This report details the shift in: “the way in which those claiming benefits are conceptualised and managed” arguing that this is part of a:” growing effort to control the behaviour of those on the receiving end of the welfare state”. The author interrogates this shift, attempting to understand: “the motivations which lie behind it, the policies which bring it into being, and how the Courts attempt to deal with associated legal challenges.”

Shifting-the-Place-of-Social-Security-Welfare-Reform-and-Social-Rights-Jed-Meers Shifting the Place of Social Security: Welfare Reform and Social Rights under the Coalition Government’s Austerity Programme

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