Universal credit, ubiquitous conditionality and its implications for social citizenship

Journal of Poverty and Social Justice

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 27-35

  Dwyer, Peter ^a   Wright, Sharon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conditionality; Social citizenship; Universal Credit; Welfare reform; Work

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897594755     PISSN: 17598273     EISSN: 17598281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1332/175982714X13875305151043     Document Type: Article

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