Roy Sainsbury
Biographic Data
| ID | 4214883 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Roy Sainsbury |
| GIVEN NAMES | Roy |
| FAMILY NAME | Sainsbury |
| SIGNATURE | SAINSBURY R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of York |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 25 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 112 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 24 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Researching Poverty
Getting the Measure of Poverty: The Early Legacy of Seebohm Rowntree
Introduction: Universal Credit: the story so far
A recent government White Paper characterised the UK social security system in 2010 as... ...an array of benefits, each with its own rules and criteria, interacting in complicated ways, creating perverse incentives and penalties, confusion, and administrative cost.(Department for Work and Pensions, 2010: 7) This is a picture which few, if any, would argue with and for at least 25 years, and probably longer, successive Secretaries of State have ha…
Talking Universal Credit: In conversation with Lord Freud, Minister for Welfare Reform
This article draws on an interview with Lord Freud, Minister for Welfare Reform since May 2010, and explores the origins of Universal Credit and how it was turned over the course of five years or so from an aspirational idea into a detailed blueprint for change and finally into legislation in the form of the Welfare Reform Act 2012. What emerges is an intriguing case study in British policy making. At the time of the interview in July 2013 the im…
Personal Adviser Interviews With Benefits Claimants in UK Jobcentres
We report on a study commissioned by the UK government of the ways in which advisers conduct mandatory interviews with unemployment benefits claimants. Among other results, we identified practices in soliciting claimants’ job goals and job plans that were more, or less, effective in achieving desired outcomes during these interactions. Moreover, we found that making a calculation of how much better off a claimant would be by retaining some benefi…
Am I not answering your questions properly?' Clarification, adequacy and responsiveness in semi-structured telephone and face-to-face interviews
This article considers spoken interaction in semi-structured qualitative research interviews, comparing those that are conducted by telephone or face-to-face. It draws upon recent empirical research that illuminated some of the differences that may be observed between these two interview modes. Methodological techniques drawn from Conversation Analysis were used to conduct a systematic and transparent comparison of the interview interactions, foc…
Putting Personalisation into Practice: Work-Focused Interviews in Jobcentre Plus
The principle of personalisation is widespread across the UK's public sector, but precisely what this means is unclear. A number of theoretical typologies have been proposed but there has been little empirical study of how personalisation is translated into practice on the frontline. We address this gap through analysis of a unique dataset: over 200 audio and video recordings of work-focused interviews in Jobcentre Plus offices. Through detailed …
Research Round-Up
Research Round-Up
Research Round-Up
Friends Provident Foundation: What do we know about financial exclusion in Britain
Research Round-Up
Research Round-up
Research Round-up
Research Round-up
Research Round-up
Administrative justice, discretion and the ‘welfare to work’ project
In this special edition of the journal to mark the retirement of Martin Partington, I am sure it is permissible to depart from the usual protocols of the academic article to say something unashamed
Exploring ‘Quality’: Research Participants’ Perspectives on Verbatim Quotations
Support for inclusion of verbatim quotations from research participants in reporting qualitative applied social research is strengthened by evaluative tools which point to presentation of extracts of original data as an indication of clarity of links between data, interpretation and conclusion. This article contributes to discussion about ‘quality’ criteria and the role of verbatim quotations from the perspectives of those who speak the words. Th…
Using a model of group psychotherapy to support social research on sensitive topics
This article describes the exploratory use of professional therapeutic support by social researchers working on a sensitive topic. Talking to recently bereaved parents about the financial implications of their child's death was expected to be demanding work, and the research design included access to an independent psychotherapeutic service. Using this kind of professional support is rare within the general social research community, and it is us…
Money matters and bereavement support
Whatever happened to the reform of decision making and appeals
The latest reform of social security decision making and appeal arrangements took place over the period 1997 to 1999 through a combination of primary legislation, new regulations and internal administrative changes. The aims of the reforms were to improve the processes for decisions and appeals, to produce a less complex, more accurate and cost-effective system for making and changing decisions, and to preserve claimants’ rights to an independent…
When a Child Dies: Money Matters
The financial implications of a death are rarely discussed--indeed, in the case of a child's death, almost never. This article describes an exploratory study conducted in the United Kingdom in response to the belief of staff in a children's hospice that for many bereaved parents, the nature and extent of their financial problems were obstructing the effectiveness of support and help available to deal with emotional aspects of grief and loss. Find…
Getting the Measure of Poverty: The Early Legacy of Seebohm Rowntree
Contents: Editorsa (TM) introduction, Jonathan Bradshaw and Roy Sainsbury Seebohm Rowntreea (TM)s poverty: Study of Town Life in historical perspective, Lord Asa Briggs Poverty and its early critics: the search for a value-free definition of the problem, Graham Bowpitt Unfinished business: Seebohm Rowntreea (TM)s project for British Minimum income standards, John Veit-Wilson Seebohm Rowntree and the measurement of poverty, 1899a 1951, Bernard Har…
Administrative Justice: Discretion and Procedure in Social Security Decision-Making
Studies of the delivery of social security in Britain and the United States have been dominated over the past twenty-five years by two related concerns: the operation of discretion and the structure of the appeals system. However, despite its prominence, the way in which discretion has been treated in social security research has been limited. In essence the elements of British social security that have been described as discretionary are those (…
Managing Appeals: The Control of Housing Benefit Internal Reviews by Local Authority Officers
Studies of appeals in social security have tended to focus on the structure and performance of tribunals and other appeal bodies. Housing benefit differs from most other social security benefits in having a mandatory ‘internal review’ by officers before a disputed decision can be heard by the review board. The article draws on an evaluation of the housing benefit review system and shows how its two-tier structure has allowed wide variations in pr…
Exploring ‘Quality’: Research Participants’ Perspectives on Verbatim Quotations
Support for inclusion of verbatim quotations from research participants in reporting qualitative applied social research is strengthened by evaluative tools which point to presentation of extracts of original data as an indication of clarity of links between data, interpretation and conclusion. This article contributes to discussion about ‘quality’ criteria and the role of verbatim quotations from the perspectives of those who speak the words. Th…
Am I not answering your questions properly?' Clarification, adequacy and responsiveness in semi-structured telephone and face-to-face interviews
This article considers spoken interaction in semi-structured qualitative research interviews, comparing those that are conducted by telephone or face-to-face. It draws upon recent empirical research that illuminated some of the differences that may be observed between these two interview modes. Methodological techniques drawn from Conversation Analysis were used to conduct a systematic and transparent comparison of the interview interactions, foc…
Administrative justice, discretion and the ‘welfare to work’ project
In this special edition of the journal to mark the retirement of Martin Partington, I am sure it is permissible to depart from the usual protocols of the academic article to say something unashamed
Putting Personalisation into Practice: Work-Focused Interviews in Jobcentre Plus
The principle of personalisation is widespread across the UK's public sector, but precisely what this means is unclear. A number of theoretical typologies have been proposed but there has been little empirical study of how personalisation is translated into practice on the frontline. We address this gap through analysis of a unique dataset: over 200 audio and video recordings of work-focused interviews in Jobcentre Plus offices. Through detailed …
Using a model of group psychotherapy to support social research on sensitive topics
This article describes the exploratory use of professional therapeutic support by social researchers working on a sensitive topic. Talking to recently bereaved parents about the financial implications of their child's death was expected to be demanding work, and the research design included access to an independent psychotherapeutic service. Using this kind of professional support is rare within the general social research community, and it is us…
Personal Adviser Interviews With Benefits Claimants in UK Jobcentres
We report on a study commissioned by the UK government of the ways in which advisers conduct mandatory interviews with unemployment benefits claimants. Among other results, we identified practices in soliciting claimants’ job goals and job plans that were more, or less, effective in achieving desired outcomes during these interactions. Moreover, we found that making a calculation of how much better off a claimant would be by retaining some benefi…
Administrative Justice: Discretion and Procedure in Social Security Decision-Making
Studies of the delivery of social security in Britain and the United States have been dominated over the past twenty-five years by two related concerns: the operation of discretion and the structure of the appeals system. However, despite its prominence, the way in which discretion has been treated in social security research has been limited. In essence the elements of British social security that have been described as discretionary are those (…
Managing Appeals: The Control of Housing Benefit Internal Reviews by Local Authority Officers
Studies of appeals in social security have tended to focus on the structure and performance of tribunals and other appeal bodies. Housing benefit differs from most other social security benefits in having a mandatory ‘internal review’ by officers before a disputed decision can be heard by the review board. The article draws on an evaluation of the housing benefit review system and shows how its two-tier structure has allowed wide variations in pr…
Getting the Measure of Poverty: The Early Legacy of Seebohm Rowntree
Contents: Editorsa (TM) introduction, Jonathan Bradshaw and Roy Sainsbury Seebohm Rowntreea (TM)s poverty: Study of Town Life in historical perspective, Lord Asa Briggs Poverty and its early critics: the search for a value-free definition of the problem, Graham Bowpitt Unfinished business: Seebohm Rowntreea (TM)s project for British Minimum income standards, John Veit-Wilson Seebohm Rowntree and the measurement of poverty, 1899a 1951, Bernard Har…
When a Child Dies: Money Matters
The financial implications of a death are rarely discussed--indeed, in the case of a child's death, almost never. This article describes an exploratory study conducted in the United Kingdom in response to the belief of staff in a children's hospice that for many bereaved parents, the nature and extent of their financial problems were obstructing the effectiveness of support and help available to deal with emotional aspects of grief and loss. Find…
Money matters and bereavement support
Whatever happened to the reform of decision making and appeals
The latest reform of social security decision making and appeal arrangements took place over the period 1997 to 1999 through a combination of primary legislation, new regulations and internal administrative changes. The aims of the reforms were to improve the processes for decisions and appeals, to produce a less complex, more accurate and cost-effective system for making and changing decisions, and to preserve claimants’ rights to an independent…
Using a model of group psychotherapy to support social research on sensitive topics
This article describes the exploratory use of professional therapeutic support by social researchers working on a sensitive topic. Talking to recently bereaved parents about the financial implications of their child's death was expected to be demanding work, and the research design included access to an independent psychotherapeutic service. Using this kind of professional support is rare within the general social research community, and it is us…
Exploring ‘Quality’: Research Participants’ Perspectives on Verbatim Quotations
Support for inclusion of verbatim quotations from research participants in reporting qualitative applied social research is strengthened by evaluative tools which point to presentation of extracts of original data as an indication of clarity of links between data, interpretation and conclusion. This article contributes to discussion about ‘quality’ criteria and the role of verbatim quotations from the perspectives of those who speak the words. Th…
Research Round-up
Research Round-up
Research Round-up
Administrative justice, discretion and the ‘welfare to work’ project
In this special edition of the journal to mark the retirement of Martin Partington, I am sure it is permissible to depart from the usual protocols of the academic article to say something unashamed
Research Round-up
Friends Provident Foundation: What do we know about financial exclusion in Britain
Research Round-Up
Research Round-Up
Research Round-Up
Research Round-Up
Am I not answering your questions properly?' Clarification, adequacy and responsiveness in semi-structured telephone and face-to-face interviews
This article considers spoken interaction in semi-structured qualitative research interviews, comparing those that are conducted by telephone or face-to-face. It draws upon recent empirical research that illuminated some of the differences that may be observed between these two interview modes. Methodological techniques drawn from Conversation Analysis were used to conduct a systematic and transparent comparison of the interview interactions, foc…
Putting Personalisation into Practice: Work-Focused Interviews in Jobcentre Plus
The principle of personalisation is widespread across the UK's public sector, but precisely what this means is unclear. A number of theoretical typologies have been proposed but there has been little empirical study of how personalisation is translated into practice on the frontline. We address this gap through analysis of a unique dataset: over 200 audio and video recordings of work-focused interviews in Jobcentre Plus offices. Through detailed …
Introduction: Universal Credit: the story so far
A recent government White Paper characterised the UK social security system in 2010 as... ...an array of benefits, each with its own rules and criteria, interacting in complicated ways, creating perverse incentives and penalties, confusion, and administrative cost.(Department for Work and Pensions, 2010: 7) This is a picture which few, if any, would argue with and for at least 25 years, and probably longer, successive Secretaries of State have ha…
Talking Universal Credit: In conversation with Lord Freud, Minister for Welfare Reform
This article draws on an interview with Lord Freud, Minister for Welfare Reform since May 2010, and explores the origins of Universal Credit and how it was turned over the course of five years or so from an aspirational idea into a detailed blueprint for change and finally into legislation in the form of the Welfare Reform Act 2012. What emerges is an intriguing case study in British policy making. At the time of the interview in July 2013 the im…
Personal Adviser Interviews With Benefits Claimants in UK Jobcentres
We report on a study commissioned by the UK government of the ways in which advisers conduct mandatory interviews with unemployment benefits claimants. Among other results, we identified practices in soliciting claimants’ job goals and job plans that were more, or less, effective in achieving desired outcomes during these interactions. Moreover, we found that making a calculation of how much better off a claimant would be by retaining some benefi…
Getting the Measure of Poverty: The Early Legacy of Seebohm Rowntree
Researching Poverty
Political science (19 works) · Economics (15 works) · Law (9 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Business (8 works) · Meta-analysis and systematic reviews (8 works) · Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics (7 works) · Computer Science (6 works) · Healthcare innovation and challenges (6 works) · Psychology (6 works)