Governments continue to face challenges in implementing effective strategies to increase
social and economic participation of people with disabilities. In a recent OECD high-level …

With a growing number of strict obligations and harsh sanctions for welfare recipients, the
Netherlands has increasingly become a punitive welfare state. This article looks at what this …

This article discusses the trend of introducing increasingly strict obligations and sanctions for
social security claimants in Germany, the Netherlands and the UK. It is argued that this trend …

Australian governments along with other western countries have made significant changes
to the welfare system with a focus on encouraging sole parents on social security payments …

This paper reflects on aspects of the meaning of new social security as 'conditional
welfare'(such as welfare quarantining) and its implications for client rights, advocacy and …

The previous Rudd/Gillard Australian Governments adopted measures specifically designed
to more actively combat'intergenerational welfare dependence'. Building on the previous …

Australian governments along with other western countries have made significant changes
to the welfare system with a focus on encouraging sole parents on social security payments …

Contemporary social protection and associated policy settings for the 'new longevity'of
society (Ellison, Schetzer, Mullins, Perry and Wong, 2004) must take account of …

The UK Drug Policy Commission (UKDPC) is an independent body providing objective
analysis of evidence related to UK drug policy. It aims to improve political, media and public …