Military Veterans and Welfare Reform: Bridging Two Policy Worlds through Qualitative Longitudinal Research

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Abstract

There has been an increasing focus in the UK on the support provided to the Armed Forces community, with the publication of the Armed Forces Covenant (2011), the Strategy for our Veterans (2018) and the first ever Office for Veterans' Affairs (2019). There is also an important body of research-including longitudinal research-focusing on transitions from military to civilian life, much of which is quantitative. At the same time, the UK has witnessed a period of unprecedented welfare reform. However, research focused on veterans' interactions with the social security system has been largely absent. This article draws on the authors' experiences of undertaking qualitative longitudinal research (QLR) to address this knowledge gap. We reflect on how QLR was essential in engaging policy makers enabling the research to bridge the two parallel policy worlds of veterans' support and welfare reform, leading to significant policy and practice impact.

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Scullion, L., Jones, K., Dwyer, P., Hynes, C., & Martin, P. (2021). Military Veterans and Welfare Reform: Bridging Two Policy Worlds through Qualitative Longitudinal Research. Social Policy and Society, 20(4), 670–683. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1474746421000166

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