A resource‐based perspective on the regulatory welfare state: Social security in the United Kingdom

Horton, David P ORCID: 0000-0002-0243-0587 and Lynch‐Wood, Gary ORCID: 0000-0003-3369-4291 (2023) A resource‐based perspective on the regulatory welfare state: Social security in the United Kingdom. Regulation & Governance.

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/rego.12559

Abstract

<jats:p>The article provides a resource‐based perspective on the polymorphic regulatory welfare state. It shows regulatory and fiscal tools applied in the UK social security sector place demands on claimants' resources (i.e., possessions, labor and data) and simultaneously alter behavior in relation to these resources. The analysis exposes an operation that generates new and increasing resource pressures for claimants, providing a deeper conceptualization of a regulatory welfare state. It offers a new perspective on why regulatory and fiscal arrangements perpetuate existing inequalities and suggests an increase in welfare problems as the regulatory welfare state intensifies resource pressures.</jats:p>

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	10 Reduced Inequalities
Divisions:	Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > School of Law and Social Justice
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	13 Oct 2023 09:51
Last Modified:	15 Mar 2024 00:21
DOI:	10.1111/rego.12559
Open Access URL:	https://doi.org/10.1111/rego.12559
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3173687