Dealing with Welfare Conditionality

Peter Dwyer is Professor of Social Policy at the University of York, UK. His research and teaching focuses on social citizenship. He led the large ESRC fundedWelfare Conditionality:Sanctions Support and Behaviour Change (2013-2018) project.

“This compelling and often affecting account of the attempts of various arms of the welfare state to enforce `good’ behaviour by service users will interest readers across the social sciences.” Mark Simpson, Ulster University

• Editor's introduction ~ Peter DwyerSupporting people? Universal Credit, conditionality and the recalibration of vulnerability ~ Helen StinsonPunishment, powerlessness and bounded agency: exploring the role of welfare conditionality with ‘at risk’ women attempting to live ‘a good life’ ~ Larissa PoveyResisting welfare conditionality: constraint, choice and dissent among homeless migrants ~ Regina SerpaNo strings attached? An exploration of employment support services offered by third sector homelessness organisations ~ Katy JonesExploring the impact of welfare conditionality on Roma migrants in the UK ~ Liviu Dinu and Lisa ScullionExploring the behavioural outcomes of family-based intensive interventions ~ Emily BallEditor’s afterword ~ Peter Dwyer