Employability and New Zealand welfare restructuring
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6326134 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Neil Lunt (0000-0002-4501-1999, School of Social and Cultural Studies, Massey University, New Zealand, and based with Centre for Social Inclusion and Social Justice, University of Hull, UK, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 473-494 |
| Publication date | 2006-07-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Policy & Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0305-5736 • E-ISSN: 1470-8442 |
| Publisher | Bristol University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1332/030557306777695271 |
| OpenAlex | W2063937494 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
English The article discusses employability within New Zealand. It outlines a series of initiatives around welfare reform that have targeted disabled people, unemployed groups, lone parents and women reentering jobs, youth, and ethnic groupings. A fourfold critique of employability is suggested around labour market outcomes, social exclusion, human resource development and broader citizenship concerns. Situating New Zealand within the broader welfare-to-work literature, the article identifies how employability constitutes a distinct electoral strategy, and outlines the future direction employability is likely to take
Citizenship · Economic growth · Economics · Employability · Ethnic group · Labour economics · Pedagogy · Political science · Public relations · Restructuring · Sociology · Welfare · Work (physics · Education Systems and Policy · Engineering · Law
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2008 - 2015 (8) |
| Highly cited | No |