Prescripted living: gender stereotypes and data-based surveillance in the UK welfare state

The welfare benefits system in the UK has historically favoured individuals who conform to gender stereotypes: it also increasingly uses surveillance and conditionality to determine who is ‘deserving’ of support. This paper argues that this combination reinforces structures of categorisation and con...

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Main Author: Laura Carter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society 2021-12-01
Series:Internet Policy Review
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Online Access:https://policyreview.info/node/1593
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