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New Governance and the Case of Activation Policies: Comparing Experiences in Denmark and the Netherlands (2009)
Journal Article
McQuaid, R. W., Lindsay, C., & McQuaid, R. W. (2009). New Governance and the Case of Activation Policies: Comparing Experiences in Denmark and the Netherlands. Social Policy and Administration, 43(5), 445-463. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9515.2009.0067

This article explores the importance of new forms of governance in active labour market policies (activation) in two countries: Denmark and the Netherlands. Drawing on research with key stakeholders in these countries, we analyse how new governance,... Read More about New Governance and the Case of Activation Policies: Comparing Experiences in Denmark and the Netherlands.

Inter-agency cooperation in activation: comparing experiences in three vanguard "active" welfare states (2008)
Journal Article
Lindsay, C., & McQuaid, R. W. (2008). Inter-agency cooperation in activation: comparing experiences in three vanguard "active" welfare states. Social Policy and Society, 7, 353-365. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1474746408004326

New forms of inter-agency co-operation have gained increasing prominence in the development and delivery of activation strategies. This article compares different models of inter-agency co-operation, drawing on case study research in Denmark, the Net... Read More about Inter-agency cooperation in activation: comparing experiences in three vanguard "active" welfare states.

Inter-agency Cooperation and New Approaches to Employability (2008)
Journal Article
Lindsay, C., McQuaid, R. W., & Dutton, M. (2008). Inter-agency Cooperation and New Approaches to Employability. Social Policy and Administration, 42(7), 715-732. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9515.2008.00634.x

This article examines the role of inter-agency cooperation, which is one form of ‘partnership’, in new approaches to employability in the UK. The article articulates a ‘model for effective partnership working’ on employability. This model is applied... Read More about Inter-agency Cooperation and New Approaches to Employability.

'McJobs', 'good jobs' and skills: job-seekers' attitudes to low-skilled service work (2005)
Journal Article
Lindsay, C. (2005). 'McJobs', 'good jobs' and skills: job-seekers' attitudes to low-skilled service work. Human Resource Management Journal, 15(2), 50-65. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-8583.2005.tb00146.x

This article focuses on unemployed job-seekers' attitudes towards entry-level jobs in three areas of the service sector – retail, hospitality and call-centre work. The article examines whether job-seekers are reluctant to pursue these opportunities,... Read More about 'McJobs', 'good jobs' and skills: job-seekers' attitudes to low-skilled service work.

Employability, services and unemployed job seekers and the digital divide. (2005)
Journal Article
Lindsay, C. (2005). Employability, services and unemployed job seekers and the digital divide. Urban Studies, 42(2), 325-339. https://doi.org/10.1080/0042098042000316173

Summary Providing accurate and accessible labour market information is a key priority for policies targeted at improving the employability of unemployed people. In an attempt to develop the quality and reach of such services, policy-makers are increa... Read More about Employability, services and unemployed job seekers and the digital divide..

Avoiding the ‘McJobs’: Unemployed Job Seekers and Attitudes to Service Work (2004)
Journal Article
Lindsay, C., & McQuaid, R. W. (2004). Avoiding the ‘McJobs’: Unemployed Job Seekers and Attitudes to Service Work. Work, Employment and Society, 18(2), 297-319. https://doi.org/10.1177/09500172004042771

Service employment plays an increasingly important role in the UK economy. However, it has been suggested that some forms of service work are unattractive for many unemployed job seekers, and particularly those formerly employed in ‘traditional’ sect... Read More about Avoiding the ‘McJobs’: Unemployed Job Seekers and Attitudes to Service Work.

‘Reconnecting’ the Unemployed Information and communication technology and services for jobseekers in rural areas (2004)
Journal Article
McQuaid, R., Lindsay, C., & Greig, M. (2004). ‘Reconnecting’ the Unemployed Information and communication technology and services for jobseekers in rural areas. Information, Communication and Society, 7(3), 364-388. https://doi.org/10.1080/13691180420

This paper discusses the potential uses of the Internet and other forms of information and communication technologies (ICT) as a tool for delivering information services for unemployed people, comparing the experiences and attitudes of job seekers in... Read More about ‘Reconnecting’ the Unemployed Information and communication technology and services for jobseekers in rural areas.

Unemployment duration and employability in remote rural labour markets (2003)
Journal Article
Lindsay, C., McCracken, M. G., & McQuaid, R. W. (2003). Unemployment duration and employability in remote rural labour markets. Journal of Rural Studies, 19(2), 187-200. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0743-0167%2802%2900067-0

This paper analyses the barriers to work faced by long- and short-term unemployed people in remote rural labour markets. Applying a broad concept of 'employability' as an analytical framework, it considers the attributes and experiences of 190 job se... Read More about Unemployment duration and employability in remote rural labour markets.

The ‘employability gap’: long-term unemployment and barriers to work in buoyant labour markets. (2002)
Journal Article
McQuaid, R. W., & Lindsay, C. (2002). The ‘employability gap’: long-term unemployment and barriers to work in buoyant labour markets. Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, 20(4), 613-628. https://doi.org/10.1068/c22m

We analyse the main barriers limiting the employability of long-term unemployed job seekers within a local labour market characterised by generally high levels of demand. We use four key elements of employability (employability assets, the deployment... Read More about The ‘employability gap’: long-term unemployment and barriers to work in buoyant labour markets..