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Conceptualising Local Approaches to Tackling Worklessness: The New Deal for Communities Programme as Neoliberal ‘Flanking Strategy’?

Pages 233-251 | Received 01 May 2012, Accepted 01 Aug 2012, Published online: 24 Sep 2012

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