Disability and social (in)security : emotions, contradictions of ‘inclusion’ and employment and support allowance

Grover, Christopher and Piggott, Linda (2013) Disability and social (in)security : emotions, contradictions of ‘inclusion’ and employment and support allowance. Social Policy and Society, 12 (3). pp. 369-380. ISSN 1475-3073

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Abstract

The focus of this article is on the ways in which emotions are engaged in the discursive construction and treatment of disabled people in receipt of social security benefits. The article draws upon the literature related to the social importance of emotions and that concerned with moral boundary drawing. It argues that the evocation of emotional reactions is crucial in understanding the ways in which changes to out-of-work benefits for disabled people (the development of Employment and Support Allowance) have recently been effected and the ways in which this has reflected a desire to more closely denote those judged able and not able to work in a redrawing of the ‘disability category’. While this has been done in the name of ‘inclusion’, the article concludes that its consequences are, in various ways, the ‘exclusion’ and stigmatisation of disabled people.

Item Type:
Journal Article
Journal or Publication Title:
Social Policy and Society
Additional Information:
http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=SPS The final, definitive version of this article has been published in the Journal, Social Policy and Society, 12 (3), pp 369-380 2013, © 2013 Cambridge University Press
Uncontrolled Keywords:
/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/3300/3312
Subjects:
?? disabled peopleemotionsexclusioninclusionsocial securitysociology and political sciencepolitical science and international relations ??
ID Code:
61341
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Deposited On:
26 Dec 2012 14:31
Refereed?:
Yes
Published?:
Published
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30 Nov 2024 00:39