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    Inside Australia's Privatised Welfare-to-Work Market

    Series series Public and Social Policy Series
    Buying and Selling the Poor ventures behind the scenes of the multibillion-dollar welfare-to-work system, offering new insights into how Australia responds to unemployment and disadvantage. As the authors tell the story of four local employment offices, they paint a vivid picture of a critically important social service which many people are aware of but which few properly understand. They also ... Read more

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  • The Marketisation of Welfare-To-Work in Ireland

    Governing Activation at the Street-Level

    EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licenceThis book assesses how the practice of contracting-out public employment services via competitive tendering and Payment-by-Results is transforming welfare-to-work in Ireland.It offers Ireland’s introduction of a welfare-to-work market as a case study that speaks to wider international debates in social and public policy about the role of ... Read more

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    Series series Routledge Studies in Entrepreneurship and Small Business
    The majority of employees currently working in the private sector are now employed in small firms, yet little is known about their working conditions. This collection of essays addresses this gap. Based on theoretical analysis supported by contemporary empirical evidence, the book explores key areas of the employment relationship adding a new perspective to our understanding of contemporary work. ... Read more

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