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Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment?

Hardcover • 2018 • 1. edition

Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment?

By Michael Adler

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About the book

The book subjects the largely hidden phenomenon of benefit sanctions in the UK to sustained examination and critique. It comprises twelve chapters dealing with the terms `cruel', `inhuman' and `degrading' that are used as a benchmark for assessing benefit sanctions; benefit sanctions as a matter of public concern; the historical development of benefit sanctions in the UK; changes in the scope and severity of benefit sanctions; conditionality and the changing relationship between the citizen and ...Show more

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ISBN

9783319903552

Publisher

Birkhauser

Published year

2018

Language

Edition

1

Original title

Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment?

Format

Hardcover

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