ABSTRACT
Since Marshall's seminal essay on the theme (Marshall, 1992), the nature of citizenship has pre-occupied social policy analysts. In particular, Marshall's concept of social citizenship has been revisited by academics in response to the critique of the welfare state from the 'New Right'. This chapter will briefly outline some of the current debates on social citizenship and examine whether it is a useful theoretical tool to understand disabled people's relationships with social services departments as the latter undertake the assessment and care management tasks discussed in the previous chapter.
