Welfare to work, social justice and domination: an introduction to an interdisciplinary normative perspective on welfare policies ~ Anja Eleveld, Thomas Kampen and Josien Arts PART I: Legal perspectives Workfare's persistent philosophical and legal issues: forced labour, reciprocity and a basic income guarantee ~ Amir Paz-Fuchs The right to work: a justification for welfare to work? ~ Elise Dermine Limitation of welfare to work: the prohibition of forced labour and the right to freely chosen work ~ Elise Dermine The duty to work as precondition for human dignity: a Swiss perspective on work programmes ~ Melanie Studer and Kurt Pärli The prohibition of forced labour and the right to freely chosen work: a comparison of Denmark, the Netherlands and the UK ~ Anja Eleveld, Neville Harris and Christian H. Schøler PART II: Sociological perspectives Implementing social justice within activation policies: the contribution of the capability approach ~ Jean-Michel Bonvin and Luca Perrig The silent expansion of welfare to work policies: how policies are enhanced through the use of categorizations, evidence-based knowledge and self-governance ~ Mathias H. Nielsen, Sophie Danneris and Niklas A. Andersen Questions of conduct and social justice: the ethics of welfare conditionality within UK social security ~ Peter Dwyer Pressing, repressing and accommodating: local modes of governing social assistance recipients in welfare to work programmes in the Netherlands ~ Josien Arts Left in limbo: social assistance recipients' evolving views on the fairness of workfare volunteerism ~ Thomas Kampen PART III: Philosophical perspectives Welfare to work and the republican theory of non-domination ~ Anja Eleveld Unconditional basic income and duties of contribution: exploring the republican ethos of justice ~ Simon Birnbaum Freedom, exit and basic income ~ Stuart White Conclusion: exit, voice and the minimization of domination in welfare to work relationships ~ Anja Eleveld.