Privatizing employment services in Britain

Critical Social Policy

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 487-509

  Grover, Chris ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Commodification; Employment services; Inequality; Paid work; Privatization

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; PRIVATE SECTOR; PRIVATIZATION; SOCIAL POLICY; SOCIAL SECURITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 70349330629     PISSN: 02610183     EISSN: 1461703X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0261018309105181     Document Type: Article

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