Western culture has 'faith'in the labour market as a test of the worth of each individual. For
those who are out of work, welfare is now less of a support than a means of purification and …

Conditionality has arguably always been part of welfare and poor relief regimes dating at
least as far back as the poor laws and the condition of less eligibility. Nevertheless, there …

Underpinned by the idea of the right to a 'basic minimum', welfare states are a major feature
of many societies. However, the lived experiences of persons seeking and receiving welfare …

Since 2014, gender equality has gained momentum in Irish higher education. Feminist
organising and media attention resulted in an 'almost-perfect storm of pressure'to which the …

From anti-immigration agendas that criminalise vulnerable populations, to the punishment of
the poor and the governance of parenting, this timely book explores how diverse fields of …

EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. This book assesses
how the practice of contracting-out public employment services via competitive tendering …

Union dissolution is a critical event for women's living standards. Previous work has found
that women in high-income unions lose more from union dissolution than women in low …

This article focuses on multiple conditionalities in benefits and housing from the perspective
of lone parents in Ireland. The Irish case echoes historical experiences elsewhere and is …

This paper analyses the impact of the intensification of work-related conditionality on the
lived experience of jobseekers in Ireland. Post-crisis Ireland has witnessed the emergence …

The Goffmanian thesis of stigma occurring as an aspect of “spoiled identity” has arguably
provided the dominant theoretical understanding of social stigma over the past half century …