Appropriate as supplemental reading for courses in Social Policy and Social Studies that
examine the role of parenting in society. The subject of lone mothers is a controversial and …

Since the 1990s OECD nations have witnessed a rapid expansion in the use of
conditionality within welfare to work programmes in the shift towards 'activating'welfare …

Following its landslide election victory in 1997, the 'New Labour'government in Britain has
adopted the express aim of changing social behaviour as part of its project of …

This report reviews and synthesises evaluation evidence produced for the national
evaluation of the New Deal for Lone Parents (NDLP). It brings together evidence from …

The UK Labour government has offered a hand of friendship to the academic research
community and to social science in particular. It has rejected anti-intellectualism in …

The New Deal for Lone Parents represents a significant break with past policy approaches.
Throughout the post-war period, lone parents in the UK have not been required to seek …

There has been a major transformation in labour market policy in the United Kingdom since
the mid 1990s. The obligation of unemployed people to actively seek employment has been …

A major aim of the Labour Government elected in May 1997 was to change British social
policy away from passive income maintenance towards promoting employment, investment …

In the United Kingdom, the government's commitment to creating an'active, modern welfare
state', in which'work is the best form of welfare'has lead to significant changes in social …

New Labour's 1997 election manifesto included the pledge to “help build strong families and
strong communities”(Labour Party, 1997). In October 1998 the Home Office published a …