Background: A stigma is a long-lasting mark of social disgrace that has a profound effect on
interactions between the stigmatized and the unstigmatized. Factors governing the extent of …

Background An emphasis on welfare reform has been a shared concern of recent UK
governments, with the project of transforming the provision of welfare gathering pace over …

Drug abuse is considered one of the most stigmatizing health conditions. Growing evidence
has shown that stigma is associated with the different impairments of stigmatized individuals …

This article critically examines the implications accompanying the introduction and
implementation of recovery‐based policy. The article draws upon research conducted in L …

Employing Deleuzo–Guattarian orientations to assemblage and feminist approaches to
care, this book offers a critique of neoliberal approaches to recovery from drugs and alcohol …

Over the past five years, proposals to introduce drug testing for welfare recipients have
proliferated across the globe. In England, it was included in the Welfare Reform Act 2009 …

Increasing the conditionality of welfare benefits is a growing trend in many developed
countries, particularly in relation to some groups who may be perceived as undeserving of …

The relationship between alcohol misuse, employment and unemployment is complex.
Alcohol misuse is correlated with a range of other problems, including, for example, drug …

United Kingdom government policy to increase social security claimants' entry to the labour
market through conditions attached to unemployed, sickness and incapacity benefits now …

If you are looking for an incisive and highly readable account of current research and
debates in the field of drugs and substance misuse, then this is the book for you. Written by a …