Putting Workfare in Place: Local Labour Markets and the New Deal (RGS-IBG Book Series)

This book is the first comprehensive and authoritative analysis of the New Deal and examines how far the programme has succeeded in responding to the diversity of conditions in local labour markets across the UK. Argues that profound differences in local labour market conditions have exerted a telling influence on the New Deal's achievements Includes extensive new research data on the current conditions of local labour markets in the UK and local impacts of the New Deal Illustrated by a large series of original maps and figures. Based on numerous interviews with local and regional policy actors. The New Deal for Young People, introduced in April 1998, has been a flagship of the Labour Government. This book is the first comprehensive and authoritative analysis of the New Deal and examines how far the programme has succeeded in responding to the diversity of conditions in local labour markets across the UK. The book argues that profound differences in local labour market conditions have exerted a telling influence on the New Deal's achievements. It proposes that contemporary labour market policy should not only be based on theories and models of the national economy and of individual behaviour, but that policy design also needs to recognise the importance of the local and regional labour market contexts which shape its viability and outcomes. By situating policy in this way, the book not only examines how workfare has been put in place in the UK, but also puts place into workfare Putting Workfare In Place' Is A Diligently Researched And Empirically Rich Account Of The Significant Changes To Britain's Work-welfare Regime. Policymakers Need To Be Aware Of How Institutional Spaces And Labour Market Conditions Interact To Produce Local Knowledges And Sunley, Martin And Nativel Provide Us With Compelling Evidence To Question National Assumptions Of Socio-economic Development. This Book Lays Out A Thoughful Assessment Of The Uk's New Deal Programme And The Extent To Which Its Underlying Theory And Ideology Adequately Reflect The Geographies Of Unemployment. The Authors Do A Masterful Job, And Policymakers, Academics, Policy Advisers And Politicians Will Find This Book Both Compelling And Considered. The Book Argues That Profound Differences In Local Labour Market Conditions Have Exerted A Telling Influence On The New Deal's Achievements. It Proposes Not Only That Contemporary Labour Market Policy Should Be Based On Theories And Models Of The National Economy And Of Individual Behaviour, But Also That Policy Design Needs To Recognise The Importance Of The Local And Regional Labour Market Contexts Which Shape Its Viability And Outcomes. By Situating Policy In This Way, The Book Not Only Examines How Workfare Has Been Put In Place In The Uk, But Also Puts Place Into Workfare. Locating The New Deal -- The Geographies Of Worklessness -- Local Disparities In The Performance Of Welfare-to-work -- Welfare-to-work In Local Context -- A Geography Mismatch? : Employers, Jobs And Training -- Localising Welfare-to-work? -- Conclusion. Peter Sunley, Ron Martin And Corinne Nativel. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [212]-230) And Index. Putting Workfare in Place......Page 1 Contents......Page 5 Series Editors’ Preface......Page 6 Preface......Page 7 List of Tables......Page 9 List of Figures......Page 11 1 Locating the New Deal......Page 13 2 The Geographies of Worklessness......Page 38 3 Local Disparities in the Performance of Welfare-to-Work......Page 71 4 Welfare-to-Work in Local Context......Page 111 5 A Geography of Mismatch? Employers, Jobs and Training......Page 139 6 Localising Welfare-to-Work?......Page 167 7 Conclusions......Page 195 Notes......Page 220 Bibliography......Page 224 Index......Page 243 Offering an authoritative analysis of the Labour government's New Deal for Young People, the contributors in this volume argue that profound differences in local labour market conditions have had a marked influence on the New Deal's achievements