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TY - JOUR
T1 - Employment and Support Allowance:capability, personalisation and disabled people in the UK
AU - Grover, Christopher
AU - Piggott, Linda
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - In 2008 the Employment and Support Allowance was introduced in the UK as the income replacement benefit for disabled people. In this paper we focus upon the reasons for its introduction, the notions of disability and the two main ideas – capability and personalization – that provide the framework for its operation. The paper engages with the arguments put forward by the UK's government that the Employment and Support Allowance will enable disabled people to access paid work in greater numbers. The paper argues that Employment and Support Allowance will become part of a disabling employment architecture because it does little to improve the human capital of disabled people and is concerned with getting them into entry-level employment that is part of the ‘low pay, no pay’ cycle.
AB - In 2008 the Employment and Support Allowance was introduced in the UK as the income replacement benefit for disabled people. In this paper we focus upon the reasons for its introduction, the notions of disability and the two main ideas – capability and personalization – that provide the framework for its operation. The paper engages with the arguments put forward by the UK's government that the Employment and Support Allowance will enable disabled people to access paid work in greater numbers. The paper argues that Employment and Support Allowance will become part of a disabling employment architecture because it does little to improve the human capital of disabled people and is concerned with getting them into entry-level employment that is part of the ‘low pay, no pay’ cycle.
KW - capability
KW - Employment and Support Allowance
KW - paid work
KW - personalization
U2 - 10.1080/15017419.2012.686890
DO - 10.1080/15017419.2012.686890
M3 - Journal article
VL - 15
SP - 170
EP - 184
JO - Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research
JF - Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research
SN - 1501-7419
IS - 2
ER -