Employment and Support Allowance: Capability, personalization and disabled people in the UK

Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 170-184

  Grover, Chris ^a   Piggott, Linda ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

capability; Employment and Support Allowance; paid work; personalization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879148599     PISSN: 15017419     EISSN: 17453011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15017419.2012.686890     Document Type: Article

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