Full steam ahead to a workfare state? Analysing the UK Employment Department's abolition

Policy and Politics

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 137-157

  Jones, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0000846579     PISSN: 03055736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1332/030557396782107061     Document Type: Article

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