Social suffering and (mis)recognition: How welfare officials respond to the critical voices of clients
Critical Social Policy: A Journal of Theory and Practice in Social Welfare
Published online on April 15, 2026
Abstract
Critical Social Policy, Ahead of Print.
Although there is not much attention for the concept of social suffering in studies on welfare policy and frontline work, it offers a valuable perspective for understanding both the harms that welfare clients endure and the ways in which state actors may ...
Although there is not much attention for the concept of social suffering in studies on welfare policy and frontline work, it offers a valuable perspective for understanding both the harms that welfare clients endure and the ways in which state actors may ...