(Not) taking account of precarious employment: Workfare policies and lone mothers in Ontario and the UK

Social Policy and Administration

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 29-49

  Evans, Patricia M ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Non standard employment; Single parents; Welfare reform; Welfare to work policies; Workfare

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; LABOR MARKET; LABOR POLICY; SINGLE PARENT; WELFARE REFORM; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT; WOMENS STATUS;

CANADA; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33846270751     PISSN: 01445596     EISSN: 14679515     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9515.2007.00537.x     Document Type: Article

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