From incapacity benefit to employment and support allowance: Social sorting, sickness and impairment, and social security

Policy Studies

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 265-282

  Grover, Chris ^a   Piggott, Linda ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disability; Employment and Support Allowance; Incapacity Benefit; Social model; Social sorting

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951229807     PISSN: 01442872     EISSN: 14701006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01442870903429678     Document Type: Article

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