Localising welfare reform: The case for devolution

Abstract

Get full access to this article

View all access options for this article.

References

Bivand

Simmonds

(2008) Worklessness: A City Approach (London: Centre for Cities).

DWP (2007) Reducing Dependency, Increasing Opportunity: Options for the Future of Welfare to Work (The Freud Report) (Leeds: HMSO).

Eichhorst

Kaufmann

Konle-Seidl

(Eds) (2008) Bringing the Jobless into Work? Experiences with Activation Schemes in Europe and the US (Berlin: Springer).

EU (2007) Mutual Learning Programme of the European Employment Strategy (Netherlands): The New Work and Social Assistance Act: The Hague, 4–5 June 2007. Available from: http://www.mutuallearning-employment.net/peerreviews/netherlands/index.html .

Haughton

(2009) Tackling Worklessness: A Review of the Contribution and Role of English Local Authorities and Partnerships: Final Report (London: TSO).

Norton

(1994) International Handbook of Local and Regional Government (Aldershot: Edward Elgar).

OECD (2006) From Inactivity to Work: The Role of Active Labour Market Policies (Paris: OECD).

OECD (2008) Decentralisation and Co-ordination: The Twin Challenges of Labour Market Policy (Draft Background Paper for LEED Programme Conference) (Paris: OECD).