All Outputs (7)

At the cross roads of politics in local activation policies France, Germany and the United Kingdom compared. (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bourgeois, C., Fuertes, V., & Zimmermann, K. (2013, September). At the cross roads of politics in local activation policies France, Germany and the United Kingdom compared. Paper presented at 11th Annual ESPAnet Conference 2013 (Stream 9: The local welfar

The Local Governance of Social Cohesion in EuropeINTERNATIONAL COMPARISON - LOCALISE programme WP4 Comparative report (2013)
Report
Fuertes, V., & McQuaid, R. W. (2013). The Local Governance of Social Cohesion in EuropeINTERNATIONAL COMPARISON - LOCALISE programme WP4 Comparative report. Edinburgh, Scotland: European Commission

Local Worlds of Social Cohesion - The Local Dimension of Integrated Social and Employment Policy, LOCALISE for short, is a Seventh Framework collaborative research project funded by the European Commission (localise-research.eu for details). The... Read More about The Local Governance of Social Cohesion in EuropeINTERNATIONAL COMPARISON - LOCALISE programme WP4 Comparative report.

Do politics matter in employment policy processes at the local level? France, Germany and the United Kingdom compared (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bourgeois, C., Fuertes, V., & Zimmermann, K. (2013, July). Do politics matter in employment policy processes at the local level? France, Germany and the United Kingdom compared. Paper presented at 8th IPA Conference “Societies in Conflicts: Experts, Pub

The governance of active-focus labour market policies in the UK and the effects on active policy types. (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Fuertes, V. (2013, June). The governance of active-focus labour market policies in the UK and the effects on active policy types. Paper presented at FP 7 PhD conference “Local welfare systems and social cohesion”, June 10-12 2013

The Local Governance of Social Cohesion:UNITED KINGDOM Country Analysis - LOCALISE FP7 WP4 National Report (2013)
Report
Fuertes, V., & McQuaid, R. W. (2013). The Local Governance of Social Cohesion:UNITED KINGDOM Country Analysis - LOCALISE FP7 WP4 National Report. Edinburgh, Scotland: European Commission

This report is the UK part of the Seventh Framework European Commission programme: Local Worlds of Social Cohesion (LOCALISE). LOCALISE is focused on the organisational challenges of integrating social and employment policy, partly in response to the... Read More about The Local Governance of Social Cohesion:UNITED KINGDOM Country Analysis - LOCALISE FP7 WP4 National Report.

Extending working lives: age management in SMEs. (2013)
Journal Article
Fuertes, V., Egdell, V., & McQuaid, R. W. (2013). Extending working lives: age management in SMEs. Employee Relations, 35, 272-293. https://doi.org/10.1108/01425451311320477

Structured Abstract: Purpose: This paper presents a study of age management in small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in the UK. Design/methodology/approach: Qualitative data collection and exploratory research with six SMEs comprising of: init... Read More about Extending working lives: age management in SMEs..

The Work Programme: a new public governance policy or a continuation of new public management? (2013)
Preprint / Working Paper
Fuertes, V., & McQuaid, R. W. The Work Programme: a new public governance policy or a continuation of new public management?

Since the 1970s, the governance of labour market policies in the UK has been characterised by New Public Management (NPM) traits and since the late 1990s the welfare system has experienced a trend towards activation. The current Coalition Government... Read More about The Work Programme: a new public governance policy or a continuation of new public management?.