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Diluting substantive equality: why the UK government doesn't know if its welfare reforms promote equality (2017)
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Roberts, S. (2017). Diluting substantive equality: why the UK government doesn't know if its welfare reforms promote equality. In D. Fee, & A. Kober-Smith (Eds.), Inequalities in the UK: new discourses, evolutions and actions (167-184). Bingley: Emerald

The UK Coalition government introduced a raft of welfare reforms between 2010-2015. As part of its response to the financial crisis reforms were designed to cut public expenditure on social security and enhance work incentives. Policy makers are requ... Read More about Diluting substantive equality: why the UK government doesn't know if its welfare reforms promote equality.