Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment?: Benefit Sanctions in the UK

by Michael Adler

Book Overview

The book subjects the largely hidden phenomenon of benefit sanctions in the UK to sustained examination and critique. It comprises twelve chapters dealing with the terms 'cruel', 'inhuman' and 'degrading' that are used as a benchmark for assessing benefit sanctions; benefit sanctions as a matter of public concern; the historical development of benefit sanctions in the UK; changes in the scope and severity of benefit sanctions; conditionality and the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319903551
• ISBN13: 9783319903552
• Release Date: July 2018
• Publisher: Palgrave Pivot
• Length: 171 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.3"