Webster, D. (2006) Welfare reform: facing up to the geography of worklessness. Local Economy, 21(2 (May), pp. 107-116. (doi: 10.1080/02690940600679300)
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Abstract
This article criticises the assumption underlying the 2006 Green Paper on Welfare that large-scale worklessness is not due to a lack of jobs. It shows that only limited progress was made in the decade 1995-2005 in eliminating the geographical concentrations of worklessness created by deindustrialisation and decentralisation. It criticises some of the official arguments used to justify a 'supply-side' rather than 'demand-side' view of the causes of local concentrations of worklessness, and argues for stronger urban and regional policies.
| Item Type: | Articles |
|---|---|
| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Webster, Dr David |
| Authors: | Webster, D. |
| College/School: | College of Social Sciences > School of Social and Political Sciences > Urban Studies |
| Journal Name: | Local Economy |
| ISSN: | 0269-0942 |
| ISSN (Online): | 1470-9325 |
| Published Online: | 19 August 2006 |
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