'Work first': Workfare and the regulation of contingent labour markets

Cambridge Journal of Economics

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 119-138

  Peck, Jamie ^a,b,c   Theodore, Nikolas ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Labour market policy; Policy transfer; Welfare reform; Welfare to work programmes; Workfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000847865     PISSN: 0309166X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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