Recombinant workfare, across the Americas: Transnationalizing "fast" social policy

Geoforum

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 195-208

  Peck, Jamie ^a   Theodore, Nik ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti poverty policy; Conditional cash transfers; Social policy; Welfare; Workfare

Indexed keywords

IDEOLOGY; MODELING; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; SOCIAL POLICY; WELFARE PROVISION;

NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 76549115392     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2010.01.001     Document Type: Article

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