Disability Benefits, Welfare Reform and Employment Policy

Clare Bambra, Durham University, UKHelen Barnes, Independent Social Policy Researcher and ConsultantChristina Beatty, Sheffield Hallam University, UKJudith Brown, University of Glasgow, UKMartin Brussig, University of Duisburg-Essen, GermanySteve Fothergill, Sheffield Hallam University, UKKayleigh Garthwaite, Durham University, UKAnne Green, University of Warwick, UKDaniel Horsfall, University of York, UKMatthias Knuth, University of Duisburg-Essen, GermanyNeil Lunt, University of York, UKEwan B. Macdonald, University of Glasgow, UKJohn Macnicol, London School of Economics, UKIan Shuttleworth, Queen's University, Northern IrelandPaul Sissons, The Work Foundation, UKIvan Turok, Human Sciences Research Council, South AfricaRickard Ulmestig, University of Jönköping, SwedenRik van Berkel, Utrecht University, The NetherlandsJon Warren, Durham University, UKDavid Webster, University of Glasgow, UK

• 1. Fit for Work? Representations and Explanations of the Disability Benefits 'Crisis' in the UK and Beyond; Colin Lindsay and Donald Houston 2. Disability Benefits in the UK: an Issue of Health or Jobs?; Christina Beatty and Steve Fothergill 3. A History of Work-Disability; John Macnicol 4. Are Incapacity Benefit Claimants Beyond Employment? Exploring Issues of Employability; Anne Green and Ian Shuttleworth 5. Redefining 'Fit for Work': Welfare Reform and the Introduction of Employment Support Allowance; Helen Barnes and Paul Sissons 6. A Health Problem? Health and Employability in the UK Labour Market; Jon Warren, Kayleigh Garthwaite and Clare Bambra 7. The Interaction of Health, Labour Market Conditions and Long-Term Sickness Benefit Claims in a Post-Industrial City: A Glasgow Case Study; David Webster, Judith Brown, Ewan B. Macdonald and Ivan Turok 8. The Impact of the UK's Disability Benefit Reforms; Christina Beatty, Steve Fothergill and Donald Houston 9. Germany: Attempting to Activate the Long-Term Unemployed with Reduced Working Capacity; Martin Brussig and Matthias Knuth 10. Incapacity Benefits – Change and Continuity in the Swedish Welfare State; Rickard Ulmestig 11. From Dutch Disease to Dutch Fitness? Two Decades of Disability Crisis in the Netherlands; Rik Van Berkel 12. New Zealand's Reform of Sickness Benefit and Invalid's Benefit; Neil Lunt and Daniel Horsfall 13. Fit for Purpose? Lessons for Policies to Address the Disability Benefits 'Crisis'; Donald Houston and Colin Lindsay