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On ‘Activation Workers' Perceptions’: A Reply to Dunn (1)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 July 2013

GREG MARSTON
GREG MARSTON*
Affiliation:
School of Public Health and Social Work, Queensland University of Technology, Kelvin Grove Campus, Victoria Park Road, Kelvin Grove, QLD, Australia4059 email: [email protected]
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Andrew Dunn challenges social policy researchers to include the perspectives of other policy actors in the debate about the merits and limits of activation policies that emphasise greater conditionality for those in receipt of benefits. In his provocative article, he focuses on the views and experiences of people who work with unemployed people. His study focuses on a sample of forty employment advisers in the UK and his particular interest is in their attitudes about unemployment and the unemployed, particular their views on the ‘welfare dependency’ thesis. While his discussion of these issues is interesting and engaging, there are a number of limitations that deserve further discussion.

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Journal of Social Policy , Volume 42 , Issue 4 , October 2013 , pp. 819 - 827
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