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Cambridge Journal of Economics 24:729-749 (2000)
Copyright © 2000 Cambridge Political Economy Society

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Beyond 'employability'

J Peckz and N Theodorezz

z Department of Geography, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
zz University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
Corresponding author
E-mail: theodore@uic.edu

Abstract

Concentrating on British welfare-to-work policy, the paper presents a critique of 'employability-based' approaches to supply-side intervention in the labour market. It is argued that the likely macroeconomic impacts of the Blair Government's 'New Deal' programme are being exaggerated, and that a more realistic appreciation of the limits and possibilities of such supply-side interventions is required. Some suggestions for a reformed approach to welfare-to-work policy - based on a client-centred and developmental ethos, an enlarged concept of 'employment' (embracing the social economy) and active social redistribution - are proposed.

Key Words: employment • labour-market policy • welfare-to-work • social economy


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