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In the teeth of the machine: workfare, immigration enforcement and the regulation of ‘surplus labour’
Jon Burnett 
Justice, Power and Resistance, Volume: 2, Issue: 2, Pages: 287 - 313
Swansea University Author:
Jon Burnett
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Abstract
This article examines the development of a particular policy framework that is coming to fruition in the UK after decades of gestation. It examines how the administration of ‘workfare’ and the operation of immigration enforcement, while existing independently of each other, mutually reinforce each o...
| Published in: | Justice, Power and Resistance |
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| Published: |
London
European Group for the Study of Deviancy and Social Control
2018
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| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa40536 |
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| Abstract: |
This article examines the development of a particular policy framework that is coming to fruition in the UK after decades of gestation. It examines how the administration of ‘workfare’ and the operation of immigration enforcement, while existing independently of each other, mutually reinforce each other. It explores how they operate at the sharp end of a labour market strategy seeking to appease the relentless demand for ‘flexible’, disposable workforces. And in the process, it analyses how they are used to both produce and manage these labour forces. |
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| Keywords: |
Workfare, managed migration, immigration enforcement, forced labour, undocumented work, criminalisation |
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Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Issue: |
2 |
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287 |
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313 |