Whatever happened to local government?: Local labour market policy in the UK and Denmark

Policy and Politics

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 137-150

  Etherington, David ^a   Jones, Martin ^b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Labour market policy; Local government; Welfare through work; Welfare to work

Indexed keywords

LABOR MARKET; LABOR POLICY; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT;

DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 1842688077     PISSN: 03055736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1332/030557304773558116     Document Type: Article

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