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Introduction: Rethinking Welfare-to-Work for the Long-Term Unemployed

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 September 2019

Michael McGann*
Affiliation:
School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Melbourne E-mail: mmcgann@unimelb.edu.au
Sophie Danneris*
Affiliation:
Department of Sociology and Social Work, Aalborg University E-mail: sophiedj@socsci.aau.dk
Siobhan O’Sullivan*
Affiliation:
School of Social Sciences, University of New South Wales E-mail: siobhan.osullivan@unsw.edu.au

Abstract

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Themed Section: Rethinking Welfare-to-Work for the Long-Term Unemployed
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© Cambridge University Press 2019 

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