'Levelling the playing field, activating the players': New Labour and 'the cycle of the disadvantage'

Policy and Politics

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 123-137

  Deacon, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child poverty; New Labour; Third way; Transmitted disadvantage

Indexed keywords

POLICY DEVELOPMENT; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; SOCIAL POLICY; WELFARE PROVISION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0037680383     PISSN: 03055736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1332/030557303765371636     Document Type: Article

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