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Putting Workfare in Place: Local Labour Markets and the New Deal
Peter Sunley
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Description for Putting Workfare in Place: Local Labour Markets and the New Deal
Hardcover. * The first comprehensive and authoritative analysis of the New Deal for Young People, introduced by the Labour Government in the UK in 1998. * Considers how the New Deal has responded to diverse conditions in local labour markets across the UK. Series: RGS-IBG Book Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, 30. BIC Classification: JKSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 560.
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.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Series
RGS-IBG Book Series
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781405107853
SKU
V9781405107853
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
About Peter Sunley
Peter Sunley is Professor of Human Geography at the University of Southampton. He has authored around 50 articles on economic and labour geography and on local and regional economic development. Ron Martin is Professor of Economic Geography at the University of Cambridge, Professorial Fellow of St Catharine's College, Cambridge, and Fellow of the Cambridge-MIT Institute. He has published more ... Read more
Reviews for Putting Workfare in Place: Local Labour Markets and the New Deal
"Not only examines how workfare has been put into place in the United Kingdom, but also puts the place into workfare." —International Social Security Review "Putting Workfare in Place is a diligently researched and empirically rich account of the significant changes to Britain's work-welfare regime. Policymakers need to be aware of how institutional spaces and labour market conditions ... Read more