Disability benefits, welfare reform and employment policy / edited by Colin Lindsay, Edinburgh Napier University, UK, and Donald Houston, University of St Andrews, UK.
| Other author | Lindsay, Colin (Researcher) |
| Other author | Houston, Donald. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013. |
| Description | xv, 244 pages ; 22 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | List of figures -- List of tables -- Notes on contributors -- Fit for work? : representations and explanations of the disability benefits : crisis in the UK and beyond / Colin Lindsay and Donald Houston -- Disability benefits in the UK : an issue health or jobs? / Christina Beatty and Steve Fothergill -- A history of work-disability / John Macnicol -- Are incapacity benefit claimants beyond employment? : exploring issues of employability / Anne Green and Ian Shuttleworth -- Redefining "fit for work" : welfare reform and the introduction of employment support allowance / Helen Barnes and Paul Sissons -- A health problem? health and employability in the UK labour market / Jon Warren, Kayleigh Garthwaite and Clare Bambra -- The interaction of health, labour market conditions and long-term sickness benefit claims in a post-industrial city : a Glasgow case study / David Webster, Judith Brown, Ewan B. Macdonald and Ivan Turok -- The impact of the UK's disability benefit reforms / Christina Beatty, Steve Fothergill and Donald Houston -- Germany : attempting to activate the long-term unemployed with reduced working capacity / Martin Brussig and Matthias Knuth -- Incapacity benefits : change and continuity in the Swedish welfare state / Rickard Ulmestig -- From dutch disease to Dutch fitness? : two decades of disability crisis in the Netherlands / Rik van Berkel -- New Zealand's reform of sickness benefit and invalid's benefit / Neil Lunt and Daniel Horsfall -- Fit for purpose? : lessons for policies to address the disability benefits / Donald Houston and Colin Lindsay. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2013014650 |
| ISBN | 9780230349940 |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |