Public health measures to address the COVID-19 pandemic have disrupted welfare regimes
around the world. The Australian government suspended activation requirements for …

More than a decade on from their conception, this book reflects on the consequences of
income management policies in Australia and New Zealand. Drawing on a three-year study …

Abstract The Cape York Welfare Reform (CYWR) initiative aims to reduce 'passive
dependence'on welfare and restore 'positive social norms' to revitalise cultural and social …

Conditional welfare, a social policy mechanism in which disadvantaged groups are required
to conform to behavioural changes to receive income support, has become an influential …

This article explores discursive legitimation of intensified conditionality in Australian social
security policy, by the association of responsible consumption with a revised construction of …

Neoliberalism has transformed work, welfare and democracy. However, its impacts, and its
future, are more complex than we often imagine. Alongside growing inequality, social …

While medical quarantining has (again) received widespread attention during the COVID-19
pandemic, comparatively little consideration has been given to how medical quarantining is …

The international criminology and social policy literature have long explored possible
connections between social welfare and crime. However, existing studies tend towards high …

This book explores welfare politics, unemployment, and interventions in relation to the
labour market from a critical psychological perspective. Using critical fieldwork and theory …

Since the late 1990s, Australia's employment services have enforced mutual obligation
compliance as part of a transition to a disciplinary regime of conditional welfare. In recent …