Mapping the Governance Reform of Welfare to Work in Britain Under New Labor

This article draws on Newman's (2001 Newman, J. 2001. Modernising governance — New Labour, policy and society, London: Sage Publications. [Google Scholar], 2007 Newman, J. 2007. The “double dynamics” of activation: Institutions, Citizens and the remaking of welfare governance. International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, 27(9/10): 364–375. [Crossref] , [Google Scholar]) 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 goals through a market system of delivery.