Gender, Work and Social Control A Century of Disability Benefits /

• Main Author: Gulland, Jackie (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Palgrave Socio-Legal Studies
• Subjects: Sex and law.; Human rights.; Criminology.; People with disabilities.; Sociology.; Social service.; Critical criminology.; Gender, Sexuality and Law.; Human Rights and Crime .; Disability Studies.; Gender Studies.; Social Work and Community Development.; Ethnicity, Class, Gender and Crime.

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 capable of work. Media reports and high...