Gender, Work and Social Control A Century of Disability Benefits
This book uses previously unknown archive materials to explore the meaning of the term ‘incapable of work’ over a hundred years (1911–present). Nowadays, people claiming disability benefits must undergo medical tests to assess whether or not they are capa
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Gender, Work and Social Control A Century of Disability Benefits Jackie Gulland
Palgrave Socio-Legal Studies
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Jackie Gulland
Gender, Work and Social Control A Century of Disability Benefits
Jackie Gulland Edinburgh, UK
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Acknowledgements
The research for this book was funded by a Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship (ECF-2012-178) based in the School of Social and Political Science at the University of Edinburgh. This funding enabled
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