abstract: 'Increasing conditionality in access to welfare has been central to the

  reform of welfare states (Dean 2004; Dwyer 2004) and to the development

  of welfare-to-work policies and programmes (Peck 2001). This article

  addresses the ways in which the reform of employment services has,

  likewise, been marked by increasing conditionality in the financing of a

  market of those services. This form of conditionality involves the

  obligation of contracted providers to achieve employment outcomes as a

  condition of funding. The article examines how conditionality in the

  financing of employment services impacts on the provision of services to

  unemployed groups, and more disadvantaged groups in particular, and the

  implications for the social divisions of work and welfare.'
affiliation: 'Shutes, I (Corresponding Author), London Sch Econ, Dept Social Policy,
  London WC2A 2AE, England.

  Shutes, Isabel, London Sch Econ, Dept Social Policy, London WC2A 2AE, England.

  Taylor, Rebecca, Univ Birmingham, Sect Res Ctr 3, Birmingham, W Midlands, England.'
author: Shutes, Isabel and Taylor, Rebecca
author-email: 'I.H.Shutes@lse.ac.uk

  R.Taylor.5@bham.ac.uk'
author_list:
- family: Shutes
  given: Isabel
- family: Taylor
  given: Rebecca
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1111/spol.12057
eissn: 1467-9515
files: []
issn: 0144-5596
journal: SOCIAL POLICY \& ADMINISTRATION
keywords: Quasi-markets; Conditionality; Employment services; Social divisions
keywords-plus: 'TO-WORK; AUSTRALIA; UK; PERFORMANCE; ASSISTANCE; GENDER; MARKET; RIGHTS;

  STATES'
language: English
month: APR
number: 2, SI
number-of-cited-references: '46'
orcid-numbers: 'Shutes, Isabel/0000-0002-5325-3541

  Taylor, Rebecca/0000-0002-8677-0246'
pages: 204-220
papis_id: afec2175ab0fa7cfd63f1a19980928e9
ref: Shutes2014conditionalityfinanc
times-cited: '21'
title: Conditionality and the Financing of Employment Services - Implications for
  the Social Divisions of Work and Welfare
type: article
unique-id: WOS:000332308700006
usage-count-last-180-days: '1'
usage-count-since-2013: '18'
volume: '48'
web-of-science-categories: Development Studies; Public Administration; Social Issues;
  Social Work
year: '2014'