A resource-based perspective on the regulatory welfare state: Social security in the United Kingdom

David P. Horton; Gary Lynch-Wood

doi:10.1111/rego.12559

Author(s)

David P. Horton
Gary Lynch-Wood

Detail(s)

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	953-969
Journal / Publication	Regulation and Governance
Volume	18
Issue number	3
Online published	29 Oct 2023
Publication status	Published - Jul 2024
Externally published	Yes

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DOI	DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/rego.12559 Final Published version
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Abstract

The article provides a resource-based perspective on the polymorphic regulatory welfare state. It shows regulatory and fiscal tools applied in the UK social security sector place demands on claimants’ resources (i.e., possessions, labor and data) and simultaneously alter behavior in relation to these resources. The analysis exposes an operation that generates new and increasing resource pressures for claimants, providing a deeper conceptualization of a regulatory welfare state. It offers a new perspective on why regulatory and fiscal arrangements perpetuate existing inequalities and suggests an increase in welfare problems as the regulatory welfare state intensifies resource pressures. © 2023 The Authors. Regulation & Governance published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd.