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:01 November 2023 Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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General/trade
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Undergraduate
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ELT Advanced
Format:Hardback Publisher's Status: Active
Sharon Wright is Professor of Social Policy at the University of Glasgow.
