Background Lower incomes are associated with poorer mental health and wellbeing, but the
extent to which income has a causal effect is debated. We aimed to synthesise evidence …

This paper surveys the emergence, diffusion, merits, and critics of social investment as a
distinctive welfare policy paradigm. After revisiting its intellectual roots, the article …

Stigma is not a self-evident phenomenon but like all concepts has a history. The conceptual
understanding of stigma which underpins most sociological research has its roots in the …

Stigma is a corrosive social force by which individuals and communities throughout history
have been systematically dehumanised, scapegoated and oppressed. From the literal …

Inequality and poverty have returned with a vengeance in recent decades. To reduce them,
we need fresh ideas that move beyond taxes on the wealthy. Anthony B. Atkinson offers …

The Uses of Social Investment provides the first study of the welfare state, under the new
post-crisis austerity context and associated crisis management politics, to take stock of the …

Welfare conditionality has become an idea of global significance in recent years. A 'hot
topic'in North America, Australia, and across Europe, it has been linked to austerity politics …

This contribution delineates the sui generis paradigmatic portent of the social investment
perspective. After theoretically defining the notion of a policy paradigm in welfare state …

In the aftermath of the global banking crises, a political economy of permanent state austerity
has emerged, driven by and legitimated through a hardening anti-welfare commonsense …

Poverty remains one of the most urgent issues of our time. In this fully updated edition of her
important and widely acclaimed intervention on the topic, Ruth Lister introduces readers to …