Reforming the United Kingdom's public employment and social security agencies

International Review of Administrative Sciences

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 409-424

  Wiggan, Jay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Joined up Government; New Labour; One stop shops; R gulation theory

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; LABOR POLICY; NEOLIBERALISM; SOCIAL POLICY; SOCIAL SECURITY; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34548615096     PISSN: 00208523     EISSN: 14617226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020852307081150     Document Type: Article

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