Reconfiguring work and welfare in the UK's 'New Economy': Regulatory geographies of welfare-to-work at the local level;La reconfiguración del trabajo y la asistencia pública en la 'nueva economía' del reino unido: Geografías regulatorias de la 'asistencia social-al-trabajo' a nivel local

Gender, Place and Culture

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 611-633

  Macleavy, Julie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Employment; Gender; Institutional restructuring; Recession; UK; Welfare to work

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052562516     PISSN: 0966369X     EISSN: 13600524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0966369X.2011.601809     Document Type: Article

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