abstract: 'The mobility and agency of the unemployed have rarely been examined

  together in welfare administration. Mobility research has much to offer

  the (im)mobility of low-skilled and unemployed workers. The article

  begins by critically examining dominant public discourse and policy

  reforms that stigmatise the assumed immobility of the unemployed.

  Drawing on empirical data from in-depth interviews with people on income

  support payments in Australia, it then offers a critical view on the

  mobility decision-making processes of these job-seekers. Building on

  previous research concerning the politics of mobility, it shows that

  structural inequalities impact mobility choices, making relocation

  difficult for many job-seekers. At the same time, it highlights the

  localised mobility that job search now involves, complicating orthodox

  associations between mobility and power ? as well as assumptions that

  job-seekers are immobile.'
affiliation: 'Marston, G (Corresponding Author), Univ Queensland, Sch Social Sci,
  St Lucia, Qld, Australia.

  Marston, Greg; Peterie, Michelle; Cooke, Emma, Univ Queensland, Sch Social Sci,
  St Lucia, Qld, Australia.

  Zhang, Juan, Univ Bristol, Dept Anthropol \& Archaeol, Bristol, Avon, England.

  Ramia, Gaby, Univ Sydney, Sch Social \& Polit Sci, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

  Patulny, Roger, Univ Wollongong, Sociol, Wollongong, NSW, Australia.'
author: Marston, Greg and Zhang, Juan and Peterie, Michelle and Ramia, Gaby and Patulny,
  Roger and Cooke, Emma
author-email: g.marston@uq.edu.au
author_list:
- family: Marston
  given: Greg
- family: Zhang
  given: Juan
- family: Peterie
  given: Michelle
- family: Ramia
  given: Gaby
- family: Patulny
  given: Roger
- family: Cooke
  given: Emma
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1080/17450101.2019.1611016
eissn: 1745-011X
files: []
issn: 1745-0101
journal: MOBILITIES
keywords: 'Mobility; immobility; unemployment; Australia; income support; welfare

  conditionality'
keywords-plus: WORK; LIFE; IMMOBILITY; POLITICS; PEOPLE
language: English
month: SEP 3
number: '5'
number-of-cited-references: '81'
orcid-numbers: 'Cooke, Emma/0000-0001-8368-2032

  Marston, Greg/0000-0002-0263-140X

  Zhang, Juan/0000-0003-3613-6332

  Patulny, Roger/0000-0003-4510-6987

  Peterie, Michelle/0000-0002-7182-7246'
pages: 596-611
papis_id: cf2c8c03c92bf55067d556b8e66bd1e1
ref: Marston2019movenot
researcherid-numbers: 'Cooke, Emma/T-6929-2019

  Zhang, Juan/D-1989-2017

  '
times-cited: '11'
title: 'To move or not to move: mobility decision-making in the context of welfare
  conditionality and paid employment'
type: article
unique-id: WOS:000490399600004
usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
usage-count-since-2013: '6'
volume: '14'
web-of-science-categories: Geography; Transportation
year: '2019'