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In the teeth of the machine: workfare, immigration enforcement and the regulation of ‘surplus labour’

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Justice, Power and Resistance, Volume: 2, Issue: 2, Pages: 287 - 313

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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...

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Published in: Justice, Power and Resistance
Published: London European Group for the Study of Deviancy and Social Control 2018
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