Fear of the brown envelope: Exploring welfare reform with long-term sickness benefits recipients

Social Policy and Administration

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 782-798

  Garthwaite, Kayleigh ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disability; Discourse; Language; Narrative; Sickness benefits; Welfare reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 84911988406     PISSN: 01445596     EISSN: 14679515     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/spol.12049     Document Type: Article

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