Gender, Work and Social Control - A Century of Disability Benefits (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019)

This book uses previously unknown archive materials to explore the meaning of the term 'incapable of work' over a hundred years (1911-present). Nowadays, people claiming disability benefits must undergo medical tests to assess whether or not they are capable of work. Media reports and high profile campaigns highlight the problems with this system and question whether the process is fair. These debates are not new and, in this book, Jackie Gulland looks at similar questions about how to assess people's capacity for work from the beginning of the welfare state in the early 20th century. Amongst many subject areas, she explores women's roles in the domestic sphere and how these were used to consider their capacity for work in the labour market. The book concludes that incapacity benefit decision making is really about work: what work is, what it is not, who should do it, who should be compensated when work does not provide a sufficient income and who should be exempted from any requirement to look for it.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Palgrave Socio-Legal Studies
Release date:	July 2019
First published:	2019
Authors:	Jackie Gulland
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	241
Edition:	1st ed. 2019
ISBN-13:	978-1-137-60562-7
Categories:	Books > Law > Jurisprudence & general issues > Law & society Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Work & labour Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Disability: social aspects Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social welfare & social services > Welfare & benefit systems Promotions
LSN:	1-137-60562-6
Barcode:	9781137605627

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