This article reviews developments in digital self‐servicing in Australian employment
services. The article draws on program implementation documentation to describe recent …

It has not been simple to arrive at a universally acceptable scientific definition of career.
Nevertheless, definitions revolve around the notion of sequential employment-related …

Contemporary global challenges require practitioners to confidently analyse the dominant
discourses and develop frameworks and strategies for future change. Engaging with Social …

Punitive welfare conditionality, combining tough sanctions with minimal self-directed
support, is a defining feature of contemporary UK working age social security provision. This …

In 1998, we were witnessing major changes in frontline social service delivery across the
OECD and this was theorised as the emergence of a post-Fordist welfare state. Changes in …

The distinctive character of the unemployment policies overhaul, known as the 'activation
turn'of the 1990s, was that OECD governments intensified coercion against unemployed …

Purpose–The purpose of the paper is to discuss and seek a better understanding of the
stigmatization of unemployed workers who have been laid off. Design/methodology …

Buying and Selling the Poor ventures behind the scenes of the multibillion-dollar welfare-to-
work system, offering new insights into how Australia responds to unemployment and …

Selma Macfarlane, PhD has been involved in social work education for 20 years, primarily
as a Lecturer at Deakin University in Geelong, Victoria. She has publications in the areas of …

'This important and illuminating book provides a powerful and harrowing depiction of the
inadequacies of the Australian welfare system. Its findings challenge the foundations and …