... interactions are judged based on demeanour (performative agency). This judgement carries over to general dispositions towards the welfare state. Originality/value A performative taxonomy of welfare bureaucrats involved in the delivery of universal and contributory family services and benefits helps explain...

... be criticised for hampering RAS’ integration, it can be seen as an important source of agency against insecurity surrounding one's legal status. Originality/value This article highlights the importance of legal status precarity in shaping informal workers' agency and perceptions of them, opening up a debate...

... Youth work Transition to adulthood Narrative Agency Future Discourses Representations Low-paid jobs Low-qualified jobs Recent research has underlined the importance of the concept of work-life balance, and of its reconceptualisation in a context that is more flexible and changing every...

...William Foley; Klarita Gërxhani Health inequality Covid-19 Agency Social class Laissez-faire Public policy It has long been recognised that the relatively poor have higher mortality and morbidity rates than their wealthier counterparts (Wilkinson and Pickett, 2010 ; Layte...

... elaborates power dynamics and social divisions in new ways. Resulting outcomes are evidently varied and fluid, holding the promise of further social change. Vulnerability Welfare Agency Youth Social control This paper traces the dynamic and fluid role which the governance of vulnerability...