Conditional Welfare Reforms 4. Re-Writing Retirement As ‘Work Experience’: Older Women’s Gendered Encounters With the Work Ethic 5. Crushing Conditionality: Women Living Through Heavily Enforced Work-Related Conditionality 6. In the Shadow of Sanctions: Disciplining Women and Children for Violating Male-Defined Work Norms 7. Conclusions Appendix 1: The Welfare Conditionality Study Appendix 2: Sanctions Overviews

Sharon Wright is Professor of Social Policy at the University of Glasgow.

Reviews for Women and Welfare Conditionality: Lived Experiences of Benefit Sanctions, Work and Welfare

""All in all, this is a highly recommended book for both academics and (hopefully) also politicians and policy makers in the field of social security law."" Journal of Social Security Law