Putting workfare in place : local labour markets and the new deal
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Putting workfare in place : local labour markets and the new deal
（RGS-IBG book series）
Blackwell Pub., 2006
- : hbk
- : pbk
Available at 21 libraries
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [212]-230) and index
Description and Table of Contents
- Volume
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: pbk ISBN 9781405107846
Description
This book is the first comprehensive and authoritative analysis of the New Deal and examines how far the programme has succeeded in responding to the diversity of conditions in local labour markets across the UK.
Argues that profound differences in local labour market conditions have exerted a telling influence on the New Deal's achievements
Includes extensive new research data on the current conditions of local labour markets in the UK and local impacts of the New Deal
Illustrated by a large series of original maps and figures.
Based on numerous interviews with local and regional policy actors.
Table of Contents
Series Editors' Preface. Preface.
List of Tables.
List of Figures.
1 Locating the New Deal.
2 The Geographies of Worklessness.
3 Local Disparities in the Performance of Welfare-to-Work.
4 Welfare-to-Work in Local Context.
5 A Geography of Mismatch? Employers, Jobs and Training.
6 Localising Welfare-to-Work?
7 Conclusions.
Notes.
Bibliography.
Index.
- Volume
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: hbk ISBN 9781405107853
Description
This book is the first comprehensive and authoritative analysis of the New Deal and examines how far the programme has succeeded in responding to the diversity of conditions in local labour markets across the UK.
Argues that profound differences in local labour market conditions have exerted a telling influence on the New Deal's achievements
Includes extensive new research data on the current conditions of local labour markets in the UK and local impacts of the New Deal
Illustrated by a large series of original maps and figures.
Based on numerous interviews with local and regional policy actors.
Table of Contents
Series Editors' Preface vi Preface vii
List of Tables ix
List of Figures xi
1 Locating the New Deal 1
2 The Geographies of Worklessness 26
3 Local Disparities in the Performance of Welfare-to-Work 59
4 Welfare-to-Work in Local Context 99
5 A Geography of Mismatch? Employers, Jobs and Training 127
6 Localising Welfare-to-Work? 155
7 Conclusions 183
Notes 208
Bibliography 212
Index 231
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