VIRTUAL EVENT: The rise of surveillance and sanctions in the reformed welfare state
In this webinar, Vincent Dubois will explore the increase of surveillance and sanction policies in the reformed welfare state.
VIRTUAL EVENT: The rise of surveillance and sanctions in the reformed welfare state
25 Feb 2021, 14:00 – 15:30
Among numerous innovations and changes, welfare reform in western countries has recently revitalised welfare control, defined as the institutional arrangements and practices aimed at checking that recipients comply with the rules of welfare benefits.
This event will explore the following questions:
- Why did this revival of control occur?
- How has welfare fraud been constructed and promoted as a public problem?
- How has a bureaucratic routine been raised to the status of a political and policy issue?
- How is control organised and implemented?
- What are its impacts on the lives of the recipients?
Vincent's research provides an original contribution to the analysis of the new balance between politics, economics and morals that define the contemporary social state.
It shows how legal regulation, financial constraints, surveillance technologies and direct interactions between bureaucrats and clients intertwine in the new government of the underprivileged.
This event is organised by the Migrants and Solidarities research project.
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Vincent Dubois is a sociologist and political scientist. His research proposes a sociological approach to public policy. He is currently working on surveillance and sanction policies in contemporary social state and on the relationship between the lower classes and public institutions.
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