Putting Workfare in Place: Local Labour Markets and the New Deal

Preface vii

List of Tables ix

List of Figures xi

1 Locating the New Deal 1

2 The Geographies of Worklessness 26

3 Local Disparities in the Performance of Welfare-to-Work 59

4 Welfare-to-Work in Local Context 99

5 A Geography of Mismatch? Employers, Jobs and Training 127

6 Localising Welfare-to-Work? 155

7 Conclusions 183

Notes 208

Bibliography 212

Index 231