Greg Marston is Professor in the School of Social Science at The University of Queensland, Australia. Louise Humpage is Honorary Associate Professor in the School of Social Sciences at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. Philip Mendes is Associate Professor in the Department of Social Work at Monash University, Australia. Shelley Bielefeld is ARC DECRA Fellow and Senior Lecturer in the Griffith Law School and the Law Futures Centre at Griffith University, Australia. Michelle Peterie is Research Fellow in the Sydney Centre for Healthy Societies at The University of Sydney, Australia. Zoe Staines is ARC DECRA Fellow in the School of Social Science at The University of Queensland, Australia.
""Paternalistic conditionalities for entitlement to state benefits offend basic principles of justice. This book shows why."" Guy Standing, SOAS University of London ""This superb analysis dissects how, in different ways, Australia and New Zealand have taken welfare conditionality to a new extreme. The dehumanising consequences for welfare recipients makes for essential learning."" Fiona Williams, University of Leeds