Mapping the governance reform of welfare to work in Britain under new labor
By: WIGGAN, Jay
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ArticlePublisher: Philadelphia : Routledge, October 2009International Journal of Public Administration - IJPA 32, 12, p. 1026-1047Abstract: This article draws on Newman's (2001-2007) typology of the modernization of governance under New Labor, to examine the development of British welfare to work administration. Concentrating on the delivery of active labor market policy, the article suggests network forms of governance occupy a marginal role in welfare to work delivery. Managerialist and hierarchical forms of governance dominate administration of activation policy. In accordance with UK tradition, a national centralized, top down system exercises control of social security and employment services administration, but increasingly seeks to realize its goal through a market system of delivery.
This article draws on Newman's (2001-2007) typology of the modernization of governance under New Labor, to examine the development of British welfare to work administration. Concentrating on the delivery of active labor market policy, the article suggests network forms of governance occupy a marginal role in welfare to work delivery. Managerialist and hierarchical forms of governance dominate administration of activation policy. In accordance with UK tradition, a national centralized, top down system exercises control of social security and employment services administration, but increasingly seeks to realize its goal through a market system of delivery.
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