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Record Nr.

UNINA9910830197903321

Autore

Sunley Peter

Titolo

Putting workfare in place [[electronic resource] ] : local labour markets and the new deal / / Peter Sunley, Ron Martin and Corinne Nativel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2006

ISBN

1-280-28592-3

9786610285921

0-470-79587-5

1-4051-5225-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 241 p. ) : ill., maps

Collana

RGS-IBG book series

Altri autori (Persone)

MartinRon

NativelCorinne

Disciplina

331.1370941

Soggetti

Youth - Employment - Government policy - Great Britain

Welfare recipients - Employment - Government policy - Great Britain

Labor market - Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [212]-230) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

Offering an authoritative analysis of the Labour government's New Deal for Young People, the contributors in this volume argue that profound differences in local labour market conditions have had a marked influence on the New Deal's achievements.