Psychology Punitive Activation and Welfare

<p>This book explores welfare politics unemployment and interventions in relation to the labour market from a critical psychological perspective. Using critical fieldwork and theory the author explores the administration of the unemployed and the drive to increase labour market participation through strategies of activation.</p><p>There is a strong and coherent conceptual and theoretical framing for this work with a critical perspective (essentially question everything) taking centre stage. It will give an overall coherence in addressing the topic. The theoretical framing is cogent and in combination with the critical perspective works well for integrating the material and delivering a fresh approach to this topic.</p><p><em>Psychology Punitive Activation and Welfare</em> will appeal to students engaging with critical psychology unemployment or policy by providing a distinct application of theoretical and methodological tools to think differently about the relationship between labour market non/participation human misery psychology and frontline enactment of policy and research.</p>