Work, poverty and welfare reform : welfare-to-work programmes for lone parents in depressed local labour markets

This dissertation examines the impact of welfare reform on the work and poverty of lone parents living on welfare in depressed local labour markets. It uses a comparative approach to compare supply-side welfare-to-work programmes in Sheffield, UK and Buffalo, USA, and draws on current debates in geo...

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Main Author: Casebourne, Joanna Jane
Published: University of Cambridge 2002
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.398862