This is an open access book. This book offers the first overview of the 'wicked problems' literature, often seen as complex, open-ended, and intractable, with both the nature of the …
S Wright, R Patrick - Social Policy and Society, 2019 - cambridge.org
Punitive welfare conditionality, combining tough sanctions with minimal self-directed support, is a defining feature of contemporary UK working age social security provision. This …
A steadily growing number of studies investigate how popular support for social policies targeting particular groups is rooted in citizens' deservingness opinions. According to theory …
This important book builds a bridge between the literature on popular welfare deservingness and social welfare policies. It examines the relationship between the two, exploring the close …
Despite widespread enthusiasm for Housing First approaches to addressing homelessness, conditional models of support that require 'housing readiness' persist in many jurisdictions …
R van Berkel - Social Policy & Administration, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
This article looks at how welfare conditionality is delivered at the street level. It argues that the street‐level delivery of welfare conditionality is structured by policies, the governance …
Taking a multidisciplinary perspective (including public health, sociology, criminology, and political science amongst others) and using examples from across the globe, this book …
S Wright, P Dwyer - Journal of Social Policy, 2022 - cambridge.org
Universal Credit is the UK's globally innovative social security reform that replaces six means tested benefits with one monthly payment for working age claimants-combining …
In this paper we explore whether the recent rise in food bank usage in the UK has been induced by the roll-out of Universal Credit. We bring together official statistics on the …