Exporting workfare/importing welfare-to-work: Exploring the politics of Third Way policy transfer

Political Geography

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 427-460

  Peck, Jamie ^a   Theodore, Nik ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Labour market policy; Policy transfer; Welfare reform; Workforce

Indexed keywords

POLICY MAKING; POLITICAL PROCESS; SOCIAL POLICY; WELFARE REFORM;

UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034997296     PISSN: 09626298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0962-6298(00)00069-X     Document Type: Article

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