The political economy of the mainstreaming project -- Research methods -- Welfare in social and historical context -- The grand narrative as lived experience -- Bureaucracy at work in welfare-to-work -- The embeddedness of market rationality -- Conditions of employment -- Does low wage work pay?...

Almost all OECD countries operate comprehensive minimum-income programmes for working-age individuals, either as last-resort safety nets alongside primary income replacement benefits, or as the principal instrument for delivering social protection. Such safety-net benefits aim primarily at...